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The Wicked Witch Queen 🩰
Meet the Witch Queen. Entertainer of the upper echelons of society. She is not what she seems. They only see the parts of her which she allows them to see. Just look at them she muses...the coy smiles, the coquettish pretense of interest, fawning over me as if I owe them any loyalty. I see through them...the greed, envy and loathing for one another 's fame and glory - all trying to ingratiate themselves into my circle of trust.
By Antoni De'Leon24 days ago in Poets
The Therapist's Room...Nearly...
The first sign of it was the horse. Not a real horse, although that would have been easier to explain to the neighbours than half the things that happened at my place on any given Tuesday. No, this one was painted on a child’s gumboot, one red gumboot abandoned just outside my office door with a smear of mud across the toe and a tiny plastic dinosaur stuffed in the top like it had packed for the apocalypse.
By Teena Quinn 24 days ago in Fiction
Beyond Exhaustion: What Happens to Your Body and Brain After 72 Hours Without Sleep?
We've all experienced the grogginess of a poor night's sleep or the heavy eyelids that follow an all-nighter. But what happens when you push the human body to its absolute limits? Staying awake for 72 hours—three full days and nights—is a severe shock to your system. It shifts from a simple matter of feeling tired to a profound physical and psychological crisis. Here is a chronological breakdown of what happens to your mind and body when you stop sleeping.
By The Glitch Archive24 days ago in Longevity
