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Where They Sleep

ShortStory 5,641 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources

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"We were waiting for the sunset, sitting on the porch of the bleak stone house that was filled up with our longing. The sky was empty. The air, when I sniffed, was cold and bleak. There were no clouds, and we knew it might be a night when we’d see what we ached for. We were tired, John and me."

Secondary World FantasyTraumaElegiac

More tags 14

Dark FantasySecondary WorldLyricalLyrical ProseSacrificeSurvivalContemplativeBelongingFantasyFirst PersonLiteraryGrief And LossVoice DrivenBittersweet

Content warnings 3

death-of-a-loved-onesuicidewar

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