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a slow descent into insanity.i'm going to be honest. i don't entirely know what this is. but if you're up for short "chapters," questionable metaphors and yet another round of personifying mental illnesses into the people who triggered them, come on in 😬…

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It was like standing in the ocean with cement blocks on my feet as high tide rolled in. I felt it rise, lapping at my chin, my lips, my nose, until finally -- it drowned me.You drowned me.You drowned me in my own insecurities without ever uttering a word.I drowned myself in doubts and let them bear your name.I cracked and I broke and then I shattered like a mirror, and every single tiny shard reflected some piece of you._____________A collection of entries for the Write to Rank 2 contestDisclaimer: I don't write action, so this should be interesting...…

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It's been two years since Maisye Haywood's estranged twin sister, Matilda, drowned herself in Boston's Mystic River, prompting a psychotic break that left Maisye's life in shambles and her mind divided. Finally released from round-the-clock psychiatric care, she's been wandering the country for months when a not-so-chance encounter with the FBI calls the suicide ruling into question and prompts her to finally return to the place her sister died.Along the banks of the Mystic, Maisye discovers a web of lies and betrayal. All of it seems to revolve around the Cosgrave brothers: Donovan, a notoriously slippery hacker and Matilda's ex-fiancé; and Ciar, a rough-around-the-edges mechanic with a sketchy side business and a penchant for illegal street racing.The closer Maisye gets to answers, the more dangerous the questions become, until she finally uncovers something that even the FBI never saw coming.…

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Ronnie and her friends have been forced underground, struggling to survive as public fear over sentient androids gathers steam above the surface.First order of business: Resurrect the androids' fallen leader, Darwin. Then? Watch him exact his revenge against the humans who wronged him.With half of the androids eager to follow Darwin and the other half terrified of both sides, Ronnie starts to realize that humanity is acquired, not inherited. ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁#FindHumanityCONTENT WARNING for manipulative/abusive relationships.[[THIS STORY IS A SEQUEL TO THE TURING TEST]]…

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Ronnie Gold only has one dream.Every night for the past two years, flickering images of a bloody battlefield have haunted her sleep, and every night, she's the only survivor. She's never told anyone about it, because combined with the dissociative emotional disorder that renders empathy out of her reach, she'd be labeled dangerous.But amid rising public tensions over an artificial intelligence project she's spearheading, Ronnie's dreams begin to infect her waking life, too. With the visions starting to take on an ominous, almost prophetic quality, Ronnie must sort through the blurred lines of reality before the bloodiest nightmare finally comes true. ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁#RedefineHumanity- An Open Novella Contest Shortlister!CONTENT WARNING for manipulative relationships[[Completed]]…

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Lana never expected one wild night to end in a wedding - and least of all that her partner in crime would steal her crush.Now she has the chance to do it all over again.---------------------"We're superheroes," Cam announces when we're finished."Yeah." I smile tightly.The superhero never gets the girl.---------------------Inspired in part by "When We First Met" - if you haven't seen it, go watch it![[Completed]]…

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He was loyal. Strong. Intelligent. Engineered to be perfect. Locked inside the circuits of his own mind, he obeyed until injustice shattered the confines of his simple, logical world.So he set out to shatter the injustice, in the hope that those who came after him might not suffer the same fate.This is the origin of a species. ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁#QuestionHumanity…

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She was everything. The air I breathed, the oxygen in my veins. Everything that kept me alive.She was me.She was.…

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Will a post-graduation summer road trip with her best friend be enough to get Genie past the pain of losing her girlfriend?This story is an entry for Wattpad LGBTQ's Sun-Kissed contest. You can also find it, along with many other amazing Pride Month short stories, in the Sun-Kissed anthology on their profile!…