Stories tagged “fear”
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Fear
So much fear. Take one man out of a mass of thousands and his basic emotion will be fear. Everything spiraled out of control so quickly. They said we all had to stick together. They said it was our only hope. So then why are you left here, alone, with ...
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The Empty Boat
The dark house reeked of piss and alcohol. Tristan traced his fingers over every wound in the scarred, staircase wall. Memories of his sisters screams and tears, his fathers curses, hungry hands, biting fists, muffled cries through choke holds, blood a...
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A Non-Oprah-esque Aha Moment
With trepidation, and no small amount of anxiety I made the preparations. Winter gear went in the A4 bag. Uniforms stacked neatly in the rolling camo bag. All manner of necessities filled the available space in each. Orders cut, flight booked and no ch...
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In a Dark Garden
Scrambling in silent slow motion she made her way through a labyrinth of dusty boxes and pipework. The boarding school basement closed around her, a cold grip both disturbing and comforting. If only she could burrow deep enough perhaps he wouldn’...
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An Ant Atop a Mountain of Quicksand
In bed… my heart pounds from the anxiety of a shrinking sensation while in an unfamiliar place, ear drums thump to the rhythmic pulsating hum of appliances and electronics snoring, fear keeps my eye lids sealed shut…but when I hear a knock ...
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Genesis
Ah, bewitching hour. I almost lost you. Your ghost remains as my personal martyr. Here we stand, shadows once lost, now reborn as divinity’s children. Until we meet again, let us close our eyes, slip through these cracks and for just a moment, pr...
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Horn-rimmed Eyeglasses
Where the hell am I? I was almost certain that I had opened my eyes, but all I could see in front of me was perpetual darkness. I attempted to stand, but before I could straighten, my head hit stone. My bones ached and lungs burned; I had never imagine...
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A Cigarette After 2.
I breathed the smoke in deeply. It made my throat sore and raw, but I liked that feeling. It soothed me, and made me feel aware the contours of my body, which, i could feel, has already became blurred, and started to dissolve into the thick, milky fog....
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A Cigarette After 3.
I lowered my hand again, fast and careless. I have probably knocked a flower pot with my elbow, because I heard a loud thump behind me. I suddenly started to remember. I could hear the muffled sound of the kicks and the blows, I could feel the futile s...
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The Bridge of Intulcar
The leaves crashed too loudly as he ran. Niccolas tried to minimize the noise by making unbalanced leaps and bounds, only to trip, waiting to hear the sounds of discovery over his own ragged breathing and pounding heart. Somewhere within the woods was ...
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You Remain.
So here you’ve come to haunt me again. I thought I’d lost you for good- You come around more often now then I really wish you would. You wiggle your way in my everyday life In subtle unexpected ways That leave me wondering where you went An...
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Ready and Waiting
I’m not gonna fuck this up. Really I’m not. I’ve learned some things since last time, and I’ve changed so much. Still old demons never really go away, I don’t think they’re supposed to. The difference is just that ea...
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Run For The Hills!
Just to hand…an alert about a new breed of monsters reportedly terrorising our citizens. What the??? Since the IMFA, the International Monster Freedom Act, was submitted and passed in 87% of this planet’s nations, I thought nothing more wou...
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Write of Passage.
“We’re starting class with a test! You’ve heard it since elementary school. No looking on anyone’s papers, and no talking.” The teacher began to pass out the tests. I could hear her shuffling the papers in her hand, passin...
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Alone
Alone. I lie awake, haunted by a life that was, wishing for what could have been but will never be. No one knows. None would care. Breathe. My body will be left to rot. My life story, a brief blurb in newsprint. Black and white. Without color. A fittin...
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tightrope.
let go of the bar and swallow your pride you might come crashing down with that first step tonight feel the sweat on your cheeks hear the music’s loud call and know this: I will catch you if ever you fall take that first step you know it could hu...
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Yup! Zombies...
Nobody was prepared for this. I mean, how could you right? I had read some survival guides as a kid on hunting and foraging in the woods but…fucking zombies bro? Now understand. This isn’t your classic George Romero zombie apocalypse movie....
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I Can Almost Recall.
I am me. I forget many things but I try to remember. My best friend is my age, she always liked black licorice. My boyfriend, well, let’s just say he didn’t always make the right choices, but he’s okay now. I always knew I liked high ...
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Panic Mode.
“If you run any slower I’m definitely going to be late for my families party.” I was becoming winded. “If you’re indicating I’m slow, it’s not my fault!” She caught up to me and kept at my pace. “If...
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Hunger.
She waited to see her grandparents pick her up. She walked outside. The wind had a bite to it, it stung her cheeks. Her stomach rumbled underneath her hands. It churned from emptiness. She groaned and told her stomach it wasn’t hungry. Her grandp...
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Christmas Lights (Paranoid Android)
Color seeped from the pitch black sky, as the frail figure on the path tightened her grip on her plastic bags. A wind whispered behind, brushing trees. Nothing but darkness now. Her breath stuck in her chest. The old lady stopped. Back in the slums, sh...
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The Shakedown
Sitting in a unfamiliar house all we could see what the whites of each others eyes and the blue illumination of the candle. The antique radio played, it was as if we were back in time. Walking out together sitting in the living room, this was normal li...
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Glass Room
I fought, sobbed, thrashed, and bit till I tasted blood; but none of my efforts were enough to hold back my restraints. My heart was pounding, I could feel the sweat dripping down my neck, hear the sounds of the machines humming somewhere out there on ...
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Put Your Fear Away
You poor homophobes Slaves to misunderstanding- Who are you to judge? Which God demands hate? Righteousness doesn’t work that way Hypocritic critics Embrace the future Embrace each other in love Build a better world
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DAMN YOU
My love strikes fear in you shaking – our first kiss Years pass fear of losing fear of cheating cease to exist lines are crossed Where love was blind Is now where love was lost Your love so deceiving I led life believing Letting go of our love w...