Stories tagged “late night”
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Why You SHOULDN'T Stay up 'Til 3AM
I plug in my headphones, turn the sound up, and press play. I feels like I can feel the bass beats in my head. I can’t hear a thing through these headphones, not even the clicking of the keys under my fingers. My feet feel the vibrations on the w...
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Like Turning Off the Sun
“I have to go now,” he said. I checked the Spider-man watch he gave me for Christmas 11:51PM it read. “Awh… I hate when we have to hang up,” I lamented. “Me, too,” he stated. “Why?” I questioned. &#...
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Like Turning Off the Sun [Fact-ly '09 challenge copy]
“I have to go now,” he said. I checked the Spider-man watch he gave me for Christmas, 11:51PM it read. “Awh… I hate when we have to hang up,” I lamented. “Me, too,” he stated. “Why?” I questioned. &...
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The Late Night Wars
A hazy cloud of smoke hovered in the air over the giant table as the writers clustered haphazardly about on their uncomfortable chairs working through their uncomfortable jokes. “Okay,” began a scrawny writer fresh from college who was toil...
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Smoker
Back in the big city, this would be fine. The club culture had necessitated all night corner shops. You could buy rips and tray bakes at four in the morning, if you wanted to. I spent a good few months living from five pm to eight am and never ran out ...
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Affair
“I’m outside,” The man whispered into the cellular phone. He didn’t know why he whispered, it must’ve been the heat of the moment. He was watching and waiting for the boy to come out from his window. He wasn’t exactl...
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Boys will be boys
“This is nuts.” Julien whispered. “Shhhh,” Jim hushed with his finger raised to his lips. The guys stayed to the shadows as they crept through the courtyard. All dressed in black, the group moved cautiously. They weren’t sure exactly where th...
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An Un-Ease
A couple of hours later, she arrived to her destination, afraid of what could happen next. She learned a lot about herself on that ride to New York. She learned that she still does care for him, and she would do anything for him. He was her Wade, as sh...
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Another night for Theodore
He was groggy. It was late, or reaaally early, depending on how you looked at it. His clothes were covered with stains of food. He stared at the television, not paying attention to the messages: Act now! Offer ends soon! Call now and also get a free po...
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Rumination
“Why does love lead to ruin? Because it distracts, a beauty seducing the attention away from all else important in life, to the degradation of that life. That is why.” Concluding with a heavy sigh, Myothe dropped upon the wooden bench next ...
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Listen to Your Feet
There is no sound other than the far away drone of late night traffic and the rhythm of my own body. My footfalls set an easy but fast pace for my breath to follow. With each padded step, I grow farther and farther away from this world. I run barefoot ...