Found 7 works tagged 'Grief'.
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Light Breaking on Glass
Published Nov 3, 2019 · 6,861 words (25 minutes) · 1 like · 51 views
Fantasy Literary Fiction angst feels Family cancer short story Grief body horror
Gideon spent years watching the disease take his grandfather's body one piece of glass at a time. Now, struggling to come to terms with his grandfather's death, Gideon must deal with the fact that his own body is slowly succumbing to the same fate. Content warning for self-harm.
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Where Gods Dance
Published Oct 11, 2019 · 1,244 words (5 minutes) · 131 views
Fantasy Horror Sorrow Monsters father and son Grief magic fatherhood Family loss parenting tragedy memory obsession death
Originally published in the March 2019 issue of Apex Magazine (issue 118), it's a flash piece about a father's obsessive and insatiable grief over the loss of his son, and where his grief takes him as he's unable to move beyond it.
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Catching the Train
Published Sep 15, 2019 · 879 words (4 minutes) · 9 likes · 600 views
Fantasy Horror Family Grief trains
A woman heads out on a business trip, no different from any other. So why can’t she remember getting on the train? Author Maria Haskins is a Swedish-Canadian writer and translator living just outside Vancouver. Her work has appeared in Flash Fiction Online, Shimmer, Cast of Wonders, and many others. Can’t get enough creepy stories? Don’t miss our other highlighted ghost stories this week!
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As Long as We Both Shall Live and After, Too
Published Jul 20, 2019 · 686 words (3 minutes) · 1 like · 118 views
Science Fiction sapphic lgbtq+ Grief android queer cloning hopeful
"Before she dies to save us both, my wife shears off a chunk of her hair, thrusts it into my hands and tells me to take care of the cat."
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Late Bloomer
Published Apr 26, 2019 · 977 words (4 minutes) · 1 like · 314 views
Fantasy magic Older Protagonists flash fiction Grief female protagonist
An old widow grapples with unexpected power after finding herself suddenly visited by magic.
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Obit
Published Apr 3, 2019 · 253 words (1 minute) · 184 views
Literary Fiction Romance death poetry Grief love poem Mourning
A bleak love poem originally published in the erstwhile With Candlelight on May 10, 2017. I hope those dudes are doing alright. The idea was to write a love poem that wasn't the usual platitudes. Someone who hopes they were loved enough that those who love them would be wracked with grief when they died, because they would feel the same if their lover died.
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Litany for the Departed
Published Mar 8, 2019 · 1,572 words (6 minutes) · 164 views
Horror ghosts memory Grief Posession Devotion
In a city where the underground Metro line crosses paths with the River Styx, a mother tries to suffer for her sins, while her daughter carries the baggage. There are many intersections on this line, between madness and ghosts, memory and hallucination, love and fanatical devotion. CW: mental illness, grief, suicide
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