surreal fiction

  • The Box Upstairs

    The most dangerous people are the ones who have nothing to lose. The box had my name on it. Not my adult name. The name I wrote across everything when I was nine, with the last letter curled backward because I hadn’t learned to make it properly yet. It was sitting in the attic beneath…

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  • Once upon a time, in a place that insisted it was sensible, there lived a creature who believed wishes were shortcuts. Not spells. Not contracts. Just little verbal hacks to skip the boring parts of becoming someone. This creature was funny in the accidental way. Always wishing loudly. Always surprised by the results. If there…

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