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Murder

February 23, 2016 20 Comments

Murder

By JL Courtney

They named me Gemini. Single birth.  I shouldn’t have been. I ate my sister; maybe ate is the wrong term, absorbed. Too comic book. Dissolved… Sounds like a household cleaner.

Dissolves stubborn stains, mildew, and siblings in the womb.

…A murderer…

At twelve weeks we were there—eggy blotches on the sonogram. At twenty weeks, two heartbeats through the fetoscope.

Damned by my cannibalism and Mom’s rehashing of the details, I started small: beheading Barbies, shaving troll-dolls, and drowning stuffed bears with button eyes.

During my tweens, I moved up to goldfish—overfeeding.

Now, computers—my third in two years—dead.

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  1. angelallindseth says

    February 23, 2016 at 8:37 am

    Love this!

    Reply
    • jlcourtney says

      February 23, 2016 at 8:40 am

      Thank you! It was a great deal of fun to write!

      Reply
  2. Kerry E.B. Black says

    February 23, 2016 at 9:05 am

    Well done!

    Reply
    • jlcourtney says

      February 23, 2016 at 7:07 pm

      Thank you! I had a blast writing it!

      Reply
  3. Nicholas Cook says

    February 23, 2016 at 9:06 am

    This is wonderful!

    Reply
    • jlcourtney says

      February 23, 2016 at 7:08 pm

      Thank you very much!

      Reply
  4. Jessica Meyer says

    February 23, 2016 at 9:44 am

    Awesome!!

    Reply
    • jlcourtney says

      February 23, 2016 at 7:09 pm

      Aw shucks thanks, sis!

      Reply
  5. majokmindfuleating says

    February 23, 2016 at 10:25 am

    Very well written

    Reply
    • jlcourtney says

      February 23, 2016 at 7:11 pm

      Thanks for the kind praise. It means a lot to hear that!

      Reply
  6. Rebecca says

    February 23, 2016 at 4:13 pm

    Clever storyline.

    Reply
    • jlcourtney says

      February 23, 2016 at 7:13 pm

      Thank you so much! The feedback is very encouraging.

      Reply
  7. jon nixon says

    February 23, 2016 at 1:57 pm

    Great story

    Reply
    • jlcourtney says

      February 23, 2016 at 7:12 pm

      Thank you for the kind feedback!

      Reply
  8. kolkatagirl says

    February 24, 2016 at 3:32 am

    Great story!

    Reply
    • jlcourtney says

      February 24, 2016 at 8:16 am

      Thank you for your kind words!

      Reply
  9. Christelle says

    February 24, 2016 at 6:15 am

    Like, like, like! A good read.

    Reply
    • jlcourtney says

      February 24, 2016 at 8:18 am

      Thank you! It means a lot. I’m basking in the adoration.

      Reply
  10. Odie Warf says

    February 27, 2016 at 11:08 am

    A lot said in 101 words!! Great story!

    Reply
    • jlcourtney says

      March 10, 2016 at 11:22 am

      Thanks Odie!

      Reply

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