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This Was a Home Once & Other Stories

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Reads 13,203
Votes 761
Parts 3
Time 37m

Includes the 2020 WATTYS SHORTS WINNER.
*
once upon a time 
two people fell in love
they thought it was happily ever after
but
it wasn't

*****

Short stories about loss, love, and living in a queer sort of world. 

Featuring the winner of the 2020 Wattys Shorts Award, This was a Home Once, and a story previously paywalled in a Wattpad Stars anthology, now free to read, Glitter on the Floor. Will update sporadically.

*featured on CoffeeCommunity's 'Espresso' list*

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