Stories tagged “belief”
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Excuse me
The Judge looked very pissed off. “Ignorance is no excuse, Mr. Fletch.” “Ignorance is no excuse?” I repeated, thinking to myself. “Of course it’s a fucking excuse. What the hell are you people on? You think it’...
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Present to Beyond
..which wasn’t present at all. Was it? He blinked. Nasra had just walked out of the tent, yet she was no longer here. The runes, less than scratchings in a dust coated stone, worn away as if by the scuff of many insect feet. The offerings, gone, ...
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I am real, believe me.
Can you see the moon? Yes, of course you can. But did you ever happen to see the rabbit that lives in there? I bet you haven’t. People hardly seem to notice me. They think it is some pothole left on my house by some big rock called the meteorit...
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Searching
There’s this sentence That sits beyond a blockaded entrance It goes on never ended And yet it’s already gone Solid but blended Pallid and soft Acrid and stone With its feathers aloft Drifting away But always at home You can never stray ...
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Bound Together
The hall swelled with attendees. More waited outside under the red book banner marked FICLY-NOMI-CON, waiting because they hadn’t bothered to pre-register. Everybody here shared something special that brought them together from all over the world...
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Faith
“This isn’t fair! A choice between… this… and death is no choice at all!” I screamed at her. “If you didn’t want this, your body would have rejected the change,” she replied. “Yeah, and rapists tell...
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Dawn
The screaming had stopped at last. The Land Before the Forest was nothing but a black skeleton of charred, wooden bones still smoking in the pre-dawn half light. You took my husband. You took my soul. You took my innocence. Now, you will take nothing f...
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The Prince's Problem
~ Is a couple in the slums worthy of more admiration than a prince? …They having become Lord & Lady before he even acknowledges that he’s alone. ~ “My journey hasn’t been long but it’s taken me far from my kingdom. I b...
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DAMN YOU
My love strikes fear in you shaking – our first kiss Years pass fear of losing fear of cheating cease to exist lines are crossed Where love was blind Is now where love was lost Your love so deceiving I led life believing Letting go of our love w...
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The Superhero's Manifesto
I will not self designate myself as a hero. If others call me such, so be it. I will not regard myself as anything other than a human being. I will not assume responsibility outside of the actions I commit and the people I affect. I will not seek troub...