First line

The sound reverberated through the streets.

8 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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Streets

The sound reverberated through the streets. I dropped to my knees, the metal in the synth-leg clanging against the me...

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Father and Son

I came down the stairs after I heard the rumbling in the streets. Something shook my potted plant, the one my grandmo...

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The mob held torches like flags, upright and proud, ready for battle with the onion factory. Sons, mothers, daughters...

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First line

The pistol was cocked, ready to go.

12 stories · started over 15 years ago
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Highwayman

The pistol was cocked, ready to go. Aiming at the highway man was easy, pulling the trigger was the problem. I couldn...

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Pull the Trigger

The pistol was cocked, ready to go. “Your turn” she said, as my hands trembled in fear. Why was I here? Who was she? ...

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Denny's

The pistol was cocked, ready to go. I was going to show him. I was angry, no, furious. He cut me off! In this city, t...

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First line

Midnight on the roof.

24 stories · started over 14 years ago
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Night Climbing

Midnight on the roof. The roof of one of the university buildings, to be exact. "We've made it," he says. I nod, sti...

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Forbidden

I stared up at the stars the beauty overtaking my sight, the bright lights occupied me while I was waiting. For him ...

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Rebel

Midnight On the roof. A shouldn't-be time in a shouldn't-be place, Thad pecked a shouldn't-do cigarette from the...

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First line

He ran into the room, his heart pounding, and his clothes soaking wet.

31 stories · started about 15 years ago
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A very rainy day

He ran into the room, his heart pounding and his clothes soaking wet. Just earlier that day, he headed out for the d...

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Dust

Immediately he ripped his dresser draw open. Rummaging through the clothes all neatly packed. Foot steps are heard fr...

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So much for God.

"Damnit Christine, god damnit, call 911!" I shouted, dropping my sisters limp body on the bed. There was froth aroun...

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10 stories · started over 15 years ago
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Perfection

I stare at the row of perfect houses resting on the perfectly manicured lawns beneath a perfectly blue sky by perfect...

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The Ring

I found the ring on the bowling green. Slipped in my back pocket for later as I was in the middle of the tournament. ...

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My balls

Set down the light set it down anywhere The pure clean of a random weeknight on the coach staring at the white ceili...

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100 feet away.

14 stories · started over 15 years ago
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The Imminent

I am really nervous. It's there. Looming. And I feel like if I move it will know, and everything around me will crumb...

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Synchronicity

100 feet away I watched the smugglers struggle to get over the jagged stones, collapse onto the wet sand, expel salt ...

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X-Files

100 feet away Mulder knew the Sasquatch was waiting. This was it, the moment of truth. Jonas, the new field agent c...

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