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No One Notices

December 2, 2025 4 Comments

By Christine Rains

No one notices I’m here.

I dust shelves, cook meals, and play with cats. At least they pay attention to me.

I offer hugs to my children, but they walk by without looking up from their phones. Do they not need their mother like I did when I was young?

When I cry, my husband doesn’t comfort me. He can’t even offer a few sympathetic words.

It was one thing when I was alive, but I thought it would be different in death. The book said I’d be surrounded by love.

The authors of that book didn’t know about necromancers, though.

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  1. Greg Nooney says

    December 2, 2025 at 1:18 pm

    I love the reference to cats. You leave me wonderfully wondering what book: the Bible? Some magical book used by a necromancer?

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  2. Julia says

    December 2, 2025 at 5:20 pm

    I noticed that twist…very nice!

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  3. Bud says

    December 5, 2025 at 2:40 pm

    Eerie Sixth Sense feel to the story. Well done!

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  4. Lynne says

    December 18, 2025 at 11:56 am

    Love that twist.

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