Stories tagged “darkness”
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fade to grey
“Shh, shush now” I said in a calming voice, “it’ll all be over soon”. Her eyes almost seemed to accept the inevitable and I could feel the remnants of her life moving through my body. She gasped one more time and was gone....
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Shiver
The cold fingers of death upon my chest. An iceberg floating through torrential waters inside of my soul, reaching down to the deepest corners of my being. There was death, standing in front of me. Resting his sullen hand across my frail and broken bod...
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Strange Dream
People stand To shake my hand But why they do, I don’t yet understand. Notes are sold From hearts gone cold Why they want them, Something I’m still not told. Vision fades Darkness invades A clear signal, I am not meant to stay. I realize That I wil...
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Blinded
When the lights were on, life was vibrant. The people danced, colors swirled, music blared and smiles shone as bright as the glitter and sequins. The night was dark, but after the club closed we drove around, the crew attempting to keep the party going...
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The Heavy Breath of the Dark
I awake into the deepest, darkest black imaginable. I can see nothing but the heavy breath of the dark. It clings to my body like a tangible force, but it’s all psychological—it’s just my eyes not registering the fact that there is no...
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Not quite a tap,
I could smell the thunderstorm. Every time I smell them up until now, I shook uncontrollably. Not quite a tap, but nowhere near as hard as the loud ‘pop’ made it seem. Now, the sound itself? That was horrible. You could hear the cracking of...
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And Everything Under The Sun
She stands there, arms crossed in a vulnerable-but-not-really sort of way. It’s not me, it’s her, she says. The words “space” and “time” are used. She needs more of each. I don’t understand, and as an astrophysicist its been a long while ...
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The Darkness
Time was quickly running out for Janet and she knew it. She had barricaded the room with as many random objects as she could find, but it would only prolong the inevitable. Janet spent the last few minutes she had looking for something, anything that c...
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Seating Arrangements
The house smelled delicious. Not of food, or even incense. It smelled of Julia. Nicole couldn’t help but wonder if this is what it was like to be drunk. “C’mon, I’ll put on some music.” Julia it a couple of buttons on an ...
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Into the Forest
As Zarek stood on the edge of this massive wall of trees, he felt a sort of darkness creep about him.. a strange force seemed to draw his mind into the deepths of the dark void within the trees… This is it… The Forest… He stood as tho...
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Falling
Having placed the tiny strip of paper on his tongue he flops back and smiles. Far off in the distance he can hear the music playing. Far off in the distance he can smell the flowers growing. Far off in the distance he can hear her speak. “Awake.&...
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Falling to Walk
I was getting ready to show you the truth. To actually let you inside my head. I was so close to not pretending. But every time I had the courage to speak, the words wouldn’t make the sounds I so desperately needed you to hear. We were just sitti...
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The Evening Watch
A nearly cloudless night. Crisp air flowed freely across my body. The beautiful light of the celestial bodies shown blissfully upon my pale complexion. All seemed perfect with the world as I continued on with my evening stroll…although a tinge of...
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Good Morning, Mr. Smith.
He opened his eyes with a gasp, thinking it was the same dream he had every night. But it seemed darker than usual, and stuffier, in his room. “I need to open a window,” he thinks. He sits up and slams his head into something, hard. He push...
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The Earth's Darkest Hour
“Kathy” A mutter “Kathy it’s urgent they need to speak to you for only a minute” a louder mutter “I’ll be there give me a second” Why has Carl woken me up at 2 in the morning, no one is ever up this early. Why did he have such urgency i...
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Blackout
In one flash of light outside, the neighborhood went dark. Me, being a little pussy, got scared, as I was home alone. Out loud “Fuck, shit, fuck” I knew where the flashlights were, due to the lack of light, I did not know where the flashlig...
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Darkness
When everything is dark, what do you see? I see the darkness, but it isn’t black. It’s glowing from the countless evils, secrets, and fantasies we all have. The darkness isn’t empty. It is full of all our darkest fears, our pain and a...
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Smile
I sensed that she was more at ease than before, but I still felt a need to comfort her. I didn’t want to continue holding her lest she thought I was overbearing, but I walked with her, never taking my eyes off of hers. She stared down, as if she ...
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Restless Nights, Not A Stir Threw The Night
“Shut the fuck up.” Dark figured replied. “Well I can see we are going to have a great conversation here.” I was only able to see three people in the room at this point of time. One was a skinny figure, the other was tall, and t...
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Under the Forest
Ron landed at the bottom of some sort of hole. He sat in the pitch black, very still, assessing the situation. He was bruised where he’d landed, but nothing was broken. It didn’t seem like Katie was coming through after him, nor did it seem...
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T.S. Eliot It Ain't (Poem Challenge)
I’d like to write a poem With all my shriveled heart But ponies and flowers And ivory towers Just aren’t my kind of start We’ll change the pretty ponies To demonic, Hell-born steeds With tales and manes Of underworld flames Yes, this ...
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Heart of Darkness
Is your death metal starting to feel a bit lite? Has your existential angst turned from bespoke heavy-duty personal baggage to pint-sized Prada cocktail purse? Is Oprah starting to get you down? Maybe you’ve found yourself reading about Paris Hil...
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The Doom That Really Came
It was at that moment when the lightbulbs burst from above them. The lamps in the street went out, and it seemed even the stars forgot how to shine. The whole scene was as if a shadow descended on the town, extinguishing each and every source of illumi...
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Ginger: Navigating the Darkness
It must have been more than a day that I crept through the muddy pitch blackness. I lost all track of time. I know that I fell asleep at one point, laying my head upon my satchel in the ankle-deep sludge. When I awoke nothing had changed; all was silen...
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Seeing in the Darkness
To be honest, I don’t know where I am. Not having legally entered Peter’s country, leaving wound up a tad tricky after killing him and taking out two buildings in the process. A truck took me one place. I hiked somewhere else. A bumpy plane...