Stories tagged “houses”
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i won't be home for christmas
The snow fell lightly, covering the row of brick houses in a dense white blanket. Children ran through the alley whooping and cheering because of the snow day, parents grumbled as they shoveled pathways out of their doors. I watched them from the windo...
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bitter blue
real estate agents and potential buyers would sense a damp fog. they could taste it. like powdery ibuprofen that lingered on the tongue for too long. and no matter how good their vision, upon stepping inside that house, they’d subconsciously blin...
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Flight Options
The Guard saluted, tapping fingertips to armored brow before whistling into the night air. The response was almost immediate. Thick spade-like leaves, red and gold in turn, rustled. The Dominion-plant covered much of the ground, even here. The reason f...
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Three Bedrooms, Two and a Half Baths
Our homes shelter our bodies and our hearts. The track house my parents raised me in lived on in certain places even after we bought the Victorian last spring. Little trinkets and the better preserved pieces that had survived our three young children c...