Stories tagged “disgust”
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Hell isn't always other people
Sure, he’d got their invitation. Every god-damn year, he’d got it, no matter how far he’d roamed. Common decency suggested that it would be polite to respond, but he couldn’t even bring himself to make that much contact with the...
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Wax
Even if she could have smiled through the cracked, scarred skin on her face, she wouldn’t have when she sat down with her family for dinner that first evening back home. There was a silence hanging over the table that she expected. Two years ago,...
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Ruby's Day
The wheels of the day began to rotate but Ruby felt like stepping off the ride. Her innocent children would latch onto someone else just as easily. They are like saints at this age— there’s nothing special about receiving love from saints&#...
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Personal Belongings
Jimmy peeked out the curtains and watched his parents’ car back out of the driveway and drive off down the road. He watched MTV for 15 minutes just to make sure, before he hopped up and strolled to their room. He surveyed the room with a careful ...
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Veracity?
“A girl got raped today,” I said forcefully, slamming down my glass of milk as though it were poison. “That’s what happened.” He grimaced, though in genuine disgust or just because it was the expected reaction from him I couldn’t tell. ...
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Doctor's Orders
Alice peeks out from behind her knees briefly, and shudders at the sight of a large, floating purple cat that has materialized in her room. It’s lime green eyes are strangely piercing as they stare back from the cat’s smiling face. Alice si...
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The Silent Killer
BIOLOGICAL WEAPON A sudden and most foul odour Brought forth a collective cringe. Our souls rushed straight for the door, Each face had a sickly green tinge. But crammed in a corner was I, Face at butt level. And stuck in the death-bus was I, Cursing t...