Stories posted 3/13/2007
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The End of the World as We Know It
by StrugglingWriter about 1 year ago
The World was scheduled to end in 3 hours and Max and Fender sat in an empty cafe drinking tea. “Tell me again why we aren’t …
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The Strange Obituary of Mr. Renald Sevier
by shallowdotcom about 1 year ago
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Things Taken
by shallowdotcom about 1 year ago
“Will the youth ever find their future?” Father asked no one in particular. It was a code. He was talking about me again. I w…
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Awakening
by Cobalt about 1 year ago
Beep…beep…beep…beep
booop
Accessing internal diagnostic…processing...
Logic circuits compromised…_initiati…
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Not what it seems
by Colin about 1 year ago
So I’m at this club… what I’m doing there, I have no idea, but nonetheless, here I am. So I’m drinking my usual Bud Light f…
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Too much
by Nathaniel Payne about 1 year ago
It was his eyes that caught me. I wasn’t prepared for them to be open. I glanced away, tapped some functions on the mop droid…
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Not what it seems - part 2
by Colin about 1 year ago
I finish my beer and go outside, thinking he may not even be there since I didn’t follow him out immediately. As I exit the d…
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The Hero Business
by Dr. Phil (Physics) about 1 year ago
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Planetia
by iamza about 1 year ago
Planetia, being the last stop before the Great Void, was a constant hive of activity. Billboards across the tiny planetoid gl…
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Sunday Morning Coming Down
by Tw(i)tCh about 1 year ago
My eyelids peeled back, sticking a bit to the contact lenses left in one night too long. The back of my throat burned with th…
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Seems to Be Something Else
by Jason about 1 year ago
I looked up from the card and stared down the street in the direction he’d gone, but he was no longer in sight.
A movie prod…
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An Unreasonable Request III
by Elliot Ryan about 1 year ago
“What is that supposed to mean?” I grew visibly annoyed with the smile that I had cherished not only minutes before.
“It me…
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Babies. Everywhere.
by User 304 about 1 year ago
Babies. They’re everywhere.
I just wanted some time alone. It’s Saturday, but sometimes work makes a nice excuse to get awa…
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The Optimistic Existentialist
by Colin about 1 year ago
As it pertains to the subject of life… at heart, we are all alone and in good company.
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Fishing for Grandpa
by Jay Lake about 1 year ago
The bulge in the water moved against the river’s current. Chad wasn’t sure why he’d noticed it—setting the canoe in was wo…
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The Big Trees
by Deanna Hoak about 1 year ago
Ruby crouched in the dirt between the tomato plants, the heavy green scent of them all around her, and pulled a clover-colore…
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Sweet Carolina 3
by Ed about 1 year ago
From that day on I have been coming here. I don’t even live anywhere near downtown yet still I come here. Every day. Three ti…
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An Uncommonly Bad Day
by Tempest about 1 year ago
I woke up with a pounding headache, either the vestiges of a hangover, or a harbinger of an awful allergy season. To be fair,...
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An Uncomfortable Pasta Dinner
by ErinSlick about 1 year ago
“Does this smell OK to you?” She asked him. She didn’t really want his opinion, but asking him seemed like the right thing to…
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Welcome Home
by Al about 1 year ago
Tuck knew that being married to an undercover agent was difficult for his new bride.
Last week he’d arrested Jose Morales a…
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A sequel to An Uncommonly Bad Day
by Original Changsta about 1 year ago
“Hurry!” said a breathless voice.
“Sorry?”
“Hurry!” the voice said again. I heard bells in the background. Train? Church?
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Space Burps
by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago
Looking down the scorched barrel of a mach 25.4 plasma blaster was…interesting. Especially since the gunman, uhm, girl, loo…
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Head on down the river
by Michael_Josef about 1 year ago
He wished again that he could have convinced John to go with him so someone could hold the shotgun while the other rowed. No …
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Uncommonly bad day III
by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago
Trains, bags and heavy breathing. Not too mention a good dose of Foggartty’s moonshine last night.
The only bag I knew of, b…
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Poor Work Ethic - the Looming Threat
by peterburd about 1 year ago
It wasn’t long after that that Jason began to smell.
At first, nobody noticed.
Susan and Joseph had been enjoying their new…
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walking the dragon
by SAP about 1 year ago
I threw the stick high into the air, aiming for the large open field, hoping Spot wouldn’t knock over any more trees. Spot ha…
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Dearly departed Treo
by suzieaim about 1 year ago
My sweet friend, yours is such a tragic loss. I will miss holding you close, touching your sleek body, hearing your steady vo…
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The Calm Before the Storm
by Tempest about 1 year ago
Dear Journal,
I’m writing to you from my roof. It has a great view, but the trees (and that junker car from next door) won’t … -
Downtime for the Dragon
by Hummingbird about 1 year ago
Let’s see, this is the Year of the Pig, right? That gives me five years before I’m on again. All the celebrations aside, thou…
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Internet Space Warp
by Pencil Head about 1 year ago
I was sitting at my desk and I came across this site. I logged in and began to write this story. Soon I realized I was wastin…
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Paging Mr. Wallace
by suzieaim about 1 year ago
Surprised, Joseph stopped wiping his hand across his mouth. “Mr. Wallace? Who is Mr. Wallace?” Smiling, Susan looked up at Jo…
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Frank in the rain
by Papaganoush about 1 year ago
Frank stood in the rain. He tipped his head back and let the cold drops hit his upturned face. Slowly the water ran down his …
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Love All
by GreyMan about 1 year ago
The only thing I knew about Kaiser was he’d been donated to the K-9 Corps by a young draftee as he left for basic training. S…
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Whale Cheese
by Quixhobbit about 1 year ago
Wanda eyed the globular merchandise inside the sealed glass case with equal parts fascination and wrinkle-nosed distate. The …
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Night Swim
by Saffron about 1 year ago
Kim felt the moonlight slide over her body as she stepped out of her clothing and into the water. When the ink-black water re…
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The worm turns...
by deCadmus about 1 year ago
“Don’t panic! I’m right here. The radio com is still on.”
“Well, you coulda warned me before you cycled the lock. It’s… di…
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The Box
by Kristine Smith about 1 year ago
I found it beneath the basement stairs the day after I moved in. A cardboard box, just a foot square. Brown and water-stained…
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Sentinels
by Kristine Smith about 1 year ago
Black and polished like glass, the sentinels stretch from the end of the pier to the horizon, dividing the bay in half. Tall …
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The Apprentice
by Kristine Smith about 1 year ago
It was a lousy sign. Cheap yellow poster board, sun-battered and rain-spotted. Ink fading and streaked. Two words, “Apprentic…
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Weed
by fearlessflyer about 1 year ago
“It’s good that you guys don’t spray any of that herbicide crap,” Tom says to me, across the fence that seperates our drivew…
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Fizz Panic
by The K about 1 year ago
He spun in a circle as his eyes darted to the dark doorways and recesses that always seem to populate alleyways. Where was Fi…
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No pants, No problem part II
by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago
Truthfully the blame lies squarely at my feet.
I’d sidestepped the glowing blue portal in my front garden, carefully chosen…
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Saviour of the Day
by deCadmus about 1 year ago
I wasn’t trying to save the world. Honest to God.
I’ll start at the beginning, so much as I know it. That’d be the day the …
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Terrarium
by PixelFish about 1 year ago
Nina noticed the terrarium on Alan’s desk almost first thing.
“What’s this?” she said, tapping the glass. “Frogs? Newts? I …