Stories tagged “tv”
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The First and Last Date
“May I offer we go and get some coffee, its usually open late on a Friday?” “I don’t know, only if you want to.” And I thought first dates where easy Here I sit on her couch Watching her grandma’s black and white te...
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Survivor's Guilt
Anna closed her eyes and again imagined her step father standing above her 24 years ago, thin lips and thinner hair, asking her about her day. Anna’s 1868th day on earth had been unremarkable to that point, and might have remained so had her moth...
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TV Bites
“Hey, Derek.” I say over the phone, watching reruns of Derek’s show on TV. “What is it, Caroline?” His voice is annoyed, like I made his coffee decaf instead of full-caf. “What, I can’t just call you?” &#...
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I'm having a (tele)vision
This is boring. Watching TV had slowly degraded for an old gentleman named Mr. Beff. The quality’s gone downhill. There’s less channels than ever. He had slowly become dissatisfied with TV. Networks were pulling shows, series, and even enti...
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A Message To A Shaken Country
As the president entered the vault, the president told the agents to get the cameras rolling. His agents quickly began booting up all the cameras, and alerting all the news networks. Soon, the cameras were ready, and the lighting was perfect. The Presi...
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Impact
I’m in the living room having my first beer of the night when I hear a crash and a scream. The crash doesn’t scare me—my Mellie isn’t exactly the most coordinated person I know—but the scream does. I grab my gun, which is ...
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Film at Eleven
The first known case happened on live television. It was the local news show. The news anchor, Lena Hansen, was a pretty little thing—a petite brunette who always got very good ratings, especially among the male demographic. Her co-host, Dan Just, wa...
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The Earth's Epiphany
The Earth orbited the Sun, pondering as it went. It had come to the conclusion that “What is 6 multiplied by 9?”, even in the base 13 system. The Earth was becoming increasingly annoyed at the commotion the humans were making. “That p...
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March 15th
So. March 15th. It was a Monday. I had college and was up mega early at the crack of dawn, like every other weekday. As I was sitting eating my breakfast in front of the TV, the programme vanished, bringing up instead the emergency news thing that I...
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Artifacts
The silver drone looked like a sleeping porcupine, festooned with bent antennae and cracked satellite dishes. In this eternal night beyond the static of life and stars, she can outrun the transmissions. Faster than light, faster than history. And it is...
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Cancelled
Fae jumped onto the sofa excitedly, a grin slapped across her well structured face, her freckles seeming to stretch. The springs squeeked, not happy being put through that much stress. “Tommy!” she called. “Hurry up!” she turned...
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If Life was Made Easy
Sometimes I wish that I could fast-forward through the day. That’s what “that girl” said. So, the world zipped by all of a sudden with swirling blurs and the next thing she knew, she was at a biker bar at 12AM in the morning. Overwhel...
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Another night for Theodore
He was groggy. It was late, or reaaally early, depending on how you looked at it. His clothes were covered with stains of food. He stared at the television, not paying attention to the messages: Act now! Offer ends soon! Call now and also get a free po...
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Two
They loomed out at him through the dimly lit space. Frightening looking, a fact that was only amplified by the dark music flowing in the background. The shadows floated next to them, barely visible in the haze of the room. Slowly, he reaches for that ...