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The Science of Grief by peegreen
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"No ten steps rule or whatever, just write it all out, the shit'll sort itself out." Life is filled with some sort of catch to it, some irony and laced with some unnamed tragedy. We all have our coping mechanisms, our way to feel warmth. Delicate as misery is, treating it as something rational helps. Thus, exploring the science of grief. All stories carry a bit of grief in them. To Drew, it became a story about a misfortunate boy who loses so much, yet feels no agony. Like a stranger, alienated from emotion and the world, he somehow has to deal with his own. An overworked sister, a mother who was gone, a mind that was broken and a past that's still haunting. He wants to feel the misery. But somehow, he can't. Instead he writes. He writes to the things and people he lost and addresses them to the skies, hoping for his words to be heard. And just as luck would have it, someone did hear. A sort of short story about bittersweet things. The Science of Grief :)
The Billionaire's Hair by gharials69
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"With fame and money comes a lot of things, but your fallen hair is not one of them." - Sun Tzu probably. Ernest Michaelson is your average middle-aged man. Launching a successful career in game theory and revered as the man who overthrew Skynet in their mission of world domination when the Soviet Union (circa 2029) collapsed, he reaches a height in his career that cannot be topped. He is happy, content with a loving wife and her orange juice junky boyfriend who lives in their basement, his two delinquent children and hamster, he considers his life to be more than forgiving. That is.. till his hair starts falling out. One might think that what might possibly worry a billionaire? The number of diamond studs on his lawn mower? The stock market rates? Or maybe, perhaps, the difficulty of choosing a heir to their wealth? That's all wrong. All middle-aged men care about is one thing and one thing only: their receding hairlines. The adventure of a man, trying to save his hair and a survival's guide on how to fix a dysfunctional family and learning about citrus fruit facts, all chronicled in one story. highest ranking: #1 in hairloss reviews: "amazing, wonderful, my wet dreams come true" - @bloodsweatandtaekook
Almond Blossoms by peegreen
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Named after my favorite Van Gogh painting, I try to give some feelings words.