Stories tagged “waiting”
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Awkward Conversation
Tyson looked perfectly normal, like nothing had even happened between us. I envied him, because I felt totally flustered. And it stung a bit that I didn’t seem to be having the same effect on him that he was most deffinately having on me. “...
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Wait.
Every waiting room in the world has the same coffee – burnt from sitting on the burner too long, stale from an institutional-sized can of grounds that seldom gets resealed properly. Emergency Room coffee is even worse. On top of the stale and the...
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Breakdown
The thump, thump, thump from the left front wheel was the first indication that something was wrong. The wheel rolling away faster than the car was moving was the second, and the fact that the tiny car had come to an abrupt stop in the middle of the hi...
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Slighted
Someday someone will say the right words to pull me out of this depression. I’ll turn on my computer and there they will be. It will be as a love note left just for me. The words will be gentle, forgiving, and from the right person at the righ...
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Let's Write
Writing is like any other kind of work. Most of the time it isn’t easy, glamorous or fun. It’s staring at the blank page or screen wondering where all the inspiration you had when you started has suddenly gone. It’s wondering why the ...
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Caring
You stand there and tell me you care but when I say that I am scared you turn away and now you act as if I never mattered. Can it really be that easy to just turn your back and not give it a second thought on something you truely wanted? You say that y...
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Protection is a Good Idea
“But I love you.” “I love you too,” Amanda said, “but that’s not enough reason for me.” “Well, then, what is?” “Dating means that you’ve given someone the permission to break your heart....
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Waiting Room pt. 2
Panic gripped Harry. His brain struggled frantically to understand the situation. All the while Raiffe stood there with a knowing smirk on his face. As if he knew exactly what was going on in Harry’s mind and found it amusing. Harry was seized by...
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Recognizable Face (avatar)
Yeah, that’s me. I was having a good hair day. I took several pictures until I got the angle, the smile, and the lighting just right. It’s how I want to be seen. ______________________________________________________________________ I had b...
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Clock-Watching
Tick, tick, tick He sits in the centre of the kitchen, staring at the formica clock above the door, the bright white light of the flourescent tube casting harsh shadows on the wall, turning his skin a pale grey-yellow, a pallor of death. Tick, tick, ti...
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Anticipation
Jim and I staggered back to the farmhouse, laughing and brushing dirt and grass off our clothes. The morning had turned to afternoon when we weren’t looking, and the house now held an ominous feeling that had not existed before. Jim didn’t ...
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Prison in Have to Be
Waiting, Waiting It consumes most of me With each second that ticks, My mind keeps shifting Between where I could, I should be, and where I have to be. Here, I have to be. Feels more like a prison, A prison with bars so thick, Seeing through it is stra...
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Sleepless
I pulled my jacket tighter around me and shivered as the cold wind blasted straight through it. Just a few hours ago, I’d sat on a bench in Central Park, enjoying a late autumn afternoon, and now I was freezing to death at the top of the Empire State...
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A Sneeze and a Dead End
The sound of my stifled sneeze was a faint phut! in the surprisingly muffled room. I stood up on something that felt squishy. Fishing my lighter out and flicking it on, I squinted in the dim illumination. By estimation the room was about 20 by 20 feet,...
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Waiting Goodbye
In a far corner of the room past the bed, beyond the dresser, a single ring sparkles on the night stand. The light of early dawn filters through the half open blinds casting rainbows of color across the wall. Specs of dust could be seen hanging in the ...
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The Summons
Fifty yards. Just fifty yards. Half a football field. Without the end zones. The distance between the edge of the woods at which he stood and his sister’s house. A few quick steps would take him across the dirt road and the yard, up the stairs an...
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My Island Between Worlds
I was sitting on a beach with soft, fine sand. I didn’t know how I had ended up there. I couldn’t see any foot prints leading to or from me. It was as if I suddenly appeared. The sky was a twisting torrent of colors- twilight’s blue h...
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Lingering
I wait here… Yearning to be set free. Yearning to say something. Yearning to leave the warm dark cage that keeps me, traps me. As I wait, I have the power to control his body, arms and legs, but I cannot control his words. I tell him something...
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Unsettled, Unnerved and Out of Control
Baraam burst outside and breathed the clean air. He felt like he needed a bath and enough drink to dull his mind. That scene- he had never seen anything like it. Horrifying. Demonic. His two eunuchs that served as guards for him and his women stood out...
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Questions and Answers
It was a long time before the familiar form of Mother Miri appeared at the end of the street, escorted by Baltzar. When they were close enough, Baraam snapped, “It took you long enough. What’ve you been doing?” His eunuch shrugged hel...
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Dangerous Transactions
The threat of violence hung heavy in the air. Everyone in the room eyed each other. Someone was going to have to make the first move. It sure as hell wasn’t going to be me. That was a fast track to a cold slab. I was just here to make sure that i...
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anthems to thee pt.2
She sat, perched high above the streets, kicking her heels and sipping at a bottle of sour, ruby-red wine. Staring thoughtfully towards the wooded hills to the east through the lazily spiralling smoke from a thousand and one chimneys. “Well,R...
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Something to look forward to.
I’d just torn the top off my package of freeze dried mash when Tony caught my attention with his eyes. “They never get the sprinkles right.” He said with a nod. “What?” “The rainbow sprinkles on the ice cream. They n...
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The Waiting Game
Karen closed her eyes, tears squeezing through the cracks. I knew an opportunity when I saw one. “C’mon, let’s just sit down and we’ll figure this out together.” She let herself be guided to the bed. I knelt beside her on ...
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The New Progenitors
A long day. Time to wait. Nothing special about this place just yet. He made a bonfire. His companions in just a few days. He didn’t understand the mechanics of how he’d gotten here, but he would be alone for too long. This beach was clean,...