Slain

by Suburban Saint

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Names are funny things. A name that starts out sounding strange and lopsided soon, after saying it endlessly, begins to roll off the tongue smooth and soft. Most having deep linguistic roots in the culture of some homeland, names can mean many things to many different people. Sometimes, names are ironic towards what that person does.

Like Sam Church, a Baptist preacher. Or Abraham Church, the man in charge of bringing crosses to Klu Klux Klan meetings in a small town in Texas for burning.

Like Mike Steehl, the owner of an I-Beam distributing company. Or Anthony Steehl, the man third on the FBI ’s most wanted list for stealing the original Declaration of Independence, a fact that even most Presidents never know.

Like Tim Slain, a coroner from Boston, Massachusetts. Or Frank Slain, the man holding a gun to my head.

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Average Reader Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5

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    T.F. Torrey's Buddy Icon T.F. Torrey

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Good capture of an instant of thoughts, with an ending begging for a sequel. Plus, you got me Googling.

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    [pens&feathers]'s Buddy Icon [pens&feathers]

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Wow, this is really awesome. Great job!

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    germany - italia's Buddy Icon germany - italia

    Posted about 1 year ago

    i dont get it

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    User 3099's Buddy Icon User 3099

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    that’s funny -

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    Love Or Not To Be Loved's Buddy Icon Love Or Not To Be Loved

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    wow i like this this is really good

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    Laine the Grey's Buddy Icon Laine the Grey

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Whoa. Great setup.

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    Sticks' Buddy Icon Sticks

    Posted about 1 year ago

    I really like it. I can see the resemblence between the prose of Chuck’s and your prose.

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    YodaOnCrack's Buddy Icon YodaOnCrack

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Interesting thoughts – liked this.

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    scranton1327's Buddy Icon scranton1327

    Posted about 1 year ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    i really liked this… loved the last sentence, sucks the reader in…

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    Saint Chuck's Buddy Icon Saint Chuck

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Wow, great work. It’s alluring and leaves you begging for more. You have a great style of writing, keep it up.

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    beautiful's Buddy Icon beautiful

    Posted about 1 year ago

    It kept me entertained the whole way, and shocked me at the end. Definitely one of my favorite works here.

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    blueyedwonder's Buddy Icon blueyedwonder

    Posted about 1 year ago

    that was really good. how did you find all that stuff out? or did you make it up?

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    Suburban Saint's Buddy Icon Suburban Saint

    Posted about 1 year ago

    i don’t really like saying that i made stuff up, i imagined it being real. thinking about it that way helps you feel like what you’re writing is true and therefore you write it more realisticly.

    but yes, i made it up =]

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    Alexa ♥'s Buddy Icon Alexa ♥

    Posted about 1 year ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    This story was the first Ficlet I ever read, so I blame whole addiction on you.
    ~
    Love how it starts off like you’re just thinking in general terms and then winds up with a gun pointed at your narrator’s head.

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