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  Boys Who Kill Animals

  

  By SushiPoseur, Tampa, FL

  She liked the warmth of a fire on a cold winter day and the smell of incense, burning toward the flame-engulfed tip, but watching the boys light the matches, Avery felt a sick feeling in her stomach, an aching fear that something would go wrong. She hated the grinding sound of the matches rubbing a...
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  Sleeping In

  

  By SushiPoseur, Tampa, FL

  I was a good Catholic girl. Church on Sundays. Prayers at night. Always thanking Him for everything He ever gave me. But like Taylor asks, who is He? Or what if He’s really a She? How do I know He’s even there? What did God ever do for me, that I couldn’t do myself? Taylor is agnostic. S...
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  The Perfect Boy

  

  By SushiPoseur, Tarpon Springs, FL

  I had been there the day Jessie swore he would climb all the way to the top of the water tower and spray paint Miranda’s name across it, for the whole town to see how much he loved her. Miranda grinned with all her shiny white teeth. “I’d like to see you try,” she taunted, even though sh...