Stories tagged “shot”
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Bullets
You gotta walk like you’re about to get shot in the throat. He said. So I did. I walked slow like I was going to get shot in the throat. You gotta start listening to better music. He said. So I listened to everything he told me to. I even learned al...
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Bullets Part II
I can’t walk like I’m going to get shot in the throat. I just can’t. and I hate everything you listen to. It’s loud and repetitive and every band sounds the same. And I love my tattoos, but I wish I knew you loved me without them. And I want to...
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elpoep taf
“Fat people are hard to kidnap. It’s much easier to shoot the bastards.” Those were his last words. My father had been a great man, he taught me everything about the business, which I had since inherited. I would hear those words once...
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Upon Reflection
I’ve heard people say that, when they were faced with a near-death experience, time seemed to just slow down. Their senses heightened. They experience, for the first time in their lives, the act of living. I came to the conclusion that these peop...
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Rain
What a perfect timing for this rain, right after my hat’s been made into gruyere cheese by a bunch of bullets. “Hey, if ya gonna kill me, I wanna look good. Don’t go around shooting my clothes.” “Wish granted” are th...
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Hit a wall
He’d hit a wall. He was surprised at the amount of detective work that could be done by an average person. Usually it was just a simple matter of the proper amount of money in the hands of the proper individuals. But even with all that, he’...
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Everything He Ever Wanted
Daniel didn’t notice the gunman enter the convenience store. The thirty-three year old was busy standing in the hygiene aisle looking over the different razor blade packages. In the movies, people who committed suicide used shiny, stainless-steel...
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The Envelope, Pt 6
Rainford decided he didn’t like being shot. The ache from the bullet was irritating and the blood from his wound was ruining the only good shirt he had left. He would have prayed if he believed in a higher being, but if there was a one he was sure th...
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ANDROID BOSTON
Bang Bang! The man dropped like a wet towel to the ground after being double tapped in the head. Detective James Engrel walked up to him, and studied the lifeless body. The Figure was unreal, something weird to it. The blood running from the head was n...
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ANDROID BOSTON
Bang Bang! The man dropped like a wet towel to the ground after being double tapped in the head. Detective James Engrel walked up to him, and studied the lifeless body. The Figure was unreal, something weird to it. The blood running from the head was n...
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Montague
I went out with Caitlin and Claudia and I sort of didn’t want to. We went to a Spanish restaurant and had Caipirinhas with lots of lime. The bartender made them strong. He listened to our conversations and thought we were funny. He had excellent timi...