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Hell Is Empty

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And all the devils are here. “What’s that from?” Millie asks as she gets her coat. I stand at the back window, looking out. Usually, you can see the downtown skyline from this position. Today, it’s just the hellmouth. A long tube that looks like an esophagus that’s been yanked out of a kaiju and dangles from the ground. Bloody, meaty, smoking.

Social SatireQueer IdentityRestrained

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Midwest USARestrained ProseHorrorDystopiaDreadContemporary FantasyTenderUnsettlingFound FamilyTraumaIntimateUrbanSurvivalContemporaryBelongingFantasyFirst PersonCharacter Driven

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