Stories tagged “arcade”
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Greatest arcade
He took his place at the foot of the machine and inserted a clean quarter. With a dazzling salvo of lights and a cacophony of bells, the machine sprang to life and began to tremble ever so slightly. It was clearly anticipating the excitement that was s...
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Pacmans Lament
I…. I ate him. The ghosts were on my tail. Yellow dots formed a line in front of me, a line I knew would lead somewhere. I had to eat them. I… I just had to. Just like I ate….. Iate him. I turned left, a giant fruit got in my way. I d...
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The Break.
Frowns disappear in lights, sounds hide youth away. Fierce competition drowns your palms and brow. Foul-odored teens revealed to attent men and women. youth unexcused for joy-racing come up empty. Score matters not, when baths are forgot.
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The Master
The kid got out of his dented Olds and hefted his duffel. He checked the address again. The grew long and the porch sagged. After he knocked on the door, the guy who answered the door was pot-bellied, his clothes stained. The whole place stank of booze...
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The Smallest Battle
Even blood-sucking monsters of the night charged with corraling supernatural threats in a backwater of Brooklyn needed a hobby, and Cassandra’s was the arcade. There was nothing profound, nothing arcane, nothing soul-screechingly terrifying in th...