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The Way You Always Were by Otto Alexander

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 literallystories2014

I came back in the autumn for a short weekend. I’d forgotten that it was autumn; where I live the trees are like monuments that never change, but nothing lasts forever does it?

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Tagged endings, family, free reading, grief, literally stories, loss, relationships, Short Fiction4 Comments
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In the Dying Light by Alexander James Neuse

January 18, 2019January 18, 2019 literallystories2014

He walked, alone. The city opened to him.

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Tagged death, endings, free reading, literally stories, loneliness, seasons, Short Fiction, winter3 Comments

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