Ding. Ding. Ding.
Smoke me, imbibe me. Let me carry you away like a river. My steam pours off the water—it makes your head dizzy.
Silence. It’s not enough.
Vwoosh.
It’s nice being needed. I like to see you panic when you don’t have me. Your fingers twitch.
We spend late nights together. Love drips out of me like a broken showerhead and turns your heart from blue to red. The skin under your eyes turns from brown to blue.
Ding. Vwoosh. Ding.
“Just one more minute!”
It’s symbiosis. On the other side, there is another person. It’s parasitic. My pointed copper twists into your veins. It ties the two of you together.
Ding.
Pan out for the reveal. A copper and cobalt spider looms over everyone bound together hand and foot. Your face is illuminated in a blue-light haze. I eat you slowly.
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I wrote this from a character sheet written by somebody else as a short writing exercise in the lit mag writer’s workshop. The genre was a little unfamiliar to me so pushing myself to embrace it was a valuable challenge!
June 11, 2025
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Sureika Shore, Lead Editor