The Silk Ribbon
The basement was warm, luxurious, and completely soundproof. I woke up there three hours ago, my head throbbing from the chloroform, my body dressed in a thin white slip I …
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The Wedding Speech
My wedding day was supposed to be the happiest day of my life. White roses, a string quartet, my father walking me down the aisle. I had dreamed of this …
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The Wrong Twin
The apartment was dark when I heard the key in the lock. I was fresh from the shower, wrapped in nothing but a white towel, my hair dripping onto the …
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THE DOG IN THE ABANDONED
My name is Caleb Dunn, and I am twenty-nine years old. I have seen cages before. I have been in places where the walls were concrete and the doors were …
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The Face Behind
I was eight months pregnant, alone, and terrified. My husband had left me when he found out about the baby. My family had disowned me. I had no one. When …
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THE DOG IN THE ROCKSLIDE
My name is Caleb Dunn, and I am twenty-nine years old. I have moved earth before. I have dug trenches in the desert, cleared roads in the mountains, and pushed …
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Wrong Floor, Right Everything
The elevator was a mistake. I was three martinis deep, my phone was dead, and I had been staying at my friend’s apartment for two weeks while she was in …
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A Stranger’s Wallet
I was 28 years old, living in New York City, and completely alone on Christmas Day. My father had passed away three years ago. My mother had remarried and moved …
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The Takeover
The fashion world was small enough that everyone knew our names. Sienna Voss and Elara Cross. The two models who couldn’t be in the same room without the temperature dropping …
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The Dog in the Flash
My name is Eddie “Preacher” Boone, and I have been wet before. I have ridden through storms that turned the road into a river and made the air taste like …
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