Stories tagged “car”
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The Love Of The Crime Series
Fuck Is all I could think of. I was a week into my new job as the local sheriff, and now am left to burying a kid. I am left to look upon to bring justice to an early end to a kid that should have lived till his elder years. All I was left with was a...
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The Deer
It was dark at night, and slippery as well. I was the lucky one. The deer, frozen by instinct, was standing shock still in my headlights. I couldn’t stop for the deer. I was going way too fast. I had to go home quickly. My wife needed me. When I was ...
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The Gunslinger
She rested her back against the wall of the warehouse, as she watched in horror to the gun fire that had sparked. A young man had stepped out of a black Cadillac. In his hand he had held a semi hand gun. He looked around the warehouse, and noticed a sm...
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High Speed Philosophy
Today, I was in ‘the zone’. I was ‘seeing through the code’. My perception of everyday life seemed on an unusual high today. Knowing that so many things, people, animals, forces of nature; they all operate with little considerat...
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Mother Nature
I was awaken by the sound of the rain. Thunder from afar lit up the skies. The roads flooded, cars pulled over to the sides. Screams of terror from a distance, indicting they were stranded in the flash flood. The phone started to ring only just a momen...
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Falling Rocks
Officer Stern arrived at the scene promptly. As the cop in a town with a population of 102, he didn’t usually have much to do but sit around and eat donuts at Manny’s Diner. But today was different: today, he had received a call from a newc...
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Dreams and Cypress Trees
The song cut through the humid air despite the tinge of static, “…doctor, doctor, gimme the news, I gotta bad case of lovin you…” “Orville, turn that down!” With one hand hold the cigarette out the window, one hand h...
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New Toys
Quentin let loose a long string of barely intelligible curse-words as he lifted his foot so he could floor the accelerator again. The car, a black convertible, lunged forward with a roar. Lights danced in the review mirror. He couldn’t believe th...
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The Lights Glimmered In Her Eyes
The rain fell heavy, the smell of smoke, metal and a rainstorm oddly blended together. Tragedy loomed the night air. The shouting of firemen and and policemen were almost drowned by the rain. The scramble around the two crushed cars was an almost organ...
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All the Mist
“Crazy,” she told the misty air, as she and I looked over the wreckage. The smoking pile of refuse at my feet used to be my twenty-five thousand dollars of torque and stereo and rubber. I guess this kind of thing happens. She glanced up at ...
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Road Trip
I am speeding down the highway, in my motor: I should mention there’s a dragon in the tailpipe, and the devil’s in the engine. Reclining in my bucket seat, the roads a’flying by, and the hills and woods are looming; up above, a starry...
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Pregnant Psychobabbling Babe
Canyon lake Lay cradled— picture perfect fake Through the windshield of my Hyundai One Sunday My psychobabbling babe, She says, “honey” Her lips syllabled Something sunny Like… “Someday soon My patient cocoon Will open in...
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By: Tires
Outlines Of power lines Shadow the concrete Like looping swerves Left written in the street By the tires of artistic driver’s “Yeah, you’re right it does! And the clouds! The clouds Look like featherless doves full of fuzz!”
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Dumb and Dumber
“Don’t worry I have it all covered. The car will be outside the bank at exactly three fifteen p.m. All you have to do is get both your asses out of that bank at precisely that time or you miss your ride .” New York News will cross to ...
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Chase
I yanked the wheel to the right, the seat belt slicing across my neck as the car leaped away like startled prey. The SUV shot past, skimming paint from my front wing, sudden red lights shining in my eyes. I stood on the brakes and swerved around the ve...
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Lead Foot
Foot falls again, and The car speeds up. Cold, dark night. I see his blurred outline On this highway horizon. I sense his fear. He runs faster, but He is no match for me. Outsmarted again. Fumble for my tool, The one I mean to use. Cold, black, and mer...
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Start of the Summer Road Trip
I stumble out of my house and to my car’s truck, which is popped open. I throw my bags in the back and slam the top down to close it. My mom comes out of the house and gives me a big hug. “Drive carfully okay?” She tells me. “I ...
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The Choice of Flight
So my fist met his face, and I almost felt the need to apologize, like someone might if a dog jumped on a neighbor. I’m so sorry, I don’t know what my fist was doing. It never behaves like this. It won’t happen again. But was I sorry?...
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Everywhere and Nowhere
I remember the car alarm going off, sounding ever so loudly, and seeing you rush outside. The slippers on your feet were new looking, but you’ve had them for months— everyone buys slippers, but forgets to wear them. So as the rain falls dow...
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Fragile Things
“Definitely insane.” “I concur, utterly mad…with a dash of stupid.” “Look,” Brandon shot up from under the hood, “if you two idiots aren’t going to help, then leave. I’ll do it myself.” ...
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Shhh! Just Watch.
“Gabe, what the hell are we doing?” I whisper furiously, both relieved and sad to be leaving Jane’s side. Gabe climbs into the car and slams the door as I pull away from the curb. “Won’t this look a bit weird that I just s...
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Now Everybody's Pissed
Shocked and panicked, I start the car engine. Jane is storming down the sidewalk towards us. Gabe is silent. I shake my head, irritated with him. “Jeez, Gabe. Now look what’s happened. What do we do now, huh?” I drive towards Jane and...
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You, Jill. You.
My car won’t start. My lunch is sinking into a puddle. My hair, which I had taken the time to straighten, is a frizzy mess. And my homework? Well, that’s on me. I just didn’t do it last night. Let’s pretend that Monday was a per...
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Something
“Katie, where are you taking me?” We just finished dinner and were now leaving the restaurant. She said she had a surprise for me. I’m not one for surprises. “For all the years I’ve know you, you have ruined every surprise...