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• Pointers

  
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  “Mr Peabody appeared twice after his death – both times in the back seat of someone’s car.” Emery’s tone was lighthearted (even amused), but Anderson shuddered. “How horrible!” he said, trying to imagine a face suddenly appearing in his rear view mirror. “An unintended horror,” Emery replied smiling. ...
  5 days ago

• Escape

  
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  Terry smiled. She could hear “Uncle” Pat losing his shit downstairs, tripping and falling around furniture that’d been in the same arrangements in the same rooms since time began. “Too little intelligence and too much beer,” she told herself. “It must be Saturday night.” Terry’s mom was hiding in the ...
  1 week ago

• Soundtrack

  
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  John listened with the others, tense, for Adrienne’s arrival at the office every morning – listened closely to what she was humming. Their lives would go well that week if it was anything rock or blues or jazz or country; if, however, she sat down in her office with a Starbuck’s latte and a one-person rendition ...
  2 weeks ago

• Incentive

  
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  In her tell-all book, the fairy Merryweather revealed that the prince was actually a coffee merchant from a distant land who stood to make a fortune with Kingdom Cappuccino stands if he could wake Princess Aurora up. “Money was the real incentive of love’s true kiss,” she told Ellen DeGeneres and a hushed TV ...
  2 weeks ago

• 12 Six-Word Stories About Kitties

  
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  My human made me wear these cheap, non-prescription glasses because — get this — she thought they made me look like a dignified author! I do have some stories for you today, but I could have done without the supposedly writer-ly trappings. Do any of you recall a while back that six-word stories were all the ...
  2 weeks ago

• An Intoxicated Night...!

  
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  Whiskey… Brandy… Rum… Gin… Vodka…Beer… Tequila…  Red and white wine…She knew the names…Scotch... Mansion House… JohnnyWalker… Bacardi… Smirnoff… Antiquity… She knew the brands… She has seen people drinking… Losingcontrol… Dancing… Enjoying solitude… Throwing up… She knew ...
  2 weeks ago

• Focus

  
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  Paul’s dad went off to get the belt, claiming that it was once again time to “Get things right” in the boy’s head. Paul sat very quietly in the living room, concentrating. He had been able to move small things first – coins, paper clips, measuring spoons; he had searched on the library computer about this, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Metamorphosis

  
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  I still haven’t created my youtube channel trailer yet, but, in other news, doesn’t the blog look an awful lot better? I’ve been tweaking the content of more static pages, links, design and the general layout these past few weeks. And it has finally started looking less cluttered and more organised. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Stalk

  
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  The bean waited, first at the market, then in the boy’s pocket, for a chance to unleash its magic. It was able to seize opportunity later on and amaze the child with its tremendous powers of growth, but the whole Jack/Giant thing was little more than a distraction. Beneath the ground, its roots pushed deep into vast ...
  2 weeks ago

• Tolerance

  
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  Dracula addressed his three new wives with great warmth and sincerity. “I have joined you each to me because of your intelligence, humor, talents, and singular, unique beauty – all of which are beyond question.” They smiled at him in the candlelight. “Therefore,” and here his voice took on a sharper edge, ...
  2 weeks ago

• “Spring Spleen” — Lydia Davis

  
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  Tagged: Lydia Davis , Microfiction , Spring
  2 weeks ago

• Release

  
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  Sometimes, when the constant snow and happy singing became too much to bear, she would poison an elf or two; a special batch of cookies, a pinch of this and that, a little taste test with a cold glass of milk (served with a warm smile). She wasn’t proud of it, but it kept the darkness in check for the rest of the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Arrival

  
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  A point of light appeared on the horizon and soon a taxi was pulling up before him. “I’m Peter; nice to meetcha. Let’s get this show on the road!” the driver said with a wink. “Uh … Pearly Gates Peter?” he replied, a little hesitant. The man laughed. “If you like. Look, we don’t really have a formal ...
  3 weeks ago

• Understanding

  
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  Randall filled the box with a dried vine bracelet, a worn and cracked leather pouch, a tiny taxidermy mouse, and a pouch of raisins. On the card he wrote, “All withers and fades except my wishes for your happy birthday” and sent it to Wednesday. The thought of her unsmiling delight thrilled him. He wrote in his ...
  3 weeks ago

• Still in Love....

  
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  Work had taken her to UnitedKingdom, far away from her family and India. Weekdays were hectic. On weekends, she would pack herbags for picnics. Most of the times, she would feel out of place. Thanks to herdusky complexion… Black hair and Indian accent!But that day was different. Asshe walked past a majestic ...
  3 weeks ago

• Found

  
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  The search was long, and at times the tracking seemed utterly futile. Still, in the end, they did find Nemo … and he was delicious.
  3 weeks ago

• Picture

  
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  Ken had never been sick in his life and thought nothing of it, then he had his first full body scan at the airport. TSA agent Jim Wiehl was working that day. “Jesus,” he whispered to himself as he rang the buzzer for his supervisor, “Wolverine’s got nothing on this guy.”
  3 weeks ago

• Truth

  
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  Superman shuffled slowly into the Justice League lounge looking like he’d barely survived the last fight. “Dude!” the Silver Surfer exclaimed, offering his chair to the bruised and limping legend. “You know when comedians talk about your girlfriend asking, ‘Do these pants make me look fat?’ and you reply, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Home

  
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  The miles of deserted high rises, shops, and schools in a heavily forested ring were perfect for the influx when it began. (Amusing how the photographers had been so fixated on capturing the deserted rooms and street rubble over the years that no one had bothered to open the closets in those supposedly empty ...
  3 weeks ago

• Waiting for that Day...

  
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  She opened the folder named “My Dream” inher laptop. She carefully did Control+C and Control+V of the recently modifiedword document and renamed it as “My 161st Dream”She sighed as she put on her readingglasses. She knew how he looked… How she looked… Howthey all looked… She knew everything about ...
  4 weeks ago

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