Death and Laughter/#homebeforedarkcontest
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  • Time <5 mins
Ongoing, First published May 17, 2020
#homebeforedarkcontest entry

A 500 word short story about standing up to the truth of death, loss, and abuse,  and standing beside the person you love most of all.

An emotionally abusive father and an opioid addicted brother, both absent for the death of her mother; a young woman must confront the truth that she has to do it alone and stand up to the reality of loss in her own way.
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Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can. ***** It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living? [[word count: 40,000-50,000 words]]