The little girl stared up at a pale woman in a black dress before she went to bed.'Tell me a story' the little girl pleaded.
'Once, there was a faint man with dark hair and deep eyes who was abandoned.''Why was he abandoned?' The girl pondered.
'He wanted to be with everybody but everyone neglected him. So he cut himself into two parts. 'To never be alone again?'
'To never be alone again?'
'To never be alone again.'
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The Narcissist's Rose
General Fiction[A short story I wrote in 2020, left unpublished.] They tear their flesh off in their cardboard cutouts. He gets out his keyring and strokes a small pocket knife. He holds it in the air, up to Aerona's neck. He mimics slitting her throat. He starts...