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Words No One Wants to Hear
They face each other across a small, ornate cast iron table in a secluded courtyard. Birds sing, plants rustle in a breeze. On the air is it Lilac? If not, some other flower blooming, broadcasting life. “It didn’t work,” he says. Simple words. Her head drops, hands covering her face. “I’m sorry,” he adds. He…
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Get a Little Bit Closer – 100 Word Story
“The band is so teeny, tiny and far away,” Riley said. “We should have sprung for better seats. What’s the point?” “But you can see it all clearly on the screens,” Marla reasoned. “Does a sixty-inch tv mean anything to you?” “But then you wouldn’t experience this.” This being the wafting smell of weed. The…
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Short Short Story
Prompt: “Open a Window” ; Write short story in 10 minutes Tomorrow’s Promise The door cracked. They stepped into the square room. The walls were papered with stripes and tiny flowers. No, those were not flowers, they were spots. “You saw that too,” Jack said. “Probably an exploded soda,” Mara said. “Right.” But there was…
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The Best of Both Worlds
He learned not to explain what he saw around him. Simultaneous timelines, parallel universes, label it however. As a boy he told his parents about the two worlds. They sent him to a therapist, Who gave him medicine, That made him quiet. Quiet and alone. Over time, he adjusted to his chaotic existence. Living in…
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Once Upon a Time
“There’s a glory day for everything, Harry, right? The square here used to be filled with young students, Practicing their moves, all in unison, Beautiful synchrony of humans, wasn’t it? And the race track where the horses kicked up dust as they left the gate, Such electricity in the air as they pounded the ground.…
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