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Sarah Hawley
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December 12 - December 16, 2024
Bleary-eyed, he grabbed his phone and started searching for dating sites. Bumbelina, OkEros, PaganMingle, FarmersMarketOnly, Howly Ever After…none of them felt right.
Ben pulled to a stop next to a black-painted storefront whose dramatically lettered sign proclaimed it to be NecroNomNomNoms.
“Is she going to kill him?” “If she does, I’m recording for GhoulTube!”
Exhaustion hung heavy on him, but when sleep did come, it was limited and sporadic, dotted with nightmares of espresso machines exploding and plants trying to strangle him.
“We’re in the same fan fiction Discord server,” Gigi said. “Themmie founded it. It’s called the Smutty Smurfettes. We share prompt fills, and Lilith always picks the most outrageous ones.” She tilted her head, chewing on her lip. “Maybe we can work in tentacles somehow? Elizabeth Bennet, tentacle monster has a nice ring to it.” Ben shook his head and started walking away. “I refuse to discuss tentacle porn with you.”
“Few monarchs deserve their crowns,” she said. “Power corrupts,” he mused. “Or the corrupt are those who seek power in the first place.”
“Now you’re going to have me ruminating about what it means to be good at anxiety.”
“My father was prone to dark moods,” she said after a pause. “Weeks or months where he would feel despair over everything and nothing in particular. His father was the same, and some of his cousins as well. It was a private battle they all fought. Eventually the joy would emerge again—it always did—but we never judged him for those dark periods. We loved him through them.” We loved him through them. “Oh, Eleonore,” he said, struck by the simple beauty of the phrase. “That’s downright profound.” She tossed her hair over her shoulder. “I know.” Then she smiled, softening the declaration into a
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“Lili,” Kai said from the passenger seat, “remember that thing we talked about? It starts with an e.” Her forehead furrowed. “Erotic asphyxiation?” “Jesus Christ,” Avram said. Kai looked over his shoulder. “Empathy, Lili. Empathy.”
“The light is most beautiful to those who know the dark,”

