The Judge
Rebekah Postupak is a writer, teacher, executive assistant, and believer that coffee is a moral imperative.
The Prompt
The Rules

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After a few weeks of stories of tragic loss and murderous monsters, I'd like to see some positive stories. I know some of our dear writers will subvert the prompt anyway, and that's okay too. Show us what you've got! The Judge This week's judge is the winner from two weeks ago. She's recently taken the Flash Fiction circuit by storm. Rebekah Postupak is a writer, teacher, executive assistant, and believer that coffee is a moral imperative. The Prompt It gets better, you know. The Rules ![]()
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6/4/2012 10:08:00
“It gets better, you know.” Cob said, stroking the young cow’s hair. “I know it hurts now, but it will fade. Remember before? Remember how good that felt? It will all feel that good next time,” he promised. Their keeper, Cora, watched from a distance, silently observing. 6/4/2012 11:09:56
“It gets better, you know.” that’s what people keep telling me; platitudes that do not ease my pain. My heart pumps blood, my lungs fill with air and the sun still comes out; inside I feel dead, shrivelled and decayed like leaves that turn black and mouldy before winter. The pain is immense like all my nerve ends are frayed. Bill is gone and I am here, adrift without a rudder to steer me to my life’s course. 6/4/2012 11:11:49
(Ok, I wrote this before I noticed the happy story part...and my muse refuses to let me rewrite this.) 6/4/2012 12:09:11
“It gets better, you know.”
“It gets better you know.” 6/4/2012 13:44:54
“It gets better, you know,” he says, and strokes her cheek. 6/4/2012 13:56:00
“It gets better, you know.” 6/4/2012 13:59:28
“It gets better, you know.” 6/4/2012 14:01:46
Uplifting Support... 6/4/2012 14:04:49
No matter how I tried to think Hallmark Movies I couldn't get there. 6/4/2012 16:50:31
“It gets better, you know,” I say to her. Though I know she thinks it’s a lie. From where she sits, it doesn’t get better. The fear of the unknown is all consuming right now. I get that. I’ve been there.
Phoenix Lavan
6/4/2012 20:24:05
Excerpt from The Empty World 6/4/2012 22:30:41
“It gets better, you know,” Kerri slid Oliver a mug of hot coffee.
“It gets better, you know,” Goldberg says, getting into the car “That’s what they say in these stupid classes, but it’s a lie. Eat right, exercise and join a support group, they say. What’s the point? We're all dying and anybody who says different is selling something.” 6/5/2012 05:16:14
“It gets better, you know. The taste? Trust me, I been eating that since when I was kid. I hated it, but now I eat like it’s nothing.”
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