Stories tagged “mountains”
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Gathering a little moss
I woke up in Fezia. That surprised me, for I had slept, shivering in the lee of my dead horse, in the certain knowledge that my travelling days had come to and abrupt and unfortunate ending. My room was carved directly from the native rock, with a seam...
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Today's The Day...
There comes a time in everyone’s life where you have to retrace your steps and work out exactly how things went so horribly, terribly, irreparably wrong. Dylan knew exactly where this had occurred. It had started with the words, “Let’...
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The Outbreak
Mary Wake up A moan Mary A louder moan What is it Carl I couldn’t believe Carl was up this late, disturbing my sleep. There was only 3 more hours before I had to be at work. “Carl honey its late go back to sleep.” -“Mary it ha...
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The Test Of Trees
Drove far past where the roads turned to gravel, then dirt. Parked by a tall tree with bright leaves, flanked by a twisted spruce with dead red needles. Put one mountain peak at my back, a beckoning finger raised, and mark another in the distance. A sh...
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His Choice
He crouches down on the rock, surveys the landscape as best he can. He tells me that I should enjoy the view – someday my eyes will turn this into the haze of colors that he can barely see. As he stands I take his arm, guiding the old man careful...
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The Mountains
They were vast and blue and the tops of them white as purity. To feel the crunch of the rock beneath the boots – to grasp the clear waters that weaved through and down. And he could feel the cold air in his lungs; with each long breath he gathere...
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Chopper Babe Loses Hog
The Tucson sun dropped beneath a vista of spiny cacti and craggy rocks when Marisa reached the base of Mount Lemmon. The Harley carried her many miles down the Catalina highway, but the fuel gauge still read a white bar or two. She gazed up at the remo...
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Magic Mountains
The mountains were taller than anything else in the world. If you stood on the top of them and jumped you’d hit your head on a constellation. This is where he found himself. Above the birds, above the cities, above the clouds. As far as he could ...