Wavering Ties

This story is by Audrey Eiland and was part of our 2024 Spring Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here.   A swift swing of the gavel, followed by an impatient not guilty has ended the past twenty months of agony, until a text message from my mother comes through and sits…

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The Cellar

This story is by Audrey Eiland and was part of our 2020 Summer Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here.   Depression pushed me down a steep staircase.  Landing somewhere in the middle, but closer to the bottom, there is only darkness below me; the cellar awaits.  The malevolent spirits crawl…

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