Stories tagged “tone”

  • Consultations

    “So that was a time before you both became frustrated with each other?” The psychiatrist said looking up from the his notepad. I swear that notepad was the thing holding my fate of losing that girl sitting next to me. The girl I love. ̶...

  • a quarry, pt 1

    i was 17 with some friends, none of whom were very close mostly through common chemical interests did we know one another, and even then we only knew each other in the behavioral sense; internal states weren’t a concern unless they were shared;...

  • a quarry, pt 2

    we get to a clearing and out before us opens a chasm 100 feet across at least a tenth of a mile wide and 80 feet straight down to blue calm water water furred by a gentle breeze passing through the quarry bowing a soft tone we stand for a moment ...

  • a quarry, pt 3

    i am floating it’s weightlessness outer space i am expelled from a shuttle and fall with wingéd grace through an orbit and i can see the stars below they tinkle across the surface of the atmosphere i am about to enter mere moments before i...

  • "Try changing the tone of the sentence..." (Mature)

    “You know, you talk too much.” Nothing. “You know, you talk too much.” Nothing. “You know, you talk too much.” Nothing . Stupid machine. The sign says it is a talking machine full of surprise responses that are rando...