Stories tagged “sight”
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The Heavy Breath of the Dark
I awake into the deepest, darkest black imaginable. I can see nothing but the heavy breath of the dark. It clings to my body like a tangible force, but it’s all psychological—it’s just my eyes not registering the fact that there is no...
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Look Behind You
The Places Nobody Is Looking are filled with strange Things, monstrous Things, though They are difficult to describe, for obvious reasons. These Things exist only in the absence of Sight. If an entire crowd is looking one direction, these Things will b...
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5 Senses (Part 1)
Have you ever had one of those moments when, briefly, you become hyper-aware of absolutely everything? I was sitting down having a cup of tea, and it suddenly struck me. Every sense was on overdrive. I could taste each individual ingredient that made u...
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Good Morning
Consciousness creeps into his world like a seasoned cat burglar. Sounds, sights, sensations indefinable through the cotton wool of sleep, he feels nothing but cold. Her touch is like firecrackers. His skin pops and glows and comes alive as she draws h...
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Colours
When I was five, I was in a car accident with my parents. For the most part, we came away okay. Bumps. Bruises. A very slight case of whiplash for my mother. Otherwise, we were all okay. Except for my eyes. Ever since that accident, I’ve seen everyth...
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The 59th Street Bridge
“Woah! Slow down you move too fast!” Bobby called out to Robin who was dancing and running across the bridge. “Come on slowpoke!” Robin called back as she finally stopped at what at a lamp post. When Bobby got closer Robin start...
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Melinda
My peripheral vision mistook the conifer shrubs for people. I never looked directly at them, I just assumed that they were up to no good as I walked toward the security guard sitting next to the entrance of my apartment building. I self consciously ran...
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Uninfluenced By Others
It had to be him- she shot down the stairs and ran out the front door onto the driveway. There stood his long lean figure next to his red truck. She stopped at the sight of him. He was about six feet tall-two inches taller than she was- and he was sl...
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Failing Breath and Losing Sight
With a riotous clang of metal they burst through the roof exit. The chilled night air hit Denton square in the lungs. He barely suppressed his wheeze, “You know we’re on the roof, right?” “Yep,” came the curt reply, “...
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Color disappeared
No noise on this always so busy street. I’m sure I can make it across. Stop blaring your horns!I’ll go deaf! Not again, the signal just changed color is it? “Alice? Let me help you cross the street.” “Thanks. And you are?...
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Unwanted change
Yes, I’ve always longed for a change from this monotonous life. Get up early, wrap up work at home, rush to office, work hard, leave in a hurry, rush home, eat, read, sleep! I mean, seriously, some change! Like a vacation! something, anything! I...
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Seeing Without Viewing
She slipped her hand into her front pocket and pulled out a pencil. “If there is anyone back there,” she began to calculate, “I shouldn’t stop to check it out” She let the pencil fall through her fingers to the ground; it was the perfect cove...
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Vibrations are Blind
There was just one problem with using vibrations for sight; anything flat, writing or color, is invisible. There was no doubt in her mind that a car has been following her, but the certainty stopped there. She couldn’t tell the model of the car, what...