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Don't Look Away
The first time I saw the house, it was only a picture. Wide balcony. Rolling green hillside. Sky so blue it verged on unnatural. The real estate listing was titled Perfect View, and I clicked on it three times before realizing I’d been staring at the same photograph for twenty minutes.
By Aurora Hill5 months ago in Fiction
Night Swimming
11:47 PM Caroline’s hands are still shaking when she kills the engine. Not from the cold, it’s late June and the air’s thick with that heavy summer heat that makes everything feel like it’s underwater anyway. No, she’s shaking because she actually did it. Actually, grabbed Mom’s keys off the kitchen counter and walked out mid-sentence while Dad was explaining, again, why State is more “practical” than an art program.
By Aurora Hill5 months ago in Fiction
Vacation Checklist
The Playlist Created June 3rd, 2:47 AM Eighty-three songs for a nine-hour drive to Maine. I spent three hours curating it, arranging the track list like chapters in a book. "Here Comes the Sun" for when we'd cross the state line. "The Night We Met" for when Avery would inevitably get sentimental about senior year. The playlist is still on my phone, unplayed. Sometimes I consider deleting it, but I never do.
By Aurora Hill6 months ago in Fiction
