Stories tagged “coma”
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Trapped Here
I wake with a start. But that can’t possibly be the right word for it. I haven’t moved a muscle in what feels like a lifetime. It’s been years I’m pretty certain. But then again, it might only be a matter of hours. It’s ju...
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The Master of Dimensions
I’m standing on a pedestal of pure white, being held in the infinite blue sky by a needle thin pillar that stretches below beyond sight. He’s in front of me, 13 feet tall, his brown robe in ripples around his body, shrouded face alight by t...
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Brand New Day
“I came as soon as I could, doctor. Is he awake?” “Yes, he came out of it about thirty minutes ago. We called you immediately.” “HAS HE WATCHED TELEVISION?!?” Her voice rang down the hall – and the doctor blanc...
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Dark Room 1: Digital Dreams
USER 002 LOGGED IN He smiled as the glow flowed in. Dumb fuck – boss don’t have a clue. Milo lay on the bench, naked and aroused. The electrode web in his glossy cap intercepted his nerve signals and slighted in a virtual world of his own c...
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Dark Room 2: Fistfuls of Sand
USER 001 LOGGED IN USER 001 LOGGED OUT He couldn’t face Heather – sometimes, he just couldn’t. He took off the helmet and shut his eyes. He remembered the last visit, two days ago. He created a summer, and gave her a white dress. Her ...
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Dark Room 3: Little Fifteen
ALONE. She couldn’t get away. She could only form a frail world for herself. It was a simple room with bare walls, and a rough blanket on the floor. There was a door – and at the bottom, a darkly-lit pulsing glow warned her not to open it a...
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Dark Room 4: Thief In The Mind
At last, she opened it. The glowing bloodflow lay below her. It whispered a sibilant melody to the loud backbeat of her heart. She didn’t know why, but she knew to thrust her hand forward – into the blood. Her world shifted again, into a wh...
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Waiting Room pt. 2
Panic gripped Harry. His brain struggled frantically to understand the situation. All the while Raiffe stood there with a knowing smirk on his face. As if he knew exactly what was going on in Harry’s mind and found it amusing. Harry was seized by...
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Of Comas and Killing Death
“So what does this get us?” Jeron asked. “I mean, sure, he was in a coma, and sure, he met Death. But—” “But this means the method works!” Kyle said, ecstatically. “I just have to go into a coma, and boom! I ...
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Invincible
Hey Sunshine,what’s up? It’s me…remember? You look great for someone who’s comatose. Well anyway, I brought you something, a picture of us. Remember when we went to that photo booth and took all of those pictures? I’ll put...
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Waking up Dead
I’m alive. I think. I mean I think I’m alive. What I mean to say is I think I’m alive, and so I must be alive if I think it. … Pretty sure I’m alive. But this isn’t how I remember being alive. I’ve only just wo...
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Strings
There are days when I feel a very tenuous connection to life. As if it is the thinnest cord, a mere strand of spiderweb that ties me to this reality. If that thread were to suddenly snap, would I drop dead to the floor? Would the death be classified as...