Stories tagged “view”
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Pantone 286C
From the window of her room, she could see the sea and the sky. Hard to see much else from the top of the highest tower in a castle perched on a cliff. On the best days, pale, fluffy clouds floated weightlessly in a cornflower sky, while their reflecti...
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Ginger: Panorama of the Past
Breathless, inexpressible wonderment. I was on a hillside looking out across a million sun-drenched rooftops, more konkreet buildings than I could fathom, from here to the horizon and beyond. Towering over the buildings were a dozen shining steel rods ...
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True Love
When I was young love had to be the simplest purest feelings anyone felt. When I met Mary in 72 I knew that would be the start of my life. I knew my place, and what I wanted most out of it. I dropped out of high school a year later to go work at the mi...
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The 59th Street Bridge
“Woah! Slow down you move too fast!” Bobby called out to Robin who was dancing and running across the bridge. “Come on slowpoke!” Robin called back as she finally stopped at what at a lamp post. When Bobby got closer Robin start...
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Faith
For every wrinkle on my face, And every twinkle in my eyes, I like to sprinkle on the faith, But religions are full of lies.
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Limited Vision, the Human Frailty
Consoles dimly lit anxious faces from beneath. The vid screens had gone dark along with the overhead lights. With a flicker and a buzz the red emergency lights came to life. Harrigan looked grim, fingers drumming out a rhythm on his armrest. “Eye...
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Don't Know Jack
Bodies writhed and squirmed, but not in the pleasant way. Someone howled a slow wail of pain that varied rhythmically in pitch. Another voice rapidly questioned, reassured, and swore. Finally, a sweet voice, that of an angel to the ears of Denton, whis...