Stories tagged with "frustration"
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The Easiest Place to Get To
There are many ways to get to Atlantis. The many West Sea traders have hundreds of routes, and there are the royal routes- my…
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grr.

the walls
they’re white
does that mean they’re blank?
or merely full of hidden meaning?what’s in a laugh?
is that sarcasm….. -
If only it were this easy! -or- Education by Osmosis
Standing before her students she sighed in frustration. Great, she thought, _The period is almost over and they are absolut…
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Visitations of a Pointless Nature [Conversations with Dead People Challenge]

“What’s it like?” I excitedly asked the spectral figure hovering near my bed.
“What?” he responded coyly.
“Duh,” I shot bac…
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Perverse

I refuse to be ignored. I do everything I can to get attention. But somehow, I always end up in the background.
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Worked Up
“Good afternoon Samaritans, you’re talking to Steve, how may I help?”
“Yes, look, I’m worried about my mental health.”
“And…
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I Got It On eBay
He said it would be over on Tuesday. All over. Wash-our-hands- of-the-matter-and-get-on-with-our-lives-already over. Fair eno…
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teenage stupidity

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The Getaway

I rolled forward and grabbed my gun just as he ran towards the stranger, the sword in my father’s hand glinting in the aftern…
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Untitled.
what doesn’t matter
what doesn’t feelwho would stand it?
who won’t heal?cruel and cold
simple and plainand no one could…