Stories tagged “execution”
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Entropic Echoes
The screams are better than the silence. Silence means that you’re alone and make no mistake, at that moment, you are alone. Never knowing when or if the quiet will end. Deep in darkness, caged with only screams and silence, the only thing you ca...
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Black Hood
Dang, my neck itches. I bobbed my head left and right, trying to scratch. It would be a lot easier if my hands weren’t tied behind my back. At least that rope was soft – the rope tied tight just below my chin was prickly as all get out. And...
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Small Comfort
I looked up from the bottom of the well. It was a dry well, or had been. Now it was damp. Dark clouds spat rain and though the opening that faced the sky wasn’t very wide, water streamed down the rough, pitted brick in dark rivulets. Water that p...
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GURNEY
GURNEY Anchor a day Beyond my say Carving a life Drenched in lye Eye’s puffed in truth Face turned up low Gulls fly over Heavy and high