Stories tagged “explanation”
-
Explanation
Why am I here? Why are you here? I want to go back home? Well, don’t we all, you say, so nonchalantly But you just don’t understand I’m a long way from home I explain But you don’t know how far You Don’t Get It I farther away than you are I
-
Stress Counseling
And then it all stopped. Tessa stumbled a bit as her feet hit solid ground once more. “Would anybody,” she panted, “care to explain what just happened?” “We just hitched a ride from the ship I picked up on a sub-ether scan...
-
The Explanation
“I…I’m so sorry to have scared you. My girlfriend kicked me out of our house earlier this evening. I had to pack and leave as soon as possible…” the man said. Melinda slowly lowered the broom. “I just needed a place ...
-
An Apology
Andy tried to sound intelligent. He heard a fancy new phrase and he tried to show off. Deus Ex machina It’s a plot device where a previously intractable problem is suddenly & abruptly solved, usually with the contrived introduction of either ...
-
A Conversation between Cousins.
“He said he wasn’t gay, so he isn’t. End of story. I don’t see how it matters to you.” “It matters because it’s stupid and unnatural. People being attracted to their own sex – how lame is that? How creepy is that?” “...
-
One Step Closer to the End
Everyone else looked on uncomfortably, shifting their feet. Willing to participate in human sacrifice, they got cold feet at a little bickering. It almost made me laugh. The fire had died down, red and gray ashes churning into smaller and smaller piles...
-
While We Can Still Talk
“It’s astonishing that they can move those bulbous bodies so quickly on such gangly limbs. They hunt in packs, swarming an area until they detect life. There’s no barrier that can truly stop them – only perhaps slow them enough ...