just found out the girl from my english class who structured a class debate on “for sale: baby shoes, never worn” with the viewpoint that assuming it was sad because the baby had died was jumping to conclusions and it could have been multiple other reasons the baby never wore the shoes, such as having really big feet for a baby, the baby not suiting the colour, or simply that they were an unwanted baby shower gift, is now a really successful lawyer. which, you know. good for her.
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How do you think Amy would react to Baby Sonic?
she would immediately want to buy him some of those really cute baby shoes and tails would go "you know he would destroy them in two seconds flat, right? you know if he runs in them, they'd burst into flames right?"
and she'd go "oh :( yeah you're right" and sulk about it for the rest of the day
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Short Story Tournament
FOR SALE: BABY SHOES, NEVER WORN by unknown, often attributed to Hemingway (early 1900s)
For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
THE FINAL PROBLEM by Arthur Conan Doyle (1893) (link) - tw: death
It is with a heavy heart that I take up my pen to write these the last words in which I shall ever record the singular gifts by which my friend Mr. Sherlock Holmes was distinguished.
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so anyway. i bet jon doesn’t have to blink which is why i just wrote this
"jon. love. can u. take a break. blink once maybe."
"hm. intriguing proposition. no."
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Maren's Kill Count (currently)
Penny Wilson, 20s, a babysitter that wanted kids and adored Maren. Was eaten entirely one night while her mom was out, leaving nothing behind but her eardrum. Edgartown, PA
Luke Vanderwall, 8, a boy Maren befriended at a summer camp. He invited her to see his tent in the woods and she ate him Catskills, NY
Jamie Gash, 10, the son of her mom's boss at the time. He befriended Maren at a party her mom dragged her along to and, after showing her his favorite telescope in his bedroom, he tried to kiss her and she ate him. Badgserstown, MD
Dmitri Levertov, 11, a foreign exchange student that had the bad luck of getting paired with Maren at school. They were assigned to do a project together and Maren ate him at the park. New-fontaine, SC
Joe Sharkey, 12, a fellow classmate and neighbor who took a liking to Maren. He invited her on a picnic and she ate him before dumping his belongings into the swamp. Buckley, FL
Kevin Wheeler, 13, tba, Fairweather, NJ
Noble Collins, 14, a misfit that Maren befriended after moving to Maine. After falling to his death from an old lighthouse, Maren was afraid she'd be blamed for his death and ate him to cover it up. Holland, ME
Marcus Hoff, 15, tba, Barron Falls, MA
C.J. Mitchell, 16, Clover Hills, NY
Andy, an employee at a Walmart that Maren visited on her way to find her father. He caught her stealing and offered to buy her food in exchange for her 'company'. But when he tried to kiss her in his car, she panics and eats him. Pittston, IA
Travis, 30s, an orderly at Bridewell State Hospital, who was assigned to care for Maren's father. He took a liking to Frank Yearly and when Maren finally came to visit, he offered to give her a place to stay. After admitting that his reason for helping her included his desire to die at the hands of an eater, Maren left, disgusted. She never ate him, but later found his car abandoned by a bridge and assumed to have committed suicide. She takes responsibility for his apparent death.
Sully, Maren's estranged grandfather and Frank Yearly's adopted father. After Frank was found abandoned at a busstop as a child, likely due to his eater-nature, Sully took him in when he smelled what he was. After trying to attack Maren, she knocks him out and eats him.
Kerri-Ann, college student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who took a liking to Lee while he was travelling with Maren. After being rude to Maren and trying to convince him to ditch her, Lee eats her. Maren uses Kerri-Ann's student credentials and ID to get around campus.
Lee, a fellow eater Maren befriended and fell in love with on her journey to find her dad. One night, when the two of them were drunk, they have sex and Maren blacks out. In the morning, she's covered in blood and Lee is no where to be found, only his clothes and hat are left on the floor.
Jason, college student at UWM and who had a crush on Maren. After seeing her working in the campus library, he kept visiting her in an attempt to ask her out. One day, she lures him into a supply closet by flirting with him and then eats him.
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