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Ben’s yellow emoji sticks out among the red hearts and love eyes—a sore-loser’s thumb.

We were a Molotov cocktail. Forever holding matches to already scorched skin, craving the relief of explosion. Intoxicated by the ride.

His fuse fizzled out two years ago. Leaving me with nothing but heartbreak and a college football jersey to fuel my lonely nights.

A month later, I flung my battered heart at an uncomplicated hometown boy.

My sun-speckled engagement photo was Ben’s chosen moment of resurrection. I slide my mouse across his name, finger twitching with the chaos one click could ignite.​

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Christy Hartman pens short fiction from her home between the ocean and mountains of Vancouver Island Canada. She writes about the chasm between love and loss and picking out the morsels of magic in life’s quiet moments. Christy has been published in Elegant Literature, Bright Flash Literary Review, Fairfield Scribes, and others. When not writing, Christy devotes her time to whichever old or injured rescue dog has wormed their way into heart, currently an anxious Red Heeler named Cyrus. Her other hobby is cooking vegan meals and trying to convince her husband they taste just like chicken.
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