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Scott Staiti
Feb 2, 20176 min read
City of Light - Finale
Ryan drives home from the grocery store in silence. They’d never managed to restore power, and after twenty minutes, he’d paid for what...
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Scott Staiti
Dec 27, 20166 min read
CITY OF LIGHT (Part 8 in series)
He can’t bear to tell her the truth, although it’s been two days since they fled the house, and Cassie wants to know what happened to...
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Scott Staiti
Dec 27, 20165 min read
CITY OF LIGHT (Part 7 in series)
The blood is warm, and pools quickly next to the body. He’s amazed at how much there is, although in the darkness it’s impossible to...
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Grace Onorato
Oct 27, 20164 min read
SOME DAY (Part 6 in series)
Meredith hailed a cab outside the rehabilitation center, but decided to walk the twelve blocks back to her apartment as soon as the cab...
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Scott Staiti, Grace Onorato, CW
Oct 19, 20165 min read
THREAT
The sky outside was the dark green color of sick. Dark clouds were moving faster than they had been throughout the stormy afternoon,...
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Grace Onorato
Oct 7, 20163 min read
SOME DAY (Part 5 in series)
Meredith stumbled out of the Squeeze offices and onto the sidewalk. She slumped against the building, willing herself strength to stand...
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Scott Staiti
Oct 7, 20164 min read
CITY OF LIGHT (Part 6 in series)
Ryan is in the supermarket, staring at the bags of frozen food in front of him. “We have to start watching our budget,” Meg had...
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CW
Sep 14, 20168 min read
CHANGE
Early Saturday Morning The black BMW pulled up to Lauren and Will's home and came to a halt at the front door. Gail, watching from the...
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Scott Staiti
Sep 14, 20164 min read
CANDLE IN THE NIGHT
"Hey, O’Connell." The whispered words permeated Mike's dreams. "O’Connell, wake up,” the voice insisted. “It's your shift." Stifling a...
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Grace Onorato
Aug 24, 20166 min read
SOME DAY (Part 4 in series)
“Good morning, are you ready to be squeezed?” the receptionist asked into a wireless headset while she applied a garish shade of pink...
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Janna Liggan
Aug 24, 20161 min read
MINE
You are from my rib he breathed Into the bed linens Yet I heard and grinned, Because I had ripped it From his side and swallowed it into...
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Janna Liggan
Aug 24, 20161 min read
AN UNTITLED LIFE
My life is like my hair on dye- I change the color yet every try Has never stopped it getting dry. #JannaLiggan #AnUntitledLife
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Janna Liggan
Aug 24, 20161 min read
THE CHURCH OF JOHN COLTRANE
It’s true beauty can stop a heart If made of twinklings of sassafras, Honeydew and soft blown glass As slow or as fast As it takes for...
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Janna Liggan
Aug 24, 20161 min read
BENEATH
Even the lines in my neck can trace the outline of his lips beneath his beard. No one else knows so exactly how they are shaped. ...
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Scott Staiti
Jul 19, 20164 min read
CITY OF LIGHT (Part 5 in series)
The next morning snapped cold and cloudy. Ryan sat twirling a stick in the ground, waiting for Cassie to wake. Normally he would let...
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Alice Keezer
Jul 4, 20169 min read
NOT QUITE A HAPPY EVER AFTER
Once upon a time, there lived a clever wife and a beautiful husband. They lived in a room the beautiful husband's father built off his...
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CW
Jun 10, 20165 min read
FAMILY (Part 2 in series)
Sky is dropped at her new home, just as a crime scene unfolds next door. “What the…what in the hell?” Sky heard Jim murmur under his...
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Grace Onorato
Jun 9, 20162 min read
SOME DAY (Part 3 in series)
Meredith attempts to process the grief she feels around her fiance's death, but even simple memories cause pain. Meredith stared up at...
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Janna Liggan
Jun 8, 20163 min read
"THE ISLE IS FULL OF NOISES" -The Tempest, Act 3, Scene 2 (Part 1 of series)
Life on a small, subdued island is turned upside down with the arrival of a star of the silver screen. "Why, of all places, would he...
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Scott Staiti
Jun 8, 20163 min read
CITY OF LIGHT (Part 4 in series)
Ryan remembers happier times and tries to recreate a semblance of what once was for Cassie. “Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to...
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