Stories tagged “stranded”
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Ten minutes, 600 seconds.
The suit’s vacuum seal is slowly starting to depressurize, and I feel the light tingling that comes with the sensation of losing all the air in my suit. I check my gauge: 10 minutes. 10 minutes. It takes less than that to fall in love. 10 minutes...
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Committee
Looking down from above, Tom’s figure was contrasted by the bright yellow square of the top of the platform, which was in turn contrasted against the starry void beneath it, as he lay, arms and legs splayed out, staring into the starry void ahead...
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...walked into a bar and...
“Don’t worry, hon. I won’t squeeze you that hard” We laughed, even when we had heard that joke since what seems now as the beginning of time. I guess we should accept we’ll never make it to the wedding now, the blizzard st...
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Hope
The sound of the waves silently woke Garret from a terrible nights sleep. His pillow a rock, his blanket a bunch of palm leaves. Today was day 46. Forty-six days since Garret’s one seater plane went down 10 miles off the coast of what is now Garr...
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Muddled Explanations Marooned In Poetry's Gloom
Gentle emotion Spawns diligent devotion See a mountain of hopeless, Ropeless rhymes rise, Climbing up to open skies And I’m the sun— the twinkle in your eyes You done? The mumbling crowd replies They concur you’re pretty good, Mr. I&#...