Stories tagged “alarm”
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Everywhere and Nowhere
I remember the car alarm going off, sounding ever so loudly, and seeing you rush outside. The slippers on your feet were new looking, but you’ve had them for months— everyone buys slippers, but forgets to wear them. So as the rain falls dow...
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Time for Reality (Twitter Challenge)
My alarm buzzes. I groan and stand up. Wobbling to the bathroom, I stare into the mirror. Sometimes you never want to leave the dreamworld.
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alarm
noisome noisome noisome noisome … The contraption sat in a corner of Martin’s workbench muttering to itself and emitting noxious fumes, which of course was fitting. noisome noisome noisome What was supposed to be a talking and sweet-smellin...
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The Alarm
“God! Would you stop with the killer thing already!” Jenna snapped. Byron stepped back, holding his hands up in surrender. “It’s not possible for a killer to get inside. The house is locked, and the alarm is on. If someone broke...
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Rise and Shine
BEEP BEEP BEEP! The alarm clock chirped gratingly. Elizabeth batted the snooze button. “Ugghhh.” Fumbling for her glasses, she almost fell out of bed. She hated getting up at 5:00 AM.
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The Hole
“You hitting up Gecko’s after work?” David said over the headset as Peter was hauling his second to last barge of garbage to be put into the space station’s black hole core. The station ran on the gravity from the black hole spi...
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Mass Exodus and Brief Encounter
Their conversation stopped short as the real Violet came sprinting into the hall, her second hand Chucks squeaking on the linoleum. One hand on the fire alarm she stared at her friend and the mech with her. For a brief instant she seemed to stare into ...
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Stolen Luggage
5:00 AM. Chicago. Jason Hemshaw fumbled for his watch in the darkness of the bedroom. Finding it at last, he hurriedly stopped the alarm’s insistent vibrations and, taking care not to wake his wife, crept out of the bed. He gestured a small lamp ...