Pink Crush

This story is by Liberty Wright and was part of our 2017 Spring Writing Contest. You can find all the Spring Writing Contest stories here. Pink Crush “I dare you!” Alice’s laugh is shrill. She sucks punishingly on a tailor-made cigarette then emits smoke from her hard mouth. She fixes her eyes on mine. “I…

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Vows

by Liberty Wright “Catholic school as vicious as roman rule, I had my knuckles bruised by a lady in black, I held my tongue as she told me, son, fear is the heart of love, so I never went back” (‘I will follow you into the dark’ Death Cab for Cutie) 1960 Poverty “Ouch!” thorns…

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