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New Short Story: “Tremors”

Posted on July 21, 2025July 21, 2025 by Ouanessa

In this original short story about emotional grief, a young teen discovers that every time she holds in her anger or fear it causes the world to crumble before her as the ground burns with fractured fissures. In an unexpected twist, she unintentionally succumbs to her emotions which creates an invisible grief in the form of a monster hellbent on destroying everything that she cares about.

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