Stories of the Stars Contest–“A Million Heartbeats” by Maggie Graber
Photo by Eidy Bambang-Sunaryo on Unsplash A Million Heartbeats by Maggie Graber (Stories of the Stars Flash Fiction Contest 2nd Place winner) I’m not an insomniac. I’m just lying awake at 2 am. I stare up at the dirty, white ceiling. There’s a crack that runs from one side to the middle, as if it will split open at any second causing the roof to crash down and kill me. What will it say on my gravestone? Here lies Venus Taylor, the girl that lived in a trashy apartment? Becaus