Stories tagged “watch”
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Tardy
Marcus Billows paced back and forth several times, checking his pocket watch every eleventh step. He had ceased to read the time, but nerves forced his shaking hand to depress the button atop the silently ticking device and reveal the stolid numbers in...
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Fragile Things
“Definitely insane.” “I concur, utterly mad…with a dash of stupid.” “Look,” Brandon shot up from under the hood, “if you two idiots aren’t going to help, then leave. I’ll do it myself.” ...
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Forever unwind
To my surprise, what I did find, was nothing I’d ever seen. An old watch with no band, three hours behind, but still ticking along with ease. Three half pence, cut down the middle, their bronze plain to see. A stack of letters, postage paid, turn...
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That "Something is Wrong" Feeling
It was a Monday morning, nothing looked different that morning than any other morning, but within minutes her blood ceased to pulse, instead it raced steadily though her: the first of many symptoms that something was wrong. The entire walk her eyes sta...