8 Hawthorne It was your decision to wake up at 5 am. It was your decision to stay awake so you could be out of the door by 5:30. And it...

CW// Cursing 7 Iridea “It’s fucking four in the morning! Who does he think he is? Matthias Adrelez?” I pour a cup of steaming tea for...

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TW// Death, Acts of Violence 5.2 Stellina My first attempt falls apart in a clatter of minuscule icicles. The second is disrupted by a...

5.1 Stellina The leaves are orange and green on the trees above me. A shimmering, visible blue breeze ruffles through them. This is my...

TW: Mentions of Death, Mention of Murder, Unsettling Familial Relationship 4 Hyxver Mother is mad. I can feel it in my bones,...

TW: Mention of Death, Depiction of Panic Attack 3.2 Stellina The shift in the air makes everyone fall silent, as if a vase broke. Now,...

TW: Depiction of Seizure, Depiction of Verbal Shutdown 3.1 Stellina Elix looks between us with a frantic, desperate gaze. He almost...

TW: Depictions of Seizure 2 Stellina In my city of Lumnia, I find myself lost in a spiral of thoughts. My knife digs into the skin of...

TW: Mentions of Death 1 Xada The future called, and told me I would die. It happens more often than you would think: choking on a berry;...