Stories tagged “slave”
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A Dash of This...
Her fingers were bony and thin, stained a permanent yellow gold from digging the tips in the turmeric paste. Her hair smelled of mint and cinnamon from the wash she made to cover her premature gray, her feet of rosemary from the soak she gave them at e...
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An Important Purchase
The final slave market before snowfall was the only one of the year held after dark; therefore it was the only one Signore Umbrae could attend himself, and this task was his alone. No one saw the man arrive, none of the handlers heard his cart, but the...
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Sold to the Enemy
Awoken to yet another unfamiliar room, the walls barren, cracks aligned with rust colored stains. A brief scout revealed fragmented streams of light emitting from an unknown source, though useful enough for the eyes to adjust properly. The air felt spa...
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Dominatrix Theory
“Do you want us to be quiet, or do you want us to answer questions? We can’t do both at once,” Lisa said. Billy facepalmed. “You know what I mean.” “What’s this all about?” James asked, blinking against t...
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Surrealism
“Okay, libraries. That was something that I thought I could go my entire life without hearing until I heard it, and that’s even after my sister got turned into a refugee straight out of Macross.” James deadpanned, mind boggled by the ...
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Driving Home
“Are you off your nut?” Lisa hissed to James as they shared the back seat of the woman’s car. Billy was driving, and the woman was sitting backward on the passenger seat, glowering at them and fingering the hilt of a bullwhip. “...
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Off In The Ditch
“What? The plasma cannon is NEVER overkill!” Sera said, looking at her brother like he had grown a third ear on his forehead. “I would, however, be curious as to exactly how you managed to let yourself get kidnapped by someone in THAT...
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The Silver Skull
There are twelve of us boys bunked in Cabin 3, the Junior Cabin of the Cherokee Tribe at YMCA summer camp. Eleven of them are asleep. I can hear them breathing, relaxed and easy. Not me though. I know what’s coming. At bonfire tonight Chief Billy...
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Carnage [Out Of Your Genre]
He slashed at the man’s trachea with his two-handed blade, and the metal ripped through the tan skin like a knife piercing a peach, the juices running down the skin. As the man fell behind him, the soldier pounced at two more of the men in the ar...
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A Snow Day To Fear
Snow flakes fell from the sky, covering the already thick sheet of snow on the ground. He quickly closed the window. Winter and fall were the most dangerous times of the year. When the Holly King came. He was a cruel leader. In the other seasons, his b...
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The Thief
Hearing the alarm, the townsfolk gathered. “A thief came through here last night,” the sheriff said with urgency, “and I need some of you men to ride out with me to get back what was stolen.” The men raised their arms and pumped...