Pretty Words Collection
Each piece in this collection is based around a pretty word with an extremely specific meaning. I took a feeling, moment, or idea and built a story around it.
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Vorfreude
The joyful anticipation that comes from imagining future pleasures (n) Ellie jumps up and down, her fingers itching to zip the back of the dress, her fifth dress here. She curses under her breath as she flattens and compresses her boobs flatter against her chest. Her arms ache from the muster of pulling and pinching
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Rubatosis
The unsettling awareness of your heartbeat, whose tenuous muscular throbbing feels less like a metronome than a nervous ditty your heart is tapping to itself (n) “Parker, it’s your turn,” Parker looks up from her phone to the empty beer bottle in the cleared-out space in front of her. She looks to her left finding
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Redamancy
The act of loving the one who loves you; the love returned in full (n) Ivy slings her purse off her shoulder before collapsing on the couch. Fae bounces with the shifting weight of the cushions. She turns her head towards Ivy, eyes still glued to the words her fingers are typing. She peels her
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Tarantism
The uncontrollable urge to dance (n) “Taste,” Nora says, holding the spatula towards Melody. Melody grabs Nora’s hand to bring the spatula closer to her mouth. She licks the cookie dough off the side. Her head tilts. She licks the other side. “You’re joking, right?” Nora turns her attention fully towards Melody. “What are you
That's All She Wrote 