Kylie Ruffino
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A Serpent in the Garden
Amelie tastes blood. Far away from battle, an expecting mother wages war in her bed. East of the river bend, a path walks through the trees, down a hill to a window. Through the glass, three heads look down as she delivers her consequence to the world, scorned by the sword of an unknown wielder. Amelie’s mother, sister, and midwife are grabbing her, ogling her, spreading her legs, and wiping the sweat from her brow.
By Kylie Ruffino3 years ago in Fiction
Shadow and Light
On an early November morning, upon the close of a decade wasted, Sadie exits the building she spent every day dying slowly. There’s nowhere to go but back the way she came, to a quiet apartment on Bowery and Grand. “We’re sorry” were the last words of her former boss. The sun hits her first, too hot for the time of year, and she sweats under her coat. Or maybe she was already sweating from the 34th floor. She notices the clogged arteries of New York’s financial district. A mass of starched suits heading to offices identical to the one she just left. Every morning it looks like this, but everyone is unaware because it passes for ordinary.
By Kylie Ruffino3 years ago in Fiction
