Stories tagged “telephone”
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The phone call
The phone in the living room rang. “Mr. Rondel?” the voice asked. “Yes”. “This is the Royal Navy calling. Can you talk?” He looked into the kitchen. The Argentines sat around the table. Three weeks before they had been dropped off at the si...
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But HOW, Grandfather?
“Back in the old days, things were different.” “But how, Grandfather?” the little boy asked. “I’m getting to that,” the grandfather replied, chuckling to himself. “Back in the old days, things were differ...
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Requiem for the Phone Booth (Retro Ficlets Challenge)
Ever think about unintended consequences? Take that friend you carry around in your pocket. The little guy you flip open whenever you feel like talking to someone, no matter where you are, or texting them in cryptic abbreviationspeak. Nobody ever expec...
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After
She spent those weeks, the few weeks after, on the phone. Or not on the phone, but rather, curled up under her blankets pressing the black plastic handset to her ear. She would dial her own number over and over, disappointed each time that there was no...