Stories tagged “love”
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Skinny Love
It was another rainy day, and I’d been texting him for a while now. “Why not,” I decided as I threw on my hooded jacket and reached for my keys. Once in my white jeep I put on the song “Skinny Love” by Bon Iver-always thou...
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Garden of Remembrance
Jon’s eyes drifted to her. Bev sat chained by her kennel, rocking on her haunches, and staring at him like he was a stranger. She wants to kill me. He let his gaze move to the willow by the gate. He still remembered the summer when they met; he&#...
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Homecoming
The blows were fast and furious now. Instinctively she cupped her arms over her head, folding herself as small as possible. She caught herself mewling and bit hard on her lip to stop. Find the light, she told herself, and dragged herself away from the ...
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Past Imperfect
“Right there,” he said and with a quick gesture Alex summoned the system controls in mid air beneath his open hand. The HALO playback paused, a shimmering holographic projection of a man, eyes closed, head against a mirror froze before him....
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Beside You in Time
Disorientation, blinding pain, confusion and finally clarity. The feel of cold glass against his head and warm tears on cheeks. Alex slowly opened his eyes, blinking to gain focus. It worked, good. Deep breath, his younger body felt good… at leas...
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A Stitch in Nine Saves Time
Lights strobed red and klaxons wailed as Jeff ran down the corridor to the Directors office. HALO had sensed the first waves of an incoming temporal storm. A paradox was forming, and from the looks of it, this one was going to be major. “Report,&...
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Time's Fun When You're Having Flies
The plan was simple and elegant, Diana would jump back in time to a point just before Alex. One well placed wet kiss New Years Eve night and the carefully crafted nano machine virus would do the rest… make a full synaptic backup then lay in wait....
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Stands the Test of Time?
Finding your car in a parking lot after leaving it there for a few days could be challenging… remembering where you parked the car 25 years ago, now that’s interesting! Locating the car was just the start. Alex hoped it would be like riding...
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Time Wounds All Heals
Where the fuck was she? No, better yet, when the fuck was she? Diana was lost in time and ramifications were just sinking in. What had gone wrong? How had she ended up here? It was Alex of course. He’s smart, He planned for this. How could she no...
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The Love Of The Crime Series - The Beginning
My father use to tell me to never forget the small things in life, you never know when it will drift away into the darkness. I had wasted many aimless nights sitting in a dark lit room, lighting up and drinking the last sips inside the bottle. It was o...
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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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Till Death Do Us Apart
I never wanted this – I never wanted this – I never wanted this I did not wish upon this I did not want to see you hurt I did not want to see your heart ache I did not want to see your tears fall to the floor I wanted everything for you a...
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Mother-Daughter Time
Marisa had never really liked the cat, even though her daughter, Kara, had adored it. So many times, she had wanted to strangle the little beast because it had puked in her shoes, or foregone the litter box for her duvet, or any number of other offense...
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Widow's Window
Widow Marion was not the average widow. Only married 11 years ago, then to lose the love of her life in a tragic accident at the place of her husband’s employment. She sat in her quaint (and now lonely) bedroom peering out a large stained-glass w...
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Awake
“Liz?” She swatted at him, irritated, her hand flopping at the end of the wrist forlornly. He snatched at her fingers and touched them to his lips. “Liz. I’m still here. I’m not going to leave.” Her hand was cold as ...
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Savior
“I love you,” she said as they stared into one another’s eyes. Joy filled him and he grinned from ear to ear. He grabbed her hands and was speechless and just as he began to talk she cut him off. “But I’m not what you need...
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The Truth of Eddie, Or A Logical Look At A Vampire
She awoke to utter darkness, the stench of decay causing her to gag and would have her vomit if she had anything left in her stomach. She tried to remember how she got there, the cold floor and manacles on her hands giving her no clues. “ArenR...
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Love Lost
“Wait,” he said, the words not quite sinking in. “Wait, just a second. You’re leaving me?” Once he said it, he collapsed in his chair like a discarded marionette. “I’m sorry, Jeff.” Tara choked back a sob...
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The Last Twenty Four
She looks at me for the final time with no tears in her eyes. It’s the first time since we found out the news she’s been able to look at me. Breathless and exhausted, we stare into each other souls. There are no words anymore. Just breath, ...
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Sealed with a Kiss
Dearest Arnold, I write to you now knowing you will never read this. I fear that I am unable to let things continue as they are, what with that trollop Maribel putting her nose in my affairs yet again. She thinks that she can use a spell of her own to ...
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'Til Death
“Marry me!” he shrieked at her, gesticulating wildly. His bloodshot eyes met hers and held them, shoes crunching the gravel of the apartment roof as he paced. “No.” “NO!” the man screamed in a mockery of the woman...
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A Little to the Left
Koji had failed her. He would not be forgiven, he could not be forgiven. She had died because of him. The dark man, with skin like rich soil, had looked her straight in the eyes and drew up his sword. Koji let out a cry, hurled his katana and watched a...
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61% of Relationships Start in the Workplace
Even in her hazmat suit she was beautiful. I watched as she bent down, her curvy form still visible, even in that bulky suit. She touched the goop that formed under the body and rubbed it in between her gloved fingers. She turned to me, those beautiful...
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Heartache
Break me open and still my beating heart for it must be you before the anguish.
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Finding Adam
A keg party? Definitely not where I expected to find you this time. But there it is — the familiar bolt of recognition, followed by the bittersweet awareness that I am again (as always) a stranger to you. The line of your shoulders, the brillianc...