Stories tagged with "life"
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The Greater of Two Evils [High Brow, Life and Death Challenge]

Atropos sat on her stool, watching her sister Lachesis measure of the strings of life.
“Lachesis…are you finished?”
“Almo…
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Advice From the Local Diner [H B, L&D Challenge]

“Ya are what ya make yourself, honey.”
I was slumped in my usual stool in the diner, sipping my black coffee. Next to me lay…
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Epilogue: A Trazelli-Free Life

Julian was sentenced to a few years, but was out on parole within months. He called Devon and asked to visit.
The Turners th…
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The Threads

“This is it” he said to himself as he floated above his lifeless body and his family gathered around his bed, “I’m dead. I do…
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High Brow, Life and Death Challenge
Jean Paul Sartre wrote, “_One always dies too soon -or too late. And yet one’s whole life is complete at that moment, with a …
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The silent wife - Carol's chapter (Grunts challenge, out of contest) 2/2

Carol Bernardi wasn’t always called Carol Bernardi. And wasn’t always a raven haired, silent, smily trophy wife eager to pour…
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The silent wife - Jim's chapter (Grunts challenge, out of contest) 1/2

Jim Bernardi was a really complex man. And I mean, he was. To his paper boy, he seemed just another guy living in the subur…
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Straight From My Heart
The moonlight streams through my window,
and I lay here in the dark,
unable to sleep.
I wrap a blanket around my shoulders,
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The Lucky Ones

She smiled at him, an elusively positioned eyebrow playfully reaching for the brim of her hat.
CLICK
The shutter bounced up…
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In an Instant
Brian leaned over and kissed me, he jumped to his feet and headed down the hill for a surprise he’d left in the car, I laughe…