The guards liked to torture us with games in prison. We were all here for life, so it’s not like we’d ever get out and say anything. It was Ed’s turn for the wheel. “Spin the wheel,” the guards chanted again and again. The wheel was spun. It landed on electric shock. They stun gunned poor Ed for hours and laughed. Now it was my turn for the wheel. I hated this place. They spun the wheel and it landed on The Iron Chair. Crap. They’d keep me there for days, too. Most people didn’t survive The Iron Chair.
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Alex H Mittelman
I love writing and just finished my first novel. Writing since I was nine. I’m on the autism spectrum but that doesn’t stop me! If you like my stories, click the heart, leave a comment. Link to book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQZVM6WJ
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Sidney on the Bus
I hated taking the bus. People would always try to talk to me or they’d smell, and even if they didn’t I felt cramped when they’d sit next to me. I tried wearing headphones but that didn’t help. I’d stare out the window and hoped people would understand I just wanted to be left alone. Someone I’d seen observing me sat next to me and said “you should try talking back to people, then you wouldn’t mind sitting next to them.” “And say what?” I asked. “Sarcastic comments like that,” he said. I smiled and we had a conversation.
By Alex H Mittelman 3 years ago in Fiction
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This is definitely the Wheel of Misfortune!