Mara's Monday
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Mara is twenty-something and stuck.
Jobless, drowning in bills, and ignored by her family, she's spiraling in a tiny room filled with dust, silence, and self-hate. Until she meets Monday - a jumping spider that shouldn't matter, but somehow... does.
This is not a story of big victories.
This is a story of trying.
Of getting up when you're not ready.
Of grief, guilt, and quiet companionship.
Of tiny monsters with too many eyes and maybe - just maybe - a little magic.
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