Tag: Short Story
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Broken Promise
They announced the winners. Don’t think AJ will be printed in their little trophy anthology so we are going to throw it out to you. There is a possible few more parts we could write to this. Though AJ isn’t sure. Here is a story about my mother’s origin story. A white puff of air…
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Until Death
My nights were filled with a healthy Kate and my Pretty Boy. Both of whom I loved more than I knew how to say. I couldn’t sit by and watch Kate die, but I stayed with her anyway. My heart breaking each day that passed. There was resentment in my heart, but so much love. …
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Hard to Watch
Kate deteriorated fast. Six months into her pregnancy and the doctors prescribed bed rest. She kicked me out of the room, said she didn’t want me to see her like that — all the time. It was hard to watch. The perfect child growing insider her womb made her glow with happiness. Her hands resting…
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The Truth
Kate continued to lie to me for a week. I walked into her office in our apartment while she was on the phone with the doctor. “There is nothing we can do?” she asked sadly. I couldn’t hear the other side of the phone, but I listened to Kate’s thoughts. Fear permeated them; thoughts of…
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Diagnosis
Kate had been feeling ill, so I drove her to her doctor’s appointment. I waited in the small waiting room while she went back. I wasn’t officially her spouse; they didn’t let me in the back. Not that Kate needed me, but I felt like I should be there to support her. It was a…
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Nightmares
Crash! The car spun out and crashed into a light post. The flickering light and sparks decorated my vision with dim hues of yellow and blue. I ran over to the car and saw my mother’s body riven apart by the car’s impact. She turned to look at me with dead glazed eyes and said,…
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Valentine’s Day 2009
AJ wrote a little back story, and maybe the start of a story for a NaNo. It was Friday night. Normally Sage, Mia, and I would sneak into Aspect and dance the night away. But Mia had a boyfriend — my bully and roommate, Jace. What she saw in the asshole I don’t know, but…
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Star Crossed Lovers
We took a different approach to Rory Cube prompt. The three images — drama (comedy/tragedy), shooting star, and an arrow. AJ went the route of Shakespeare and his star crossed lovers. The arrow symbolically being cupid’s arrow early on. It’s quick and dirty, and there is a whole story that could be told, but AJ…
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A Long Day
I like AJ wrote a small short for Alex’s birthday. It’s not a sex story which will disappoint him I’m sure, but it’s a thought I had when AJ left work yesterday. Thud goes the head severed from the vampire’s body. They don’t burst into flames like the TV shows show you. There is a…
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Behind the Orange Door
SO the story submission has been published!!!! The theme was isolation. And you can read it at Short Fiction Break There is a Reader’s Choice award. If you like it (or another story) go ahead and give it a vote! But please read. It’s all about me – as usual.
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Here’s Your Soul Back
Hunter chased after Drake with his hands outstretched much like the old zombie movies crying, “I’ll suck your soul.” Drake giggled and dodged under the coffee table in a feat very few could do but for the three-year-old dragon, it was nothing. Hunter followed with ease. I was lying on the couch with my head…
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Mors Praetor – part 3
“She needs a hospital.” Ant took pulled me into a shadow and took the girl from my arms as I bent over and lost the contents of my stomach. Walking through the shadows always did that. Ant carried the girl into the Emergency room and was back outside before anyone could ask him any questions.…
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Mors Praetor – part 2
The basement of the 8th street building where Frankie’s kiss was located was dark and damp and I shivered at the memories it tried to pull out of my head. Ant put his hand on my shoulder then passed me – he was going first. I resented the protection a little, but that was just…
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Mors Praetor – part 1
The city was still bright with street lights even though it was closer to midnight than not. The Night Life building was a bright beacon in the ever-changing skyline of New York. Every light was on it was busier now than it was during the day. The lobby was a mall full of all types…
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Dreaming of You
This is the aftermath of Falling Lying next to Alex in our bed in our new home was priceless. It was ours. Not mine, not his, ours. Our family. And even with all that I’d remembered I still dug each night into the memories of the dreams I had suppressed to keep Alex safe. They…
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Helpless – part 3
I fell to my knees when my teacher disappeared around the corner. I didn’t have to worry about someone seeing me, the nature of our existence was clad in the shadows, and the night was our time to thrive. It had been this way since the dawning of time. Tears slide down my cheeks. The…
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Helpless – part 2
Before we left, Mr. Hall took me to the armory. A whole room dedicated to killing things. I had been here once before when I was issued a survival knife for my survival training. Today, I would get a gun. A simple Beretta that would carry me through my life. Or until the weight of…
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Helpless – part 1
“The final exam will test all the skills you’ve learned here and your training to this point. You will find a rogue creature in your packets, and you will eliminate them.” Mr. Hall said to the whole class. I tapped the white envelope with a number 8 scrawled across the front against my desk, waiting.…
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Nox versus Glitter – part 3
Our morning dragged on with much more sex than usual, and we found ourselves not quite alone when the night came. Hunter was having a tough go of the whole; there might be an astral walker or something in our home. His dreams worsened the past few nights. “You know that’s because of you, right?”…
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Nox versus Glitter – part 2
But it happened for another three days, and no one fessed up to the prank. We had run out of suspects. Sage thought it was hilarious, “Dude, it’s magic. It’s supposed to do that.” I sighed as he sat on my couch with my laptop. I strung up the security cam wires to catch whoever…
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Nox versus Glitter – part 1
Alex laid on the bed smirking at me as I pulled on a pair of boxers and a plain white tank top. He was still naked in bed after having woken me up with some extra Christmas spirit this morning. “You could make breakfast naked,” Alex chuckled. He knew my answer, but I gave him…
The Mind of Nox 