Stories tagged “hole”
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Existential Death Hole
Jeron screwed up his eyes, trying to comprehend his friend’s glee, “You’re kidding right?” “I am…dead serious,” Kyle intoned dryly, before bursting into giggles cut short only by his voice cracking. “Real...
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Ginger: Bag Man's Message
I didn’t cry. I don’t cry. I’ve seen too many things. I did lower myself into the compartment with Bag Man and I held him for a long, sad time, his burgundy blood staining my coat and trousers. His body was cold, lifeless now, the spa...
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Of Comas and Killing Death
“So what does this get us?” Jeron asked. “I mean, sure, he was in a coma, and sure, he met Death. But—” “But this means the method works!” Kyle said, ecstatically. “I just have to go into a coma, and boom! I ...
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Ginger: The Ruins
The hole was too well-hidden to be found, it had to be. Someone had ratted us out. The pirates had taken everything. Our food, our Memories, but worst of all, Bag Man’s whole collection: everything we’d worked so hard to keep safe. What was...
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On Filling Things Up (Poem)
I fill things up because I myself am made from empty spaces between cracked fragments. Shoeboxes and bell jars and pages upon pages, reaching to fill a gap that can’t be sewn shut with bits of thread or small metal staples, that can’t be coated ove...
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Quarantine
It’s 2050. They said the hole would’ve been fixed by now, but they were wrong. Oh, God, those scientists and politicians and environmentalists were so wrong. The hole didn’t close, it got bigger, and it let in the disease. The disease...
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She Recovers
So unsure of what to do with herself It sickens her Nowhere to place her hand Where it stays secure It splinters when it touches any surface Breaks through leaving a hole It becomes just black Endless black She never falls in She promised herself To st...
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That Hole in Your Chest
When you do get to see each other again, let the pain subside for that time. Really enjoy it. It doesn’t matter if they want you to be there, or if they even say a word to you. Be prepared to get that look a few times. Get ready for a few moments...
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Let's Not Forget
I was reading this book that said something along the lines of, we don’t realize our capacity to love until the person we love is gone. I think that’s because when someone leaves, we miss them. When we miss them, it’s not because they...
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SuperHero Black Hole: Part II
Time to explain the limits of my ability. Ready? You see, every second that expires of every hour of every day becomes part of The Past. Once it’s past, it’s gone. Geronimo. Adios. Whatever. But every second that has YET to happen, that has...
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SuperHero Black Hole: Part III
You have to understand that my ability, as freaky as it sounds, is as weird to me as it is to you. The time I first realised I had this ability was on Monday, September 28th, 2009. It was 6:05pm. I had finished watching the last ever episode of Friends...
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SuperHero Black Hole: Part IV
Seeing my dad this way, MINUS the ugly scar that had cut a vicious curved line into his face for nearly two months after the anti-climactic aftermath of the car accident that had left him with that gaping, bloody gash in his face, was…well, if yo...
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SuperHero Black Hole: Part V
Now, before my story goes any further, there is one last facet of my power you must know about. And it’s the most critical part of my power. Using me as an example, and pretending that someone else might have the same power as me, I’ll desc...