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@candidfolly

How to fail better in public

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candidfolly
@candidfolly Mar 7, 2020, 2:21 PM UTC

Merely Living

"Don't tell no one," she said. "Especially not Miss Lil." Samson whiped the sweat weighing down his thick eyebrows, unsure of why his best friend would think he'd tell Miss Lil anything. The two kids…

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candidfolly
@candidfolly Mar 3, 2020, 1:53 AM UTC

These Dreams

They say it gets easier over time. It had been six months without relief. Sometimes, a week or two went by and Eve didn't have the dream. She learned that this was a source of false hope. When it ret…

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candidfolly
@candidfolly Feb 26, 2020, 3:03 AM UTC

Last Communion

She could barely stand, but somehow she grabbed the car keys and ran. Jen even managed to leap over the wooden fence that lined the side of the road and run down the hill of tall marsh grass, towards…

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candidfolly
@candidfolly Feb 21, 2020, 3:04 AM UTC

The Gimps

It didn't matter that she could hear them howling, God had called her. Lizzy left her big and collapsing house and felt the frozen straws of grass crunch beneath her bare feet. She crossed over the c…

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candidfolly
@candidfolly Feb 16, 2020, 1:20 AM UTC

Cut Away

It’s not easy to see you in the daytime, but the birds know where to find you. The other day I saw an osprey perched on the bridge railing, picking apart a strip of your flesh. Factories crowd the so…

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candidfolly
@candidfolly Nov 24, 2018, 5:45 PM UTC

Made Man

The wake was on a Thursday. Art class was Will's last period and it was a lecture day. He suspected that Mr. Filo wasn't supposed to be talking about the subjects he chose for lectures. On that Thurs…

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candidfolly
@candidfolly Nov 23, 2018, 8:40 PM UTC

The Dark Room

Today wasn't supposed to be a day for the dark room. It wasn't supposed to be a day for a lot of stuff that happened, but the dark room was the worst of it. That's not what they were supposed to call…

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candidfolly
@candidfolly Nov 20, 2018, 6:31 PM UTC

The Way You Did Once

He had to stifle a snicker to keep people from thinking he'd lost it. Hell, with the kind of folks who'd showed up here, there was half a chance someone might try to escort Olivia away… “Until Daddy…

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candidfolly
@candidfolly Nov 19, 2018, 4:39 PM UTC

Underworld

He started shoveling a shallow grave. Jim Blake had mouths to feed, after all. They were ungrateful mouths, his demanding and entitled wife included, but they belonged to him. Sometimes you find your…

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candidfolly
@candidfolly Nov 16, 2018, 4:01 PM UTC

Bad At Math

At first it all felt very right, which should've been a sure sign that things were about to go wrong. The music was loud and truly awful, but it felt good to Eric and everyone around him looked like…

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