Stories tagged “too late”
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It's Already Too Late
I don’t know if I can take it I don’t have what it takes to make it I would rather run away Please, don’t make me stay It hurts me so deeply Can’t you hear me pleading? I beg of you release me It might already be too late…...
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Timing is Everything
Mycroft watched Kara until there was nothing left to see. He ached with bitter-flavoured need. He was well aware that he earned the nickname of Pig-Pen but he never thought of himself that way. Since he did everything online, it was easy to let the rea...
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In Service to the Machine
I rocked back and forth in my chair and shared what I remembered. “The machine was beautiful and frightening. It had tunnels like veins, that led to chambers where the scarecrows trapped moonlight in clear rods, and used it like we use electricit...
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Buyer's Remorse
“That is what you wanted, isn’t it.” The speaker cut an imposing figure, tall and bulky wrapped in a rain coat that shed bits of grey ash whenever he took a step. His voice was a rasp that made me think of snakes coils rubbing togethe...
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Warning Averted
Tara, Don’t go home tonight – your father has been drinking again. Your younger brother is spending the night at his friend Jared’s house. The neighbors say he’s been yelling and throwing things. Go over to Lydia’s house &...
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Knowing Jennifer
I knew Jennifer, even if I’m not absolutely sure she knew me. The air that hangs over the steel-toned lake is cold. Goosebumps nip my skin, quietly. My windbreaker’s back on the seat of my bike, but even though I can retrieve it, I don̵...
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Knowing Christian
I knew Christian, even if I’m not absolutely sure he knew me. The firelight is knifelike hot on my cheekbones, slashing red and yellow across my face and the faces of the other kids around me. Behind the ring of firelit faces, darkness creeps, th...