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“How does a person exist after their world has been torn to pieces? It must be possible. People do it all the time. After all the floods and tornadoes and wars that have hit the world with inexorable violence, people somehow scrape up their lives and begin again.” PoetryMurderMental IllnessObsessionPoemsLiterary FictionWildShort StoriesHorses Book:Wild Horses Don't Stop at Whoa: Poems and Stories Source: Wild Horses Don't Stop at Whoa: Poems and Stories
“I’ve waited for him to invite my confidence, to fill the void my mother’s death left in my life. I’ve hungered for his affection. But he made me wait too long.” Science FictionSci FiAssassinationFathers And DaughtersAlien Planet Book:Luna Station Quarterly: Issue 018 Source: Luna Station Quarterly: Issue 018
“Her armor appears fragile – a delicate shell of silk and perfume. Life's troubles seem to find each chink. But try to touch that smooth shield and you will see it crumble in your hands. As the dust dissipates, you find she is gone.” PoetryPoemsLiterary FictionWildShort StoriesHorsesAdult FictionFather Daughter RelationshipsMustangs Book:Wild Horses Don't Stop at Whoa: Poems and Stories Source: Wild Horses Don't Stop at Whoa: Poems and Stories
“He reclines in the hospital bed like a martyred king taking leave of his beloved kingdom, but all I see is a petulant, destructive child hiding in a dead man’s body.” PoetryPoemsLiterary FictionWildShort StoriesHorsesFather Daughter RelationshipsFinal FarewellKidney Failure Book:Wild Horses Don't Stop at Whoa: Poems and Stories Source: Wild Horses Don't Stop at Whoa: Poems and Stories
“...no one knows better than I what a good woman your mother was. But she had a weakness for misery and it led to her death. I don’t want the same thing to happen to you.” Science FictionRebellionSci FiTraitorMassacreFather Daughter RelationshipPatricideAlien PlanetAlien Species Book:Luna Station Quarterly: Issue 018 Source: Luna Station Quarterly: Issue 018