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olivia s's avatar

Microdosing - Friday the 13th

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Her friend had poured the popcorns, chips, M&M and raisins into one big bowl. She had brewed the tea.

These are staples for the weekly movie night.

Heavy winds splattered horizontal rain on the window glass.

They were flicking over the movie lists when lightning flashed outside.

A few seconds passed, still no thunder.

The power went off. Only the lightning flashes remained.

Suddenly, something hit the windowpane hard, followed by a loud thunder.

They screamed the hell out of their lungs from their 13th-floor apartment.

On the window, they saw a bloodstained palm print.

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100mg of Holiday

It was in the last box, tucked behind a joist in the attic. An unopened box of tinsel, circa 1970. Jane remembered decorating the Noble firs of her childhood for Christmas. The lights first, then the ornaments, and finally, the awful tinsel. "One strand at a time!" her mother instructed. It was tedious. The effect was magical, more so than current garlands of stuff called tinsel. This pristine box was the real deal. Lead alloy foil and tin: no plastic polymers in this box of shiny poisonous blades. Jane sighed and added the box to the bag marked "Lead disposal."

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