Stories tagged “prisoner”
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Ginger: The Caged Bird
I pushed. It seems not all of the stones were mortared in with the rest of the wall. With a little effort, they recessed into a doorway and slid open. I soon found myself in a cavernous room dimly lit by lightorb torches mounted ten yards apart on the ...
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Dark Channels
I don’t know if the boy was looking for me when he ventured into his own subconscious or if our meeting was merely accidental. I don’t know if he understood what I was, what I could offer, and what I would take in return. What I do know is ...
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Girl Inside My Head
I had a couch in my head? I mean, my attic? I didn’t have any recollection of this. Then again, I hadn’t been up there in a while. In more ways than one. I swallowed. Corrupted willingly? I sat down on the couch beside her, looking around a...
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New Case
“Thank you for taking this case.” the officer in front of Charles Bryant said, as they walked down the gray corridor. “If the military needs my help that’s no problem.” Charles replied. Internally he was thinking that he h...
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New Rules
Charles started to review his options. There were no options for him. He had not volunteered for this, but had been ordered to arrive at the base today to defend a prisoner. The officer was still waiting for Charles to either respond or to start moving...
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Holding Room
A sense of dread was coming over Charles. Basic concepts in the public court system were gone. How many more basic laws were going to change? They continued down the corridor until it ended at a door. The officer slid his card through a security panel ...
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Whiteout
“…a doozy…enty-four to thirty-s…to four fe…inds of fifty-f…” The dying batteries in the radio released just enough information to let everyone in the diner know that they would be stuck for the duration of the ...
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Whiteout, 02
Her Mom is on her cell to work so Kim’s sketching when the sleezebag walks in. A cop too, but cops aren’t all that – if you’ve got the uniform down you’re just doing variations on faces, so: boring. But a genuine done-time...
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Passing Time
There is little time left; not that she knows this. What does she know? The shrouding darkness of canvas, the grime that cakes her clothes and the red welts coming up on her pale skin. Her legs move, back and forth, scraping against the floor in a futi...
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Gallows Pole
The silent rumbling of thunder and the loud crack of lightning woke the prisoner from his slumber. It was dawn and today was the day of his execution. He sat chained from his wrists to the cold stone wall. Out the window of his cell he saw the gallows ...
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Gallows Pole - Part 2
The small crowd gathered to see the execution. They were planning on seeing this even though a storm was just about upon them. Women in fancy dresses held their umbrellas with laced gloved hands making sure that the rain would not soak their designer g...
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Mistaken
The clinking of keys hitting metal didn’t distract Paul from his thoughts. Derek, the reporter, and Bill, the police chief, both walked into the outer cell. Derek thought he looked calm. Paul was sitting with his arms resting on his legs, his hands c...
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Lineage - Part 1
“Bring out the prisoner!” His Royal Highness sat on his regal throne gripping the golden arm rests. He hated this part of his royal duties. Sending a man to his execution is something that only God can command, and yet God laid that burden ...
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Lineage - Part 2
“Our mother would turn in her grave, God rest her soul if she found us here on this day,” The King paced back in forth in front of his brother bound in chains. “By my divine duty I must sentence you to death, however I cannot strike a...
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Contained
Andraste’s feet were nearly inaudible as they padded slowly down one of the long grey and blue metal corridors that wove their way through guts of the massive vessel. She wore only her sleepware, but her sword was still safely strapped in the sheath ...
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Ficlets Synopsis: Nina, Queen of the Unicorns
Begins: http://ficlets.ficly.com/stories/168 Nina notices a strange terrarium on her co-worker Alan’s desk. It seems bigger on the inside than the outside, and has strange creatures in it that he claims are unicorns. When Nina shows a bit too muc...
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Deep in the dark and the cold
Teeth glinting in the pale light from luminous eyes. The relentless creak of the machines and the sounds of distant screams in the darkness. Laughter and language that sounds like crackling flames. Guardians lumber past, all mismatched eyes and multipl...
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Silent Control
Jim closed the door to the interrogation room behind us. I blew across the top of my bloody knuckles, savoring the sting. “That could of gone better.” Jim said giving me a direct look. I shrugged. “He pissed me off.” “Ever...