Marge’s Lawn Adventure

Story

The rough hemp bit into her wrists as she twisted her hands behind her back, searching for any give in the knots. The midday sun beat down on 742 Evergreen Terrace, baking the front lawn where she sat with her ankles bound together and her back against the base of the oak tree.

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Anna Chained in the Basement

Story

The light never turns off. That’s the cruelest part, I think, worse even than the chains. It hums above me from its mount on the cement wall, flat and white and endless, and it has burned away whatever sense of morning or night I might have had left.

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