Stories tagged “curious”
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Ascendant.
Three in the morning, well past the twenty-four hour mark, and still he could not sleep. It was not the light of streetlamps that filtered through his window that denied him his rest, nor the Three’s Company theme song blaring through the paperth...
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Courage in the Courtyard (part 1)
To my dismay, that twerp still haunts me in my dreams on occasion. Thankfully, when she appears in them, I do not let her turn them into nightmares. She just taints my dreams a bit with her evil—but I’ve learned by now that her wrath can’t hurt m...
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The standing man's curiosity and the bullet
I took another step. “I’m not going to touch you.” I worked at keeping my voice calm. There was only four to five feet separating us now. I could hear every breath he took. Each one sounded like a low growl deep in his chest. His eyes peaked with...
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Now What?
The big question. Now what? I sit on the edge of my bed, guitar resting on my knees, trying to put my newfound numbness into words… into a song, but my mind can’t make sense of it all. The words fly past, waiting for me to pluck one for the...
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Curious Feeling
The floor was growing colder against my back as my life drained away from my stomach. The creature stood above me, a slim silhouette slightly bent to look at me. It seemed to dangle down from the darkness. I didn’t see where claws could have come...