Stories tagged “grave”
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Clues to Death from the Not Dead
Can you die one time and not know it? Two times? Six? I think I have. Life comes in fits and spurts for me, you see. I fail to see bits of the past the way most can’t see what is to come. Small clues. Wee hints, you see. For the most part though,...
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Laughing Eyes
My vision swam strangely. I looked up at the sky; it was a vivid dark purple… like looking at a photo taken at night that had been overexposed. It was night again. I must have slept through the day. “I do it often enough,” she said. S...
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Fear and Choices
With a flick, the shovel handle flew into the sky. Gracefully she leaped backwards and up, smiling all the while. All I could do was shimmy the rest of the way out of the coffin. “You chose.” Her words were as cold as I was assuming the air...
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Teamwork
“I can’t believe we’re doing this,” he said. The young brother and sister team worked through the night, quietly, calmly. The earth overturned neatly as the shovels made their way. Dig. Lift. Repeat. It was methodical, melodic e...
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The Everman
The sun ran over everything in sight. An oppressive heat poured over anyone brave enough to venture out during the daylight hours. Even the lizards, so common this far into the Mexican desert, were nowhere to be seen. The droning of locusts made the op...
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Fruit
As bitter sweet as the tart plum tastes I must remember the poison That caused me to fall to my grave The six foot barrier between me And my harmonious love Is enough to make my bones chill over As bitter sweet as the tart plum tastes I must remember...