Stories tagged “modern”
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Infamous
The steel door burst open, allowing the metallic scent of the wet city into the corridor. Struggling forward into the night, Andrew lost his balance, smacked his shoulder on the door frame, tripped over something on the concrete stoop and went face fir...
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True Love?
I’ve never felt like this before. Ever. My love for you is totally overwhelming, swallowing me like that biblical whale Jonah once knew. I think of you and I smile. I see you and I smile. We hold each other and I smile. When I leave you it’...
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Defying Gravity
Elphias Doge stood there, his back to me. His feet placed firmly upon the edge of the concrete overhang that looks out over the thirty stories to the pavement. “You see what you’ve done? You brought this on yourself! I hope you’re hap...
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A Delivery for Samuel
A knock at the door awoke Samuel from his slumber. He swept the Sandman’s dust from his eyes and groggily kicked off the covers and removed himself from his warm bed. There was another rap on the door. “Again with the knocking…”...
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More Than A Wet T-Shirt Contest
“I need you to stand in the rain.” I was standing on Jim Johnson’s porch with a wall of water behind me. It was loud enough that I raised my voice to make sure he could hear me. “What? Why?” I yelled. “It’ll wa...
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The 2nd Coming
Marilyn shook the reamining urine from the tip of the plastic pregnancy test and brought it out of the toilet to examine it. The damp strip of paper next to the word “result:” captivated her eyes as she nervously chomped her finger nails subconscio...
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Modern Crazy Cat Lady
I awoke from my slumber. My cellular device convulsed wildly atop the granite counter. It purred and hummed, flopping like a dying fish on an ivory dock. A message this late at night? The spasmodic dance continued briefly, then dissolved into an incess...
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Sinal Vermelho
Um furgão escuro, um ônibus escolar, um táxi moderno, um porshe vermelho e um carro de família completavam a linha de frente do cruzamento entre a Avenida Paulista com a Nove de Julho. Sete da manhã, sinal vermelho e os ouvidos dos pedestres já e...
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ETs?
Enquanto todos esperavam a tentadora luz verde, no seu lugar, uma luz branca surgiu. Tão branca que alguns taparam o olhar. O homem do furgão saiu do carro gritando: “É uma piada?” enquanto os alunos apontavam para a luz comentando uns c...
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O Prêmio
O taxista riu, tão alto que assustou o homem de branco. Sua cara de espanto fez o taxista rir mais ainda. “Continuando.” disse abaixando a mão. “Uma corrida, não é uma corrida maluca como esse venezuelano deve estar pensando.R...
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Quinze Segundos
O taxista fechou o rosto, ficou sério, ao ouvir “ser deus” sua mente começou a viajar em milhares de possibilidades, milhares de desejos nunca antes imaginados. Sua mão começou a tremer: " E se tudo isso for verdade?" pensou. ...
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Sinal Verde
O pai não pensou duas vezes e correu pro carro, as crianças começaram a chorar mais ainda e a mãe nem sabia como acalmá-las. Diferente deles, o garanhão sorria ansioso enquanto agitava o motor do porshe. Os alunos ouviram o barulho do carro e as ...
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O Silêncio do Taxista
“Olá” disse ele quase sorrindo, Dalmiro quase sorriu também. “Preciso correr pra paulista.” e o taxista o convidou para entrar. Ficaram longos segundos em silêncio no trajeto, com o rádio ligado em alguma estação de notí...
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Silver
The conditions were perfect – a blanket of thick cloud covered the full moon, casting the terrain into deep shadow. The two of us were perched high on the hills overlooking the valley, scanning the ground far below. The spotter looked up from his sco...
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Broken Shadow
In the silence of the night, a few more syllables. I gave the silhouette one notch left on the scope, and two up before placing my finger on the cold steel trigger. “Target confirmed.” It was the biggest I’d ever seen, certainly. A hundred kilos ...