Stories tagged “Doll”
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Stitches
God had sewn me perfectly in his image. As I grew the strings that held me together became frayed. Days pass by and I fail to notice my stitches ripping. I don’t notice the cotton falling out. Now I see that my stitches are coming apart. I pick u...
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An Abundance of Reality
The doctors pressed their faces against the glass like children crowding a pet store window. Jack’s chubby-cheeked daughter sat on the exam table, paper crinkling whenever she shifted to examine a toy. “She’s doing it again. Watch....
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Beheaded
She stood there in her lacy nightgown on the edge of the cliff. The sky was dark. Huge black clouds rolled containing a fury that was soon to be unleashed. The sea far below was just as dark and angrily crashed into the rocks at the foot of the cliff. ...
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In The Heat of The Moment: Part 2
Garret flicked off his flashlight and placed it next to his badge on the passenger side seat. he then flipped a box of smokes open and placed it loosely on his lips; he inhaled deeply then lit the smoke up. The smoke swirled in a circle before disappea...
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Electric dolls (the sequel)
Clearly no one had told him. It made me feel upset; upset that people would try to forget my kind. We are no harm, we help. But people don’t seem to notice that. I wish I wasn’t a mechanical doll. The drive was long and restless. When I finally arr...
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goodbyes are meant for lonely people
She looks at him with new, puzzled eyes. Her eyebrows form a confused expression..Why is he here? He glances at her sleeves, red stains forever to remain… his hand placed on teh phone, carrying her in the other, he gently sets her down on her bed...
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Rebirth
Dr. Green stepped out of the room as I started to work. No stomach for tech I guess. Humans are like that, very uncomfortable with robots that look like them. For a long time there seemed to be an unspoken agreement in the manufacturing world that a ro...
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A Girl's First Friend
Kathy dragged shut the zip on her bulging case. After 3 checks, 2 repackings and 2 counter-checks, she was sure she had everything she might need at university. “Aren’t you forgetting something, dear?” her mother stood in the bedroom ...
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doll in the dollhouse
i wish i was a doll in a dollhouse a eunuch just like ken and i could be free of the gender games and truely find my zen but as happy as i might be i wouldn’t be happy as you’d think surrounded by busty barbie dolls i’d go crazy witho...