Stories tagged “first story”
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Extraordinary
It was just a regular Sunday morning, sitting at the comp with PJs on, checking for any new e-mail before heading off to church. Not a thing was out of the ordinary. There was some last-minute homeworking sitting on the desk, due tomorrow. The weather ...
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First Generation
“I’ll be back by second sunset!” She says this as if she isn’t naked but for a pair of prosthetic antennae. Our waxy apartment is small enough that I can reach over from the kitchen to keep the door closed. “Where do you t...
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A Terrible First Story
Countless chattering voices and talking heads surrounded me. The shrill sounds of the shrews on television increased in pitch until I felt like puking. Terror, Melting Ice-caps, A world gone crazy. He said, she said, they said, we said. There are no hu...
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Suite in E Major
In the beginning there was one. Soaring through the quiet. Pure and whole, contrasted against the hush of empty space. Each movement accentuated by undiluted autonomy. Dive. Climb. Dance. Alone. In the middle there were seventy. Groups jumped in playfu...
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Goodbye my friend
My friend died the other day. I was gutted. We had only known each other a few months but we were very close. We saw each other almost every day. I moved to a new town about 3 months ago, I found it difficult to adjust to a new place and meet new peopl...
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Ordinarius
“It’s not a migraine” I said. “Nobody wants that.” Only two pills left. Going through a bottle a week can’t be healthy. I looked at my son on the living room floor playing his muted Xbox. “I need you to go to the store for Tylenol.” The...
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Eurydice (My first story)
There’s this cold numbness that ruthlessly, relentlessly hangs over me. Forcing me down. Drowning me in the familiar pool of deep, sorrowful despair. Gasping, I haul myself out. Living life through a memory; a sublime, unduly brief time in which ...