Stories tagged “death”
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Not moving
It was no one’s fault. Just a random freak of nature. It happened all the time, but one always secretly hoped that it would be someone else to suffer, some other family. The first she knew of it, was the scream from the nursery. Kate had gone to ...
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A Noisome Bell
Sergeant Philips, who was put on the other end of Sutton’s call, was less than the picture of attentiveness at this hour. He’d barely arrived at the office, he thought, even the sun decided this was far too early an hour to get out from und...
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Until the Last Rays of the Sun
There was a time when I wanted my revenge. I had been locked up, immortal and unchanging, inside that cavern. All because some upstart mortal had to be a bloody hero. My existence had since been spent chipping my way out of that prison cell, the face o...
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Survival
Robert watched the family walk down the hall and out of sight. They had dodged another bullet; his supervisor would be pleased. He closed the door and sat in the still-warm seat at the terminal. The blinking cursor depressed him deeply. It wasn’t...
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Eternity Services
“What was that guy’s name again?” Edward asked, hastily jotting down every detail of the encounter that he could remember. “Robert, I think,” said Pauline, glancing back over her shoulder as if she could see where the tech...
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Stray Bullets
Babies should never be collateral damage. __________________ _______________________________________
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Shadows
A soldier’s shadow Feels no pain Sliding over jagged gravel— Its black outline does not contain The fragile face from which it came The fragile face that’s in my aim Is mute and vague I cannot hear its screams It hasn’t lived or died ...
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Existential Death Hole
Jeron screwed up his eyes, trying to comprehend his friend’s glee, “You’re kidding right?” “I am…dead serious,” Kyle intoned dryly, before bursting into giggles cut short only by his voice cracking. “Real...
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Pantsing the Naked Singularity
“How do you plan on killing death, then?” “Have you heard of a ‘naked singularity’?” “Umm, no. Do I want to?” “Yes. It’s a black hole that’s built up so much hydrogen around it that it n...
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The Search For Death
Jeron stared at Kyle, who seemed lost in thought. Jeron hated interrupting his train of thought. Truth be told, he hated the same old debate about ‘derailing trains’ and what-not. “I think I may have an idea!” “You do?R...
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Meanwhile, 4,000 Miles and a Dimension (or Two) Away...
Galway, Ireland Five minutes later Declan MacLyntire’s last sensation was the stuffiness of the hospital room as doctors crowded around him. Then he fell. He fell through the deepest chasms that he couldn’t see, then skimmed across the surf...
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Declan Talks Death
Declan warily pulled himself up to the chair opposite the woman. It sank on one leg when he sat down. “Hi, Declan,” the woman said. “I’m Death.” “…Oh.” She smiled supportively, as if used to getting this reac...
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Some Old Chinese Guy
Kyle saw two huge golden dragons flanking an ornate door. A few wisps of incense wafted through the wind chimes. “Hello? Anyone here?” From behind the counter an old man appeared, and moved far more quickly than anyone of his apparent age had any r...
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Lethe Runs Deep
Charon had recently traded in his boat for a jet ski, much to the chagrin of the spirits waiting on the shore for passage to Hades. When he was in a particularly good mood, he’d do tricks. He liked the roar of the engine, the feel of the smooth p...
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The Love Of The Crime Series - The Beginning
My father use to tell me to never forget the small things in life, you never know when it will drift away into the darkness. I had wasted many aimless nights sitting in a dark lit room, lighting up and drinking the last sips inside the bottle. It was o...
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Wrong Turn At Albuquerque
Declan’s eyes snapped open. He was still laying down, but the doctors were gone. As he slowly became more and more aware, he realized that the hospital was, too. He was stiff and sore, and wasn’t moving too good, so he just looked around fo...
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Zero X Nine Series - Laura's Resistance
“What is going to happen to the women, and the children?” Laura spoke in a worry tone. Inside the kitchen lighting up a smoke, stood Captain Alexander. Alexander turned to his wife; spoke with no concerns of others. “Let the weak di...
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Depressing Poem I
My dearest friend has become Death, My sister’s name is Pain, Though while we’re not on speaking terms, I feel we’ll be again. Torture and Masochism are my cousins, Never seen without the other, Happiness has drifted out of view, While Life has f...
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Ginger: Bag Man's Message
I didn’t cry. I don’t cry. I’ve seen too many things. I did lower myself into the compartment with Bag Man and I held him for a long, sad time, his burgundy blood staining my coat and trousers. His body was cold, lifeless now, the spa...
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Somewhere in the Ocean
I stand here, arms spread, chin pointing toward the starry sky. If I have ever experienced pure bliss, it would be now. I know I can now die happy. The waves crash around my body like cars on a freeway, their unforgiving force numbing my skin. Above me...
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The Telling
She sits at the table with her hands folded neatly in front of her, fingers woven together, green nail polish chipping, flaking, but the same color as her startling eyes. We have never spoken before, but her eyes feel familiar somehow. Maybe in another...
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Zero X Nine Series - Laura's Ambitions
Zero X Nine had become a desolate playground for thieves, rapists, and murders over the months. Civilians where struck with fear of being stranded on a cosmic planet, not having any knowledge to when help would arrive. Their fearless leader was among t...
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A Humanity Break
She got up from her submissive bow to the porcelain goddess (also, today, the goddess of death), and stumbled to the mirror. She didn’t like the sallow-cheeked, red-eyed Raggedy Ann doll staring back at her. She had a moonstruck look on her face,...
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Departed
The chicken wire fence was gnarled; it bloomed outward in a metallic flower of sharp, rubicund-tipped edges. Something thick and heavy had encompassed the atmosphere. Outlines and shapes seemed dull and colorless. The building before her was whitewashe...
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Darkness
Tiana sighed and hugged herself tighter as the chill of darkness danced across her pale shoulders. Pulling the coverlet from her bed, she started across the room. Surveying all the things she had collected in the unnaturally long years she’d walk...