Stories tagged “stake”
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The double post
There you go. I’ve hammered away for a good 10 minutes. The wooden obstruction is sitting plain, painfully rammed to the depths of hades. A secondary vantage point for the crows. Another little point of urination for the dogs in the neighbourhood...
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Watching Her Burn
The smell of the villagers’ burning torches is a pungent aroma that is as offensive to my nostrils as it is a vile and disgusting reminder of its purpose. They had encircled Eunice, wrapping her in their cold stares and a dense feeling of disdain...
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Nascent Flames
It hurt to see him like this. Bloodless. Cosmetics coated his skin, giving the illusion of life. His arms lay crossed over his chest, his eyes closed as if asleep. The mortician—make-up artist to the dead and not yet buried—had smoothed the...
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Laughing Eyes
My vision swam strangely. I looked up at the sky; it was a vivid dark purple… like looking at a photo taken at night that had been overexposed. It was night again. I must have slept through the day. “I do it often enough,” she said. S...
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The Man I Married
“I didn’t choose this,” I whispered. Then, louder, as I worked up my nerve and convinced myself of what I was saying, “I didn’t leave a pathetic cop-out of a suicide note.” There were tears in my eyes as I started to...