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Stories tagged with "medicine"

  • Case Closed Inspired by text

    by One Time, One Chance about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    “And with that, I hereby give custody of Alex Faulkner to Amanda Faulkner. Case closed.”

    That feeling – it’s back. The feeli…

  • The Orphans Did Not Inspired by text

    by Officially about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    That day the group that Oliver was in were jostled out to sample some antibiotic spray. The scientists first found kids that …

  • Keeping the Peace? What Peace? Inspired by text

    by Kevin Lawver about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    The medic slowly turns with tears in his eyes and takes the little boys’ hands in his. He can’t speak Arabic either, but I th…

  • Shokran Gazillan Inspired by text

    by Kevin Lawver about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    We call back for the medic, who comes running. He cuts off the younger boy’s pant leg and tells us to hold him down so he doe…

  • The Late Late Night at Lake Derry Inspired by text

    by uselessness about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    The note was identical to the previous one, written on the back of a hardware store receipt:

    “Lake Derry need a doctor.
    _S…

  • No Lid-Proof Child Inspired by text

    by Robotech_Master about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    And then my four-year-old son toddles in from the next room, plucks the bottle out of my hands, and deftly twists the lid off…

  • The Lid Inspired by a link

    by Kevin Lawver about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    I can’t get the lid off. I can’t get the lid off. I can’t get the lid off. I need what’s inside. My head is going to explod…