Sequence Identified

by OrionBlade

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Henry took a break to drive to his aunt’s place and meet up with the neices and nephews he’d neglected over the holidays. When he arrived, everyone was out – so he let himself in, and found a box on the kitchen table with his name on it.

Something inside thumped the side of the box.

He opened it.

To his amazement, it was a stack of CD’s, all of his favorite bands’ biggest records.

“There’s the thump,” He said as he reached for a CD case that had somehow slid off the stack and fallen to the bottom of the rather tallish box.

“Pachelbel.”

He put the discs back in the box, and walked over to the stereo with the new find.

The drive spun up.

He clicked play.

Pachelbel’s Canon in D erupted from the speakers.

“Sonofa.”

Henry slumped to the floor with a thud, the desk chair skittering to a stop as it snagged the stereo’s power cable.

He lay there, unconscious, in silence.

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Average Reader Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5

  1. Sequence Identified

    BARomero's Buddy Icon BARomero

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Oooo! Interesting! A different direction than I was going, but I really want to see where you branch off to…

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

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Fabulous. Very unique perspective. I really enjoyed this.

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

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    The chaos effect: a butterfly flaps his wings, and we have Henry on the floor unconscious instead of on a plane over the Mississippi. Splendid!

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    Storykeeper of Fae's Buddy Icon Storykeeper of Fae

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Hahaha! Sorry, T.F Torrey’s comment was funny…
    this story is confusing, but in a good way. It’s very intriguing and I’d like to see where you take it.

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    Alexa ♥'s Buddy Icon Alexa ♥

    Posted about 1 year ago

    3.0 out of 5 stars

    Mysterious coincidence that the box should be at his aunt & uncle’s house. Interesting too that it was one of his favorite compositions and he didn’t know it.

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