Tag Archives: suicide
Screaming Giant
Mainline City’s giant started screaming one day. He wasn’t usually like that. Usually he was a quiet giant. Usually, he just stood there saying nothing. At 11:42, just before lunch, he just started screaming, louder than an air raid siren. … Continue reading
Filed under Flash Fiction, Session XXII
Resolution
My resolution for next year is to not kill myself. It’s not next year yet, though. The metal hitting my teeth is cold and it hurts. I have really sensitive teeth and I can’t even enjoy ice cream without it … Continue reading
Filed under Flash Fiction, Session XX
Hold Me. I’m Drowning.
“She’s not answering,” I had called Sadie’s phone five times in the last two minutes. “Should I call an ambulance?” Dizzie’s mouth was scrunched up in deep thinking. I tapped my foot impatiently. “Dizzie? Should we—” “Shut up! I’m thinking!” … Continue reading
Filed under Novel, Session XIX
Sadie’s Blog
Sometimes, at 3 or 4 in the morning, when I’m all alone, I think of drowning. At first it seems like a peaceful way to die—nothing but water all around you, damping out the noise of the world, covering your … Continue reading
Filed under Short Story
Year of the Meteors
“Year of comets and meteors transient and strange!—lo! even here, one equally transient and strange!” ~ Walt Whitman This year, a hale of meteors falls upon us like the retribution of those we’ve wronged, victims of genocide and spousal abuse … Continue reading
Filed under FEATHERTON SESSION, Flash Fiction
