Stories tagged “flood”
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Mother Nature
I was awaken by the sound of the rain. Thunder from afar lit up the skies. The roads flooded, cars pulled over to the sides. Screams of terror from a distance, indicting they were stranded in the flash flood. The phone started to ring only just a momen...
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Rained Out
I hate the rain… I just can’t seem to find a home capable of standing up to it. My heart feels heavy whenever I see the dense grey clouds rolling in. When the first droplets fall I always have to dash down below, hoping to escape the starti...
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House Boat
The jingle sounds off from the little speaker on the phone. Flash of red on the screen. It takes forever. Pete is in a daze, the shard of glass in his leg keeping him somewhere between conscious and comatose. There’s a sloshing noise, massive. Wa...
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Drown Deep
Jorin kicked out once more against the tide that was flowing swiftly through the marketplace, and swam out towards the girl – strong, swift strokes across the water’s surface. He flipped her over, then punched the water’s surface R...
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River Karma
This is my hand it’s covered in blood as I stand amidst the flood. Full of hate born of rage. I couldn’t wait for the next page Waters at my thigh I passed through the door He simply had to die Couldn’t wait any more Life for life bro...
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The Time I Slept Through the End of the World
It began as any other summer thunderstorm begins. The air was thick and hazy. Streetlights and stars were invisible from my window. I closed everything up before bed in preparation. I heard a rumble of impending thunder as I drifted off to sleep. Soon...
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And Still the Water Rose
He sat at the end of a pier, his legs dangling over the edge, the sea gently lapping against the soles of his worn out combat boots. He thought about how he had come to be there, how it had all gone so horribly wrong. And still the water rose. He looke...
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Embankment
The walls of the decrepit factory shuddered as the doors burst open, letting in the sound of the city burning. The old assassin whirled around. “Ah, its you, old friend.” He let his hand fall from his dagger, then leaned against a mossy pil...
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Embankment Breached
Sigvard Boulevard came to life as billboards and skyscrapers brightened all around, like a thousand lanterns aglow in the night sky. A chorus of crickets chirped somewhere distant. The old assassin stood, waiting, the night breeze a stream of clear wat...