short realism – Mary Grace Writing

Six Word Story (116)

All that is needed is a sliver of sunlight to cast darkness into corners.
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Six Word Story (114)

There are worlds of perception above us and worlds of perception below us. We walk across them, hide under them, and forget that our height only shows us one view. Crouch down low and realize your lawn is a jungle ready to be explored, and the tree canopy above hides homes that are just as…
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Six Word Story (113)

Have you ever come back to something or someplace from your past and found it just as it was before, but to your grief, you no longer fit there?
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Six Word Story (112)

Some years it’s easy to appear in early spring as the winter snows have already fled. But in other years, it’s hard.
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Six Word Story (110)

I preferred the feeling of bark against my skin, it gave my little hands a better grip.
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Six Word Story (109)

Darkness blinds us, but light in concentrated amounts shone in the middle of darkness can also blind us.
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Six Word Story (108)

You do have them, don’t you?
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Six Word Story (106)

I know the staircase has a landing, even when I can’t see it.
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Six Word Story (105)

They were heavy, the strain hurt my eyes, and I didn’t like them.
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Six Word Story (104)

Sometimes that last piece of the puzzle is elusive, hiding in the weirdest of places, or managing to crawl into the smallest crevice.
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