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Every Day Waiting for Your Life to Blow Up

There’s a moment—right after you open your eyes in the morning—that doesn’t feel like waking up. It feels like surfacing from a dream into a gasping panic. Like you’ve missed something. Like a siren was going off and only your soul heard it. For a lot of people, this isn’t just anxiety—it’s muscle memory. It’s...More Please

Short Story: My Obituary

Mortimer Watson saw his own name in an obituary. That was the beginning. It happened on a Monday afternoon, one of those gray, dead-air days that felt neither like winter nor spring, just an in-between. He was in bed, nestled into the well-worn dip his body had carved into the mattress, playing a meaningless game...More Please

Do you have a Brain that Wears Glasses?

Earth on Fire
Over the last few years, I’ve personally struggled with being too aware of my surroundings. Whether it’s too much social media, too much news, or just watching the world seemingly fall apart, I’ve felt the weight of seeing things that others don’t seem to notice. What’s most frustrating is watching people around me remain unbothered...More Please

Welcome to Oklahoma, Hunker Down

Growing up in California, I thought I had natural disasters figured out. Earthquakes? No problem. Fires? Annoying, sure, but manageable. As a kid in L.A., earthquakes were like impromptu recess drills. The ground would shake, and we’d run outside, laughing, pretending we were part of some action movie. Fires? Well, one of those did burn...More Please

Short Story – The Vintage Dress Find

The Vintage Dress
Natalie Palmer didn’t consider herself a superstitious person. At 22, she was grounded, practical, and a little too enamored with vintage fashion for her own good. So, when she stumbled upon an estate sale in a crumbling Victorian house on the edge of town, she couldn’t resist stopping. The air inside was thick with age,...More Please
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