Stories tagged “trapped”
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Circle of Hell
the room, ready for trouble. A swift glance told me everything I needed to know. It was the torture chamber, and the torturer was in. I threw myself across the room in a desperate rush, catching him by surprise. We went down in a tangle of limbs. Pain ...
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Life in Solitary
i pull on the bars with idle hands distant eyes paint flakes off where the wraith of my rebellion has rubbed away the time floating outside staring up at the sky fifteen degrees of freedom in a circle without end another cup drains mnemosyne and leth...
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The Truth of Eddie, Or A Logical Look At A Vampire
She awoke to utter darkness, the stench of decay causing her to gag and would have her vomit if she had anything left in her stomach. She tried to remember how she got there, the cold floor and manacles on her hands giving her no clues. “ArenR...
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Play for Your Life
“Begin again.” The crone behind me lit a cigarette and eased back into her chair, rivaling its wrinkles with her own. I shut my eyes tightly and took a deep breath. Only two more months. Then school starts again, and I don’t have to d...
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Haiku
Sometimes I feel trapped. Oh, but then I realise this is what I want.
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To Keep Up With Myself
Two years later I was still searching for that life light. I was riding up an elevator that had an expired safety clearance from the fire department, drinking burned coffee, and my life was at a standstill. I wish I could have been like the other gradu...
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Day 23 Under the Floor
She woke with a start – the sound of harsh voices barked overhead, boots marching across the floorboards. The air had that same musty smell as always – a sour, rotten smell of sweat, decaying food and something worse. She began her morning ...
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Mortified
Mark’s face became contorted with lust. Trapped, unable to move, I sat, the fear rising in my throat by the second. I gulped again, and he leered. Mark’s hands found the zip of my coat. A few downwards pulls later and, my zip undone, he pus...
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Spider on the Window
I awoke on a cold-metal table. There were others standing around me, though I couldn’t make out their features from behind the device that pinned me to the table like a squashed fly. When I realized I was immobile, I panicked, screamed, tried to ...
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Sit Rep
Six of us left. Me, Mankowski, Peretti, Janzen, and the new kids, Abercrombie and James. “Mankowski,” I barked. “Sit rep!” “Ground floor’s infested, sir. Ghouls all over the place.” I could see the terror in hi...
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Delays And Distractions
I was about to inform Peretti about his new position, when a loud banging was heard from down the hall. “What the hell?!” I shouted. “Dammit!” Janzen yelled. “We barricaded the stairwells at either end of the hall, both he...
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By Any Means
I do not know how long I wandered, blinded by the unceasing light of the sun, but I am sure I walked for many days. Strangers yelled obscene phrases and pelted me with rotting fruits and stones in a rain of violence. Despite my wounds, no wretch was lo...
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Through My Own Dead Eyes
I remember the first time I got drunk, how I remained lucid and aware but unable to stop acting like an idiot. It was like my brain became disconnected from the rest of my body. It’s the same feeling now. Since I woke up, it’s like I’...
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Prison
“Shouldn’t we… shouldn’t we talk about it out of earshot?” “What, the kid? Nah, he don’t even talk. No worries.” Stop it. Just stop it. “Well… alright. What do you think is the best choice for...
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The Anti-Sam
Stumped amidst her own chains, Frances watched May pick over her manacles, hunting for any weakness. “…I mean, this is just a bit of a hiccup,” May babbled brightly as she searched, “this whole ‘getting caught’ busi...
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Final Options
It took them 5 minutes to tear through. Just as we heard the last piece of the barricade go, an explosion ripped through the hallway. “What the…” Peretti tried (and failed) to look innocent. “Did I forget to mention I rigged the...
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By Passionsocks
My friend, I fear you have been trapped by the page, All these colors you’ve used — a war did you wage, Its past time to unwind, to surrender your ink. And transform the paper with a nod and a wink. A fold and a crease, a tuck and a bend And soon y...
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The Metal Room
Rays of light. Ringing ears. He’d finally woken up. “Awake, stranger?” said a voice from a far. He couldn’t lift his head to see its point of origin. “Where am I?” “The end of time, space, and everything in bet...
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The Metal Room...pt.2
“You must tell me what he gave you” Marks shook his head. He looked up, straight at the stranger. “I found a baseball out there, that was weird” The stranger smiled. “The baseball is a symbol, a door, a key to our world&#...
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Donner: Party of Two
“You know that only one of can leave this room.” I wondered if I felt as tired and worn out as Bruce looked. “I know. Now that there’s two of us it feels real. I wish we had better odds. Fifty-fifty is not that good.” I sa...
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Haunt
Whisper in the wind Trapped between a synonym And a dark, cold place
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Somewhere Else
Lunch proceeded as meals often did—snide comments about the ovine masses over dry, overly spiced food. The walk back to the car, the outrageously priced hybrid of course, was where things got interesting. “Honesly, Charles, I don’t kn...
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Beyond These Walls
Coughing smoke and blood, she stumbled into a culvert. A glance behind was accompanied by a prayer that she hadn’t been followed. Firemen were probably just arriving at the complex – her escape would be unconfirmed until they gained control...
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Engulfed
“What’s the worst way to die?” Jacob asked me. He was sitting indian style on my bed with his elbows hunkered over crossed legs— leaning over me with sick wonder stretched in his smile. “Probably being burned alive.”...
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The Ward
Walls of white and empty heads, with eyes as dead as their spirits.This place was the end of the line, when you can no longer hide it.They had come for him a few days ago.Before this madness, his time was nearly over.He’d been given 4 years to fi...