Stories tagged “chains”
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A Dash of This...
Her fingers were bony and thin, stained a permanent yellow gold from digging the tips in the turmeric paste. Her hair smelled of mint and cinnamon from the wash she made to cover her premature gray, her feet of rosemary from the soak she gave them at e...
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From the Inside...
The air is empty. No one’s been in this particular room for months. Locked from the inside, its prize is quite special. The only survivor of James Carver Syndrome, the pandemic that wiped out a quarter of the human race in 3 years. He had been h...
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Too Much is Never Enough
What do I fear most in life? It’s hard to describe or explain, like a forgotten classmate’s name you just can’t quite put a finger on. It has been called many different things by many different people, and has even drove men to kill. ...