Stories tagged “suit”
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Letters and Locks
Smooth, unlined paper, with bumps raised from the fervor of his writing. Typical Caleb. Dear Marisol, You haven’t answered any of my calls or texts so I’m reverting to letters, of all things. I know I’m not supposed to contact you, bu...
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Was It Really A........2
Jim grabbed the hold of Josh’s hair and started to pull him towards him. Josh then attempted to struggle out of the hold, but he just ended up tripping on his shoes and fell to the ground. He scrapped his chin onto the pavement blood dripped from the...
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Ashes Remain: Prologue Part 2
Quivering digits turned the pale photograph over, my crystal orbs studying it’s backside. A short sigh of breath escaped as I turned the picture over once again. I stood, my gray suit jacket rustling against the wooden chair that I had just sat o...
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Suit, Suit, Cafe Suit
“Daaaa..shoot,” Corderoy muttered as he folded and dropped his paper. He chided himself for his difficulty in stopping swearing then turned his attention fully to the man at the far end of the cafe. The place was one of those shotgun shack ...
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Initial Trial
I fought into the bulky mass of pistons, joints and rods, unconvinced by the assurances that this suit was made to accommodate a human being. Dr Jones tugged the clips and seals into place. I was trapped in the contraption. I could feel myself begin to...
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Tight Fit
They call it a DuckSuit because ducking is the most exaggerated reflex a human can do when trying to avoid something while standing still; Flying Qantum Fists, Invincible Machetes, Black Adder Bullets, GigaBight Javelins, Bolt Whips, and the precise Fl...
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From the Inside...
The air is empty. No one’s been in this particular room for months. Locked from the inside, its prize is quite special. The only survivor of James Carver Syndrome, the pandemic that wiped out a quarter of the human race in 3 years. He had been h...