Stories tagged “apples”
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Apple Of My Eye
The ripest apple, the highest branch. The effort it would take. The time. The distance. Déjà vu. The distace. The distance. I have encountered a problem. How do I get to the apple. I cannot climb. I cannot call for help. I musn’t cut the tree d...
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Looking through the Scope
I used to be a deer hunting guide to Hollywood’s elite. When I was twenty-eight, I was highly sought after to guide Hollywood’s most insane and socially awkward celebrities. I had always found deer hunting the most appetizing of sports ever since I...
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Looking through the Scope(part 1)-revised
When I was twenty-eight, I was a highly sought after hunting guide to Hollywood’s most insane and socially awkard celebrities. I had always found deer hunting to be the most appetizing of sports. It was where my dad and I walked side by side; som...
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Zero Day
I felt, but didnt see, the shot. Just the feel of the recoil going up my arm like a sucker punch. I smelled the hot chemical stink of the burning powder, the planet-cracking BANG of the report, and the dull thump a microsecond later. I felt the hot fla...