Stories tagged “bad news”

  • Ginger: Messages Good and Bad

    Looking-Glass led me out of the pantry into a long, narrow corridor with a row of doors along one side and windows along the other. I hoped to catch a glimpse of the city of Generatia but the shades were all drawn; it would have to wait. As we walked, ...

  • Bad News

    “Let me just tell you,” she said, “When you say bad news I think, the roof is on fire, the dog has gone blind, the repo man has come by to take the car, the police are looking for aliases. This is not bad news. I will be over in twent...

    • Author: Mars
    • Posted over 2 years ago.

  • This Used to Be My Playground

    I could feel my self clam up. My emotions threatened to overwhelm me and I forced them down. I had to leave, to go somewhere where I could deal with the news. Numbly, I heard myself say the right things, give the right people salutes, and worked my way...

    • Author: Robert Quick
    • Posted almost 2 years ago.
    • 5 out of 5

  • Ashes Ramain: Chapter One;; Part 2

    Before me now stood a large black man. A bead of sweat dribbled down my temple as I gulped what could have been my last breath. The creature opened his gaping mouth, “I am sorry, truly sorry to tell you this, but the corporation is having to make...