Stories tagged “remembrance”
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Hell isn't always other people
Sure, he’d got their invitation. Every god-damn year, he’d got it, no matter how far he’d roamed. Common decency suggested that it would be polite to respond, but he couldn’t even bring himself to make that much contact with the...
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Whispers in the Dark.
The sensation of being pulled from reality was unnerving. He couldn’t help how scared he was. The brown paper sack lay next to his hand, ready to be used. He tried to breathe, the oxygen failing to reach his lungs. Panic shook his limbs as he sn...
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ANP-day Reminders
“The mask is too tight. It presses in against my head. And the lenses are filthy.” I slammed the old gas mask into the trash can. My mother fished it out immediately and handed it back to me. “You said the same thing last year but you...
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Happy New Year
And so the New Year comes again, emerging like an unmet friend. A face we do not recognize yet known for that which it implies. A second chance, a choice anew, a testament of time that flew away from grasping, desperate hands of souls that cry f...
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Winter Winds
Snow reminds me of one of the best adventures of my life, and one of the worst. You and I trudged through the thick snow that led to the wasteland. The view took my breath away. My mother dropped the bomb the next day. He’s dead. And I didn&#...