Tag: Bridge of Broken Glass
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Starfall: Part 6
Things only got worse. By the time Jory and her mother reached the store, it was bedlam. Shelves were empty, broken packages littered the aisles, crowds of people jostled for anything and everything they thought they might need. Fights were a common sight and there were no employees to be found. “This was a mistake,”…
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Starfall: Part 5
Being back at home felt a little weird, albeit refreshing. At the moment, Jory was sitting in the living room, reading, when her mother rushed in, one hand holding her phone up to her ear, while the other hand grabbed the remote and switched on the television. “I’m working on it!” she spoke frantically into…
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Starfall: Part 4
The main convention hall of the hotel was full of the strangest people Jory had ever seen, herself included. There were people with antlers, people with gills, people covered head to foot in fur, people who spoke and it sounded like two people speaking at the same time in near perfect unison. There were also…
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Starfall: Part 3
Jory sat cross-legged in the hallway across from the open door where her fellow sufferer of Starfall syndrome sat. His name was Kevin, he was a year older than her, and just out of high school. He also wore the darkest sunglasses she’d ever seen. “This is really too bright for you?” she asked. “Even…
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Starfall: Part 2
Quarantine was both worse than she feared and yet not as bad as she’d thought it would be. It was worse because the separation from the people she knew and loved wore on her terribly, but it was not as bad in that besides having her blood drawn and being given a physical, she wasn’t…
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Starfall: Part 1
“It’s time to get up,”Jory’s mom called through the door. “I can’t go to school today,” Jory called back, panicking slightly. “Are you sick?” her mom replied. “Uh, yeah,” Jory said, knowing she didn’t sound convincing and the fake cough she followed up with didn’t help. “Look, I think school should still be canceled too,…
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Pen Pal
There was an hour before lunch. No activities were planned for right now so Sandra just sat by herself in one of the pseudo-living room areas of the care home. The television was on but the sound was off. She ignored it. She didn’t care much for television anyway. It was all superheroes and explosions…
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Starting Over
It was a gloriously bright and sunny day, yet for Shune it might as well have been raining. He wanted to run but he forced himself to walk. He had little choice. His uneven gait was obvious even when he tried to hide it. The cane was also an obvious give away that running was…
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The New Guy: Part 3
Navigating in a straight line was difficult once John was back down on the ground. He kept climbing up other trees and using them to relocate the tree house. More than once he found he’d been turned all the way around and was heading in the opposite direction. It didn’t matter that the sun overhead…
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The New Guy: Part 2
John awoke the next morning to a light rain. He was already pretty wet and cold by the time he realized what was going on. He took shelter beneath a nearby tree to wait out the rain. It wasn’t a perfect shelter since he still got dripped on a plenty but it was better than…
Bridge of Broken Glass 