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A Good Hen by T.G. Roettiger

December 3, 2024August 31, 2024 literallystories2014

 

You’re wondering about that? That old jar, yeah, that’s somethin’ I got years ago…

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Tagged chickens, child abuse, childhood, family, free reading, literally stories, relationships, relatives, revenge, Short Fiction10 Comments
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Underwater Wedding by Tim Frank

September 12, 2022May 16, 2022 literallystories2014

Carol was so transformed by her wedding attire – swamped in her heavy bronze foundation, fake eyelashes fluttering like butterfly wings – that her three-year-old daughter, Allison, no longer recognised her.

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