Stories tagged “rope”
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Hoisting Pianos
A deliveryman stood outside the elevator doors leaning on an oak upright piano. He took out the piece of paper that had the delivery address on it. The piano needs to get up to the 25th floor. “Ever since the invention of the elevator these deliv...
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Life Lines
A week’s journey farther down the coast brought me to the city of Coir. Each citizen’s house sits on its own free-floating island. The dwellings are bound together with crisscrossing lines of cord. Any person with a connection to another...
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Maze me
The sensations of it were what thrilled her every time – taut with anticipation, stretched over the framework of his desire (by day a metal-framed shelving unit ..) she knew it wouldn’t be long before all the energy compelled into her willing limbs...
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braided love
You can’t keep this I said as I handed you my heart Yours seemed to fit so perfectly You can’t keep this I repeated as you looked up and tried to hold on to it slipping through your fingers I swiftly caught it and saw what you had done silv...
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Starting To Get To Me, pt1
" The opener is always a ploy." “Ok?” “Never trust the first punch, never block the opening shot and never, ever, trust a blonde. The blonde’s the opener kid.” “Sure thing Bennet.” “I’m se...
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Immobilised
Once inside the room, Eddie grabbed a length of rope and a roll of duct tape. (A lesson I learned later on is that silence is silver not golden, when duct tape is involved) “Sit,” Mark growled, pushing me over to the bed. Meekly I obeyed, n...
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In it again.
Silence, no wait I hear drops of water echoing, but not where I am. Cold , hard uneven surface meets my NAKED! Wait, I tell myself, slow down. Arms are attached but tied at the elbows, behind my back, painful overkill, and wrists. Legs are together and...
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Figuratively Literal
bzzzzzt… bzzzzzt… bzt— “Hello?” “Hey Rachel, it’s me.” “Ah, hi Mike, I was just about to call you, what a coincidence.” “Yeah, coincidence… hey, I’m gonna be a little late ge...
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Under the Crust
“So tell me what I need to know,” Bethony started. The technician, in his blue helmet and white lab jumpsuit, passed her a tablet. “We think we have a way to restart Mars’ magnetosphere. Do you remember how on Old Earth that the...
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Rope Climbing and other Exercises...pt.1
“Imagine yourselves at the top of a long and arduous rope” The nurse had begun to speak again.Mr.Noble was sitting at a table by himself while the rest of the inmates sat huddled together closer to the nurse. “Every time you pull your...
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ROPE
You look at me with daggers in your eyes Claws sharp and long and a mouth full of despise Did you mean to tie that rope around my throat? Good riddance goodbye were the only words I wrote Whenever I blink I can see his eyes Aggressively progressing, to...