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Into A Dead Zone
I took a long drag off my cigarette as we passed a sign saying "insert city" population "insert number."
At this point they all blended together.
I flicked the butt out the window at nothing in particular.
"Nothing in particular" could have been this t…
Posted 8 years ago -
Fighting Medusa's Cousin, or Something
All was dark in his field of vision, but he could not open his eyes. This creature was akin to Medusa and would turn him to goo if he looked at her. Something flared outside his eyelids, creating a red glow to his left. He smelled the sulfur of a struck m…
Posted 5 years ago -
Nonverbal
Let me be clear
I understand very little
Least of all the people closest to me
But as I babble about my day
Their fleeting feelings interrupt my stories
The curl of a lip when my joke fall flat
The glazing of their eyes when my tale runs on
Are crashing c…
Posted 4 years ago -
Sleep Trials
October 14
Day five that Brent has woken up ravenous and exhausted. Officially it's day five. It's been at least five days since I noticed a pattern and decided to track it's course. I'm not surprised that he's exhausted. He told me about his dreams and …
Posted 5 years ago -
Corners
I drag a finger along a wall as I walk around the room. I can feel the grainy surface of drywall and paint. Approaching the corner, my fingertips lift off the surface slightly, pulling further away as I draw closer to the junction of the adjoining wall.
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Posted 8 years ago -
Winter's Wards
Shy child in tatters
Winter's ward
Too weak and cold
To lift her sword
How hast thou come here?
Stumble toward
My outstretched arms, dear waif!
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Sweet sprite of whimsy!
Tumbling round
The fairy circles
On the ground,
Be'est fille or faery,
Thou hast foun…
Posted 8 years ago -
Class M
There are no new planets
Any more than there are new kinds of people
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These planets around Trappist-1
Have been there, perhaps waiting for someone
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To notice them, to be excited, rewarded in their hopes
That they would somehow exist
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In the great dark …
Posted 8 years ago -
Apology Options
Annette whirled on Mike. "Get out of my shop!" she yelled.
Mike took a step back, raising his hands. "Woah, woah! I'm here to apologize."
"Apologize?" She almost laughed. "Apologize for which time, exactly?
"Well..." he started.
"For sleeping with my …
Posted 4 years ago -
Smoke And Daggers, Part 1
In another city, on the other side of the world and two weeks after Larry's unfortunate disappearance, CIA Special Agent Peter Irving put on his dropsuit. The dropsuit bore a striking resemblance to matte-black scuba gear, which was no accident - in fact,…
Posted 10 years ago -
Exploration of the Sin of Procrastination
I'm such a loser.
There are a million excuses for not doing what I know I should do. Still, I don't do it.
I avoid it until the guilt is so heavy on my heart that I have to alleviate the pain. I have to stop not doing it and face it and just do it.
I…
Posted 10 years ago -
Duty and Death
Orthael had seen more than enough of the Dead for one lifetime by the time he had left the paladins for the quiet contemplation of a vicarage. It had been a blessing and joy to focus his mind anew on the sacred duties of sermon and visitation.
For a mom…
Posted 5 years ago -
Offline Fic'ing
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Posted 7 years ago -
Lucky bloody you
Well turns out it wasn't no cop anyhow, it was my uncle bloff and he just wanted me to sign the christmas cards, like who ever heard of an avunclular member of my extended family wanting me to sign off on a christmas card in feburary? Sure wasn't normal, …
Posted 8 years ago -
horizon fading
As I lie comfortable in my cosy yellow-orange bed I listen Anna and little angel are downstairs
chatting and giggling, laughing and playing, generally having fun I just lie here sandwiched between my silky duvet and bed melting my worries away. F…
Posted 8 years ago -
002 C
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Posted 8 years ago -
The Sick Woman
I hurry back home with the other half of the loaf. I need to get home before the screaming starts and the nosy neighbours start asking questions again. She is asleep on the stained red velvet settee. She has been asleep for the whole day. Her breath is sh…
Posted 9 years ago -
Rain
It's been raining for two days straight, and I'm afraid to go out. I've seen what those torrents do to people who venture outside. Cascades of water sweep down the street, and the rain itself is dangerous as hell. I have cabin fever. We all do. But those …
Posted 5 years ago -
Gunfire: The Partnership
Ryle was a powerful force, to say the least. He provided an impetus, an undeniable single-minded focus on the task at hand that defied setbacks, distractions and complications. He would have been a superb operator in any scenario.
What I brought to the p…
Posted 10 years ago -
The Kranken-Bruder's Tale
There was a prince, and one princess;
She was an angelle, he a mess.
The prince called out for his man-maid
To clean the room. The lemonade
They drank was sweet. The fine chefette
Had used ten lemons; then she'd set
The sugar from her sugar binne
The pinq…
Posted 7 years ago -
Use this to key in student grades after logging in
It's time to write, to start the rite
It's time to key in grades tonight,
For if I'm late, procrastinate,
They'll thump the ones who hesitate.
And so again I fetch my pen
The red one I use now and then
To do my chores and give out scores
And toss them out…
Posted 7 years ago -
The Darkness (2/2)
Well, it's hard to stay chipper, to keep up my hope.
Such dark thoughts crowd my mind in a throng!
As bad news piles like snowdrifts upon the steep slope,
I don't think the descent will take long...
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As a child, full of life, I had power to spare
Ah, wha…
Posted 8 years ago -
Up Above
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Posted 10 years ago -
Scorpion
Brass tinkled on the workshop floor. Beckton closed the bolt again, but didn't pop up for another shot immediately. Flame had caught on the solid wood of the workbench, and the heat haze and smoke made it hard to see - only compounded by runes on the unde…
Posted 7 years ago -
The Ploy Ends Successfully
I acted without thought, and It was not at full power; my death matters not.
Posted 10 years ago -
Underground Bethlehem
Burrowing tenderly with my hands, I could but adore this beast that had summoned me.
Posted 10 years ago