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When I arrived back home, I already knew I wanted Orpheus. How I wanted him remained a mystery. Whether I wanted him underneath me or if I wanted him boiled down to tallow and used him to further my beauty. It was a shame in both directions. A shame to let someone as beautiful as him go, and it was almost a shame to use him for products that could expire. I wanted him longer than either option could give me. After all, everyone left me at some point. Maybe he would stay longer with me if I dismembered…
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The café was packed. Like any school day, students haunted the tables, some with friends and others frantically typing on their keyboards. As if they stopped typing or worrying for a second, they would be kicked out of school. Now that I thought about it, at least it might be that way for some. The person behind the counter looked as strung out as the students frantically typing on their laptops. It looked like he had seen the next world war and just made it out, barely alive. His hair was in different…
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I took out my phone and flipped it open, scrolling through my messages until I found the one from Doglover54. He had just posted a comment on my latest video, and I couldn’t help but feel excited. I had been working hard to grow my following and engage with my fans, and it was great to see someone like him who was genuinely interested in my content. I tried to post at least one video a day, and without fail, within twenty minutes of my posting, he was on it. He not only commented but also interacted with…
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The air was ripe with cologne, perfume, musk, and body odor, which made my nose scrunch in disgust. I didn’t like hunting in this club, but beggars couldn’t be choosers, especially since I had let myself go for so long without a feeding. I just needed to find someone who didn’t make me want to gag so I could get myself out of here. Spying a tiny brunette with smooth skin and a loud heartbeat, I approached her. “I noticed you from over there.” I gestured in a direction absentmindedly while…
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The numbness that once consumed me, drowning me in its nothingness, had settled into an encompassing calm. It’d stitched the frayed part of me, rounding my once sharp edges. It allowed me to finally settle as if this calmness was the missing piece I had been searching for my entire life. As soon as I arrived home from meeting Saul, I found myself eagerly searching for ways to capture that feeling again without depending on him. Because he might have helped me with my first, but who knew what he would…
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Ping ping! Ping ping! Ping ping! Smothering the snarl back, I canceled the alarm and clicked on the Zoom link. Five other people were on the call as we waited for the rest of the department to show up. Not everyone worked in the office anymore, so weekly Zoom calls became necessary. I continued coming into the office because it beat staying home in my empty apartment. I wouldn’t mind the meetings so much because I rarely had to talk, but I hated keeping my camera on. I hated smothering my…
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It didn’t take long for me to fill Saul in on what had happened to me moments ago and last week. The fury on his face would have comforted me, but the numbness inside of me took over after my emotions ran high earlier. So, after filling him in, he told me to come back tomorrow after I got some rest and fed both myself and Samwise. Since he was kind enough to give me a sandwich, I knew that would be easy. Water fell incessantly against the muscles of my back, soaking my hair and cascading around my…
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I had parked on the side of his store where he had his small parking lot. It felt secluded, which made me feel fractionally safer but also more exposed. I unhatched the back and placed the box as far back as possible in my trunk, pushing over all the junk I had yet to empty from my car. Even though I organized my business items, kept my lab in impeccable condition, and ensured my appearance was flawless, I couldn’t remember the last time my car wasn’t a disaster. I couldn’t recall the last time I…
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“You look like shit,” Saul grunted as he got a good look at me with his piercing black void for eyes. Saul was in his 60s, but his hair was already completely white. He was wearing a plain white shirt underneath his apron, but you could tell just how strong he was from the biceps muscle peeking out from underneath the sleeves. Probably from all the years hauling the animals he butchered for a living. “Just been a rough week.” I shoved my hands into my jeans pockets, shrugging my shoulders…
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I hadn’t been in class in a week. You’d be surprised how little your professors cared about you even when the syllabus screams to have perfect attendance. As long as you were paying your tuition, they were silent. I knew it wasn’t high school, but if someone didn’t respond or show up, and they were supposed to show up for a week, it should get someone talking. Right? Despite knowing that I should prioritize my grades, all I could focus on was the overwhelming desire to crawl…
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