Stories tagged “staircase”
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The staircase was on fire
The staircase was on fire. At the top, he turned around to look down at me in slow motion- maybe it was because of the wavering air created by the heat, or maybe it’s my memory. “I left the stove on,” he said, “I messed up one of the thousand d...
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Continued...
The building returns to its silent state and I am alone. I take a deep breathe and turn to my right where, only four feet away, sits a seemingly endless flight of stairs, its end shadowed by the darkness. It takes me about three steps to reach the sta...
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'Til the Pain Subsides
“What?” he starts to ask, but he knows what she means. She knows, of course. He always hoped she didn’t, but hope only gets you so far. She reads his hesitation as the confession that is is. She can’t look at him. Turning again,...