Stories tagged “plane crash”
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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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Strike out for Land
The hazy heat of the morning sun woke her, the pain of her sunburn shaking her back to her senses. She thrashed about for a few seconds, before realising where she was. She smiled, glad to still be alive, cracking the crusted salt around her lips, tear...
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Hope
The sound of the waves silently woke Garret from a terrible nights sleep. His pillow a rock, his blanket a bunch of palm leaves. Today was day 46. Forty-six days since Garret’s one seater plane went down 10 miles off the coast of what is now Garr...