Stories tagged “brothers”
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Eulogy From a Productive Member of Society
Here are the three things I know for sure about my late brother-in-law Joseph David Kepler: In twenty years I think I saw him sober three times. He was a terrible poet. And that overdose was no accident, and neither were any of the others. The brutal t...
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Expectations of the Bottle Deflty Swung
Nearly void of its recent distilled contents, the bottle glinted in the array of lights in the bar. The yellow light over the pool table shone through its square sides at the apex of its arc. The blue from the neon Bud Light sign danced along its squar...
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Brother's lament
My brother and I have an interesting relationship. We are tight as siblings, but ever since we sort of became our own persons, our interests separated dramatically. It’s to be expected I suppose, but I always wished I could’ve had a closer ...
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Oblivion Come At Last
The voice from my throat growled above the clamor of my brother’s 78 Skylark, “You said women?” “Yeah, Billy, lots of women, just across the bridge in Vicksburg. You know, that little brothel the sheriff runs.” “Name...
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Brotherly Love
A light breeze drifted up the hill and danced lazily amongst the tall prairie grasses. It swept around the strong tree-like legs of Dao Haising as he stood in a defensive stance. It swirled around the spindly legs of his brother, Kae Haising, as he gri...
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Just My Luck. Day 2
My eyes flutter open as water falls on my face. I look up and see the rather large waterstain in the ceiling. Groaning, I slip farther under the covers, shielding my face from the rain. Rain, rain go away, why is it so wet here? I frown at the sound of...
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Awkward
“Yo, Jared!!! What’s happenin’?’” “Uh…uh nothing!!! N-nothing’s happening! N-n-nothing at all!!” “O-kay then…” “W-why are you in here?” “I’m just checkin...
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Just My Luck. Day 2. (Cont.)
We had taken our showers and we’re now on the hunt for ‘leperchauns.’ Jensen was unfazed by my attempts to explain that they’re not real. Did I mention we didn’t eat breakfast? My stomach growls, as we pass the third pub t...
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Wrong!
High school is like the ocean. There are so many different life forms that you lose track of some. I’m that fish that no one can or wants to find. My existance in my school is only known through a student identification number and, believe it or ...
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A Plastic Pause
He stared at the humongous fish tank that severed the restaurant in two and wondered what the waiter’s reaction would be if he demanded the pale orange guy hovering near the plastic diver. “Do you even hear what I’m saying,” Michael asked. “C...
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The Ride
It was probably a bad idea to begin with. My father gave us the old family station wagon when we turned seventeen, so we figured that because the car was falling apart anyway, we might take it for a bit of a spin. We put a few bags of cement mix in the...
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Hot 'n' Cold
“A-choo!!” I jolt awake at the sound of sneezing. I blink and look around seeing Jared shivering on his bed, wrapped up in his duvet. I push myself up and shuffle over to him, getting face to face with my brothers. His sharp features twist ...
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Time is Running Out
“We could change our names, or even move to another country.” Arnie said to his brother Arnold who was standing next to a stream of water that connected his house to the ocean. “Arnie last time I am going to say this we are not going ...
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Brotherly Request
I considered my brother from across the diner table, nigh on forty years and still as cherubic as ever. My coffee, black and utilitarian, looked like tar compared to the creamy bastardization of brew he was happily stirring. “Billy,” he sai...
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Moving
SLAM. Trip stood up over the box, fists pressing into his lower back. He let out a mighty sigh through clenched teeth. “Th’hell do you have in here? Bricks?” “Books, dude. My books.” “You’re not in school anymo...
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Lineage - Part 1
“Bring out the prisoner!” His Royal Highness sat on his regal throne gripping the golden arm rests. He hated this part of his royal duties. Sending a man to his execution is something that only God can command, and yet God laid that burden ...
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Lineage - Part 2
“Our mother would turn in her grave, God rest her soul if she found us here on this day,” The King paced back in forth in front of his brother bound in chains. “By my divine duty I must sentence you to death, however I cannot strike a...
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Cain and Abel [incest challenge]
“Cain!” his name tumbles from my lips as I move against his body, asking for pleasure I know only he can give me. No one can love me like he can. “Oh, fuck, Abel!” His voice quavers, hanging in the air between us, above the melo...
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A Nice Day For a White Wedding
Jack pulled the door shut behind him and adjusted his cufflinks. They kept getting caught on the cuff of his jacket. It was beginning to get on his nerves. “So what’s so important that you had to talk to me right now? I’m getting marr...
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Old Habits Die Hard
“Luc, I’m marrying Carrie today. I can’t do this,” Jack said, his hands searching for the doorhandle behind him. “Sure you can,” Lucas said. “It’s just like when we were kids. Remember when mum made us ta...
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The Wedding Is Most Definitely Off
She stopped dead in the doorway, paralysed by what her husband to be was doing to his brother. Carrie had always suspected that there was someone else but she had thought that Jack would get over it once they were married. Obviously she was wrong. They...
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Sibling Rivalry
I used to hate having my brother follow me around on the playground. He was only a year younger than I was, but even then, the two of us were so different. If I was on the slide, he wanted to be on the slide. If I was climbing the bars, he would climb ...