Stories tagged with "old"
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Good as Your Word
by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 3 months ago
Cricket snorted. “You ain’t gettin’ info that easy.”
The master smirked. “You are familiar with water torture?”
“Sure am.”
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A Mommy Misses Her Imagination
by Mistress Elsha Hawk 3 months ago
“Mommy does dusguy know that the stores are open all the time?”
Mom was driving downtown, humming along to the radio, when t…
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Well-worn Wisdom and No Regrets (HB/LB challenge)
by Punkin 4 months ago
She sat at the dining room table dressed smartly and smelling of lavender and chamomile tea. Her husband sat next to her, his…
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The Writer Reclines
by NightMaiden 4 months ago
I sat in my room for the longest time, but when I looked at the clock, it had been only five minutes, to my utter dismay.
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The Writer Finds a True Friend in Scooter
by NightMaiden 4 months ago
Scooter slipped out of my grasp and latched himself to my shoulder, licking my cheek occasionally.
“Scoots, what am I goin…
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The Writer Gets Cornered Herself
by NightMaiden 4 months ago
He turned to me, face away from the black car.
“That’s one of my dad’s company vehicles.”
“I couldn’t have guessed,” _I r…
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The Writer Lets Something Embarrasing Slip
by NightMaiden 4 months ago
My mind went blank.
I mean, insane asylum, she’s – just – a – human – vegetable kind of blank.
_I really couldn’t think…
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The Writer Comments on Cars
by NightMaiden 4 months ago
“I basically couldn’t – didn’t want to – handle what was going on at home.”
“I’m listening,” I grudgingly admitted.
“My d…
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The Writer Is Made To Sit Down
by NightMaiden 4 months ago
I was pacing down the sidewalk with the cheer of a dead person.
_My hands barely felt the paper grocery bags rubbing up ag…
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The Writer Goes Shopping
by NightMaiden 4 months ago
The morning was spent monotonously.
Raine kept looking over towards me, but I ignored him, flat out.
I’m not interested in …
