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LISA ALLETSON: Decay

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The house began to eat itself. It had no other choice, having grown sluggish and depressed from the family secrets rotting inside its crevices.

Help would’ve come if anyone asked, but no one recognized its deep decay. It had been staged for sale, appearing in peak condition from the outside.

Lisa Alletson is an emerging writer whose work has been published in The Globe and Mail, Ginosko Literary Journal, and The Write Launch. She was born in South Africa and lives in Toronto, Canada. Follow her on Twitter at @LisaAlletson.

LISA ALLETSON: Discordant

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A man wrote a song and died.

Trembling, the song tried to sing herself. Each day she practised, flexing melodic limbs, strengthening pale notes, until she came to understand discordant beauty.

That day, her song spilled into rivers and comet trails, spread throughout galaxies.

The universe leaned in to listen.

Lisa Alletson is an emerging writer whose work has been published in The Globe and Mail, Ginosko Literary Journal, and The Write Launch. She was born in South Africa and lives in Toronto, Canada. Follow her on Twitter at @LisaAlletson.