Your Space Between
ShortStory 4,017 words Recommended by 3 award/anthology sources
"The infomercial jangles for DoubleSpace were never quite as catchy as the ones for its more expensive alternatives, and yet, you and I would hum them indiscriminately, little heads bobbing, lips vibrating, as we ran about the house. The day the installers came, we were singing at the top of our lungs..."
Content warnings 2
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Quasar links out; the story lives on Apex, where the author gets the click.