Stories tagged “tense”
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An Appointment
I placed my palm to the worn brass plate, pushing the door open. A wave of warm, smothering, smoky air washed over me. People brushed past me on the narrow pavement, but I ignored their impatient rudeness, concentrating on what was waiting for me withi...
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Motives
“Listen, Rachel.” James starts. “I know who you are.” He squeezes his voice through an uneasy, clenched smile, leans in and slides his hand onto hers— the same one she’s using to grasp her pistol by the barrel beneath the table. Jam...
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The Plot Point Kid
“How was your day?” “Good”, he replies, grabbing a cereal bowl from the cabinet above the dishwasher. “Cereal for dinner, again? Don’t you want to eat dinner with your dad and me?” “Nope” “Wel...
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Tight Grip
The rain fell hard and fast, a solid curtain which the car sliced through. Bright lights everywhere pierced the gloom. Headlights and tail lights of the other vehicles, traffic lights and street lights, lighted store signs: their brightness shone throu...
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Oh God Not Again. Please, Not Again.
His eyes gleamed, flashing the colours of the bright television in the darkness of the room. I thought I was rid of him at least while he slept. But once more he stood before me, he smiled a toothless smile. Was he mocking me? Taunting me, with his end...
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Don't make it weird, Bro.
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