Uncle Sam's Favorites
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Rolled Out of Bed This Morning to the Sound of Bullets
by Kevin Lawver about 1 year ago
I fell out of bed this morning to the sound of gunfire. I’d like to think that it was my military training that made me roll …
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Majority Rules
by uselessness about 1 year ago
The thud of Sam’s fist against the door shook the cabin. Gathered with him were the town’s most upstanding citizens, but you’...
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Bait and Switch
by uselessness about 1 year ago
“What ‘issue?’ You are the issue, Sam!”
The old man rose to his feet, mustering what strength he could to rebuke the intru…
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A problem
by Howie Amourscow about 1 year ago
I stood in the drizzle, fingers drumming on the lid of the sedan’s open trunk as I stared into the dimly lit interior. The tr…
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A Probable Solution - Part 1
by Tygertrot about 1 year ago
The cigarette dropped from Dwayne’s mouth to his feet, where it stayed sizzling on the car floor mat. I winced as he grabbed …
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A scream in the rain
by Sailor Emo about 1 year ago
Another rainy day.Yuck.
Walking to the kitchen I think about how beautiful Miami must be right now; the sun shimering on th… -
The End (CLFM 49)
by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago
“Well?” I asked.
Gary shifted nervously from foot to foot, remaining obstinately silent.
“What were you taking from the sto…
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Drinks for Two
by Cobweb about 1 year ago
The quill slipped from his hand as Anso fell asleep while writing. A soft knock at his door brought him in a start back to hi…
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Hell on the Ipecache Highway
by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago
It made not a whit of difference.
My being here was anathema to the creatures, yet it didn’t prevent the child from dying.
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The Lonely Curse
by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago
Paul didn’t stop to see what was wrong, he already knew.
It has started. From now he’d be known only as the killer, death, t…
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How Not To Be A Footnote
by Phil about 1 year ago
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A Morning Blaze
by CyberPunkGirl about 1 year ago
It was morning. At least she thought it was morning. The curtains cast an orange glow upon her bedroom and the light lifted s…
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No Survivors: The Red Land
by theWallflower about 1 year ago
When she woke up, the world buzzed in front of her eyes like a staticky TV. Organic objects only appeared as black and white,...
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Martini
by rkalajian about 1 year ago
I had been staring down the martini for the past 2 hours, not able to bring myself to choke it down.
What was it with this p…
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Payout
by Steven Berg about 1 year ago
And a few weeks later, there was her payout, the last package she’d ever pick up from her secret company mailbox. Wrapped in …
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deus ex machina
by roblef about 1 year ago
She edged around the fence, elbows locked, gun pointing directly out from her clenched and sweaty fists.
“Kavin?” she not-q…
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Bloody Mary
by Mary Dell about 1 year ago
Jenna hadn’t mastered the art of the pickup yet. Before her death, she had been an introvert, focused on her job and her kids…
