Stories tagged “Sanctuary”
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My Island Between Worlds
I was sitting on a beach with soft, fine sand. I didn’t know how I had ended up there. I couldn’t see any foot prints leading to or from me. It was as if I suddenly appeared. The sky was a twisting torrent of colors- twilight’s blue h...
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Green Cathedral
The last of Drayden’s footfalls were muted by a carpet of pine needles, soft and silencing, lending a spring to his step that mirrored the carefully contained excitement that he felt every time he neared the grove. He broke cover from the ferns, ...
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Alien Sanctuary
Hail wasn’t the only storm element to worry about. Fragments of long ago collided planets and man-made satellite crafts showered a myopic world, proving even intelligent design could crumble. “Martians? Preposterous, if we believed in Martians, the...
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Do Not Disturb!
In my usual starbucks, I was sitting and writing when Mother Nature knocked. Well she actually started with a light tap- a slight tummy gurgle and a vague feeling of discomfort. I have fairly good body control so I ignored her. I had to get my story do...
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Semi-Conversations and Full Fledged Fear
Face smeared with grease and mouth full, Tom turns to see the saloon doors swing open. A shadow of a man enters the establishment. He fills the place. He is no more than a wisp. There is nothing to his visage, and within one can read the whole of human...