Stories tagged “morality”
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'The Screwtape Letters' in ten words.
Good and evil could be subjective, but aren’t. Demonic revenge.
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Hands
There was this old man on the corner. His hands were leather and his soul was air. He smoked Kools while he plucked a guitar with his stubby fingers and half-sang, half-brayed a song of love. If any woman had understood it, their hearts would have been...
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Last Thoughts
If you ever find yourself looking at the wrong end of a gun, pray that it is a bad man holding it. You see, it will be murder. Even a bad man knows that. The most important difference to the person on the wrong end is that a good man cares about this, ...
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The Thief
Hearing the alarm, the townsfolk gathered. “A thief came through here last night,” the sheriff said with urgency, “and I need some of you men to ride out with me to get back what was stolen.” The men raised their arms and pumped...
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Quick Considerations
There exist moments in life, crossroads of fate. More often than not they come and go with hardly a notice. Ordinary people miss them entirely; that’s why they’re ordinary, of course. Seizing a moment is like grabbing hold of a string fully...
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Hard Choices in a Hard World
Rae’s eyes darted between the kids gathering at the buses and the now vacant school yard. On the far side of the yard lay the drainage ditch, trash-strewn path to freedom. Even through the metallic tang of her mech voice the hesitancy came throug...
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The Price
“Lorelei!” called a man at the end of the room. So, I finally had a name for the woman who’d taken everything from me. An odd name, but then again, who knew when or where she’d been born. “Yes, Jack?” Lorelei called ...