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When Light and Shadow Stop Playing Nicely

The trouble began on a Tuesday, though it had probably been brewing for ages. I noticed it while making tea. The kitchen light flicked on, but instead of filling the room, it cowered behind the cupboard, shivering like a nervous cat. The shadows, freed from their usual discipline, sprawled wherever they pleased, a long, sulky smear under the toaster, a rude blob on the ceiling, a jagged sliver draped dramatically over the fridge.

I cleared my throat. “Everything all right in here?”

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The Waiting Room

The chair had become familiar in a way Sarah never wanted. Green vinyl, cracked at the seams, with a spring that pressed against her left thigh if she sat too far back. She’d learned to perch forward, elbows on knees, watching the second hand crawl around the institutional clock on the opposite wall.

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