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Stand Still

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"Stand Still" is a poignant coming-of-age novella that explores how quickly a normal day can fracture under the weight of the world's ugliness - and what happens when someone finally sees you.
After a tense encounter with a distressed child, a threatening run-in with a stranger, and a humiliating comment from a group of boys, a teenage girl finds herself spiraling. Overwhelmed, silenced, and invisible, she walks through her city in a daze - until one unexpected act of accountability forces everything to pause.
What begins as an ordinary walk home becomes a quiet reckoning with fear, shame, memory, and the longing to be protected without having to ask. As she reflects on the moments that changed her - and the moments that didn't - she starts to question what it means to be strong when your voice feels too small to matter.
Told in sparse, intimate chapters and written with emotional precision, Stand Still is for anyone who's ever been hurt, unheard, or underestimated. It's a story about presence, pain, and the stillness that follows after the world stops spinning.All Rights Reserved

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