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“Hello? Helll-lllow?

“Ah, I missed you, girl.”

“Huh? Who is this?”

“This is your dad.”

My breath catches in my throat. I pull the phone away from my ear and stare at the screen.

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I choke, tears coming fast and angry, “What t...

My phones ring tone blares on through the night. Finally I lift my hand out to my bed side table and grab my vibrating phone. I keep my eyes closed as I press the green call button.

“Hello?” I mumble, expecting a salesman, or one of those stupid prank phone calls.

“Melody? Is that you?”

My eye’s shoot open as I clutch my phone like it’s trying to jump away.

“Mel? Are you there?”

I swallow once’...

“Hello, this is Timmy169 Fortnite player speaking”

“TiMmEh”

“J-J-J-Jeff?”

“tImMeH”

“Jeff!”

“TiMMeh”

“I-Is this real?”

“tiMmEh”

“I thought you died 53 years ago!”

“TiMmEh”

“Wait a sec- is this Callum from down the road?!”

“Hehe”

“CALLUM YOU STUPID SIX YEAR OLD-“

“Hehehehe”

“I AM 73 YEARS OLD! YOU MUST RESPECT YOUR ELDERS CHILD!”

“Hehehehehehehehehe”

“IM TELLING YOUR PARENTS”

“Nonon...

I thought I killed her, I tossed her in the lake. I even tied a cinderblock on her ankle to make sure she wouldn’t be found. I didn’t mean to kill her at first, I just got in a fit of rage during an argumnent. Next thing I know she’s on the ground not breathing. I panicked and disposed of her. I’m too good for jail. Now she’s calling me, how do I escape this, how did she escape this. Fear runs thr...

Julie and Becca put together a 2,000 piece puzzle as their mother, Gabby, set the table. Julie was separating the edges and centers of the puzzle, while Becca arranged them.

“Dinner is served, girls! Come eat.”

Julie grabbed her teddy bear, and Becca walked with her to the kitchen.

“Mmm… spaghetti!” Julie stared at the food with expressive joy. “My favorite!”

“You never make spaghetti, Mom. W...

“Dude, you have to check this out. This is so gnarly.” Alex summoned the attention of his best friend of a couple of decades, Ken. “This here may be the most epic of antiquing hauls in the history of anything.”

Ken pried himself away from his vintage television, with its curved screen and massive wood paneled frame. The picture was grainy and a little washed out, but he didn’t care. There was som...

They buried you at sunset. As the dying sun bled its last attempts at light into the hazy pink sky, your coffin was lowered into the ground. The red glare from the sky painted the shining wood and it glowed briefly, an ember in the earth, before the effect was ruined with a handful of dirt. I was the one who threw that dirt; the sound of it hitting the lid of the coffin made me think of fists b...

“Dolly from Vanderbay Industries. How may we be of service today!”

“Good afternoon Dolly! I am inquiring on pricing for your latest product as my company is interested in expan-“

I stopped listening.

The voice on the phone turned into ringing in my ears as my eyes glazed over. Returning me to that day we lost you.

I still remember the sounds of the rain hitting the shed tin roof as they drag...

DING LING LING DING LING the alarm called,I turn off the alarm,”a new day “ I said.I went to the window and saw a phone laying on the street,I look at the Date it was September 16th and that was when my friend die in a car crash.I went to the street and picked up the phone “hello “the voice called “wait I said this sound sounds familliar”that was when I recognize that is the friend that die in the...

I watch you rub your face in exasperation.

I watch you flop down on your couch angrily.

Long day Carter? I whisper to myself and laugh.

I watch you click on the television and watch it intensely.

You look relived as you kick your feet up and unwind.

You sip your cup of coffee (I’m sure it’s cold by now), but you gulp it down happily.

You laugh uncontrollably at the screen, your probably wat...