Stories tagged “boats”
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Fishers of Men
It wasn’t our fault. I kept telling myself that. We were the ones who’d been oppressed. We weren’t the wastrels. But the lady’s picture stayed with me, telling me otherwise. In my mind I could see her eyes looking down at me wit...
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No Matter How Many
Shrill watched the great war ships as they bobbed towards land for a while, and then stepped down from the wall. “There must be something we can do!” His commanding officer, a man with more scars than years, laid a heavily gloved hand on hi...
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Silent Communion
The night had started with an unfulfilling argument and ended in a night drive to an old refuge- the marina. The sandy gravel became warped wooden planking and tethered boats crowded together like an elderly congregation, eager for the next visitor. I ...