Tag Archives: siblings

SC SHELBY: My Sister’s Shadow

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I haunt my older sister, entangling our shadows, speaking simultaneously, infuriating her with how much I want to be like her—my idol.

As the car plows through the red light, the intersection, she doesn’t glance up from her phone. Doom-scrolling, appropriately.

I see it. I follow close behind her.

S. C. Shelby is a versatile author with a background in literature and creative writing. Her work spans children’s stories, speculative fiction, tragic dramas, and situational haiku. Under her dog’s name, she has contributed copywriting to various blogs and websites. Outside of writing, she enjoys reading, crafting, spending time with dogs, and travelling. See more at scshelbyauthor.wordpress.com.

CATHERINE ANN FOX: Monster Under the Bed

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The monster under my bed whispers to me in the dark. Says I’m small, scared, so easy to pull down and rip apart and chew up until I’m nothing but two knuckle bones hanging from a string.

I listen, frozen, until I scream, run.

Mom sighs, says: “Ignore your brother.”

Catherine Ann Fox lives in Indiana with her husband, and enjoys writing all sorts of weird things. Logically, she knows there’s nothing under her bed but boxes, but one can never be too careful, can they?

CATHERINE MATHEWS: Brothers

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Georgi, by 15 months the older brother, would say, “Bori, bring the toys,” and Bori, heeding authority’s voice, hastened to comply.

Now, in their eighties, their relationship has not changed.

When Georgi thinks it’s time for lunch, Bori, though slowed by age, limps to the kitchen to bring the sandwiches.

Catherine Mathews is a State Department retiree formerly stationed overseas in Paris, Rome, Tel Aviv, Athens, Frankfurt, and Istanbul. She is now living in Northern Virginia and writing about her life.

ANNA ZUMBRO: Piñata

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After Jack and his friends had turns at the piñata, Liza’s father put the bat in her hands. “You can go without the blindfold, since you’re littler.”

Jack protested, so the bandanna went around her temples. But there was a gap at the bottom.

She swung; Jack yelped. Sweet release.

Anna Zumbro is a writer and teacher in Washington, DC.

SAM DENNIS: Let Go and Let Down

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As I hugged her goodbye, I thought back on the great memories we’d shared together as siblings. It was just college, but I felt like she was going to be leaving my family forever. I ruefully let her go and watched the plane fly.

The news said it never landed.

Sam Dennis is a high school student who is involved with many writing courses, along with other extracurricular activities like sports, at his school. He enjoys listening to indie music like Bon Iver and Death Cab for Cutie, and playing guitar with his band. Let your personality prosper.