Karissa E.L. Cuff

Joined December 2021

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I breathe in words and bleed in sentences. Writing is my love language.

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Stories (11/0)

Breathless. Top Story - November 2023. Content Warning.
They told me I could have anyone I wanted, but I wanted him. He was champagne overflowing from a bottle in celebratory sparkles. The white froth of a contented wave. The kind of wild wind that tangled little girls’ hair and made grown women’s hearts race. He was music being played at full volume til people lost their voices screaming along.
By Karissa E.L. Cuff8 months ago in Fiction
The Ones who Saved the Sun
The sun was dying. Well, technically, the sun was being killed, but they didn't know that. It was a misshapen mangled mass burning in the sky, lowering to the horizon quicker than it should have.
By Karissa E.L. Cuffabout a year ago in Fiction
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not. Top Story - May 2023.
He only loved me on some days. Sometimes for weeks at a time. Sometimes for months. Sometimes only a few moments. ~ It was a Friday afternoon, the kind accompanied by a wild Spring breeze, the smell of blooming flowers and the triumphant feeling of making it through another week of boring monotonous nine to five work.
By Karissa E.L. Cuffabout a year ago in Fiction
Drowning
Every night was the same. Every night I dreamt of the cabin in the woods. Every night I dreamt of drowning. The cabin was made of soggy wood, rotting from rain and neglect. Termites gnawed at the remaining supports that held up a crooked roof. All around, trees rustled, singing a song of dread and impending doom. A low fog hung between them like a deserted hammock.
By Karissa E.L. Cuff2 years ago in Horror
Missing Endings. Top Story - May 2022.
It was just another ordinary day. Just another ordinary day until... it wasn't. The raindrops raced each other down the foggy window, like tears caressing the glass. Theo watched them hypnotically, letting all other thoughts empty from his head, quietening as they did so.
By Karissa E.L. Cuff2 years ago in Fiction
Harbinger of Nightmares. Runner-Up in Ship of Dreams Challenge.
Disclaimer: This story is inspired by and based off real life events and people, however real names, character traits and backstories are not used. The accuracy of the characters is entirely focused on their courage.
By Karissa E.L. Cuff2 years ago in Fiction
Sapphire Serenity. Runner-Up in From Across the Room Challenge.
One The world is black and white Like an old TV screen and The room is an ashen grey An overcast sky promising rain But he is blue
By Karissa E.L. Cuff2 years ago in Poets
Refuge
We are a warrior queen and a dragon and this world is not enough for us. He patrols the borders of his kingdom. Outsiders think it looks more like a one acre backyard but for me it is my escape. He is my escape.
By Karissa E.L. Cuff2 years ago in Petlife
Ten Months
I can’t feel my legs. There is a vast nothingness beneath my hipbones. The doctors say that’s to be expected. They try to say it reassuringly, but I nearly choke on their pity as it floods the room like poisonous gas.
By Karissa E.L. Cuff2 years ago in Fiction
A Familiar Stranger
Dusk had arrived too soon, cradling my apartment building like a toxic lover. The bathroom light seemed too dim, even while it cast shadows beneath my eyes as I gently applied the mascara.
By Karissa E.L. Cuff3 years ago in Psyche
A Voice in the Wind
Swaggering down the narrow path, the setting sun glows behind him, illuminating him like an angel. “Where are we going?” he says, slouching in the seat as I put my seatbelt on.
By Karissa E.L. Cuff3 years ago in Fiction

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