Tag: Trapped
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An Awoken Mind: Chapter 4
Tuesday Someone screamed and Erick woke with a start. All around him was quiet, no sign of where the scream came from. It was cold and so dark out that he knew a regular person wouldn’t be able to see the far wall of the alley. To his eyes the area around him was a…
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Empty House: Part 2
“Okay, let’s see what’s through door number two,” Kyle said, crossing the living room and grabbing the doorknob on the other door. The door was swollen with moisture and stuck in the door jam. Kyle had to pull hard on the doorknob to get it to open. When the door finally came free, a plume…
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Too High
“Don’t climb too high.” It was a constant refrain that Carlos hated hearing. He never thought he was climbing too high, but then suddenly there would be adults down below calling for him to come down. “Didn’t we say not to climb too high?” How high was too high? He’d been on playgrounds that were…
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The Sound of Drums
Being alone in the mine was uncommon, to say the least. Not only was it for safety that the miners stuck together, but also for practicality since there were so few jobs that could be accomplished by a single person. But a few tools had been left behind and it really didn’t make sense to…
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Like Paper: Chapter 31
To say that my time with Captain Whorl was uncomfortable would be an understatement. Going back over everything that had happened was unpleasant, to say the least, but it did feel good to talk it out, to cry a bit, and have someone else say out loud that what I’d experienced was awful. We talked…
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Like Paper: Chapter 28
I lay in my cot, blankets pulled over my head and my eyes closed shut. The darkness was all I wanted to see and yet I kept seeing what I’d done to the others. Was this really what I wanted to be doing with my life? I was no soldier. I needed to get back…
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Sanctuary: Part 1
It was a small house, little more than a square, fifteen feet on either side, that Chey found herself in. Currently she was lying on her back on the dirt floor, staring up at the underside of the thatch roof. The days here were hot and the nights only slightly cooler with the ever-present humidity…
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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…
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The Fall of Akumu: Chapter 29
The carpet sped over the Bokyaku river by moonlight. The far side of the river seemed empty but as they reached the middle of the lake, hellfire flared into sight as a wall of it rose to block their way. Damarys gripped the carpet tightly as Zeter swerved to avoid running into it. She wished…
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The Solar King Part 25
(Photo by Pixabay) “Chester, wake up.” It was his mother’s voice. They’d survived another bombardment, it seemed. Besides his ears still ringing and a slight headache he felt fine. That was incredibly lucky. Usually he had at least a few cuts and bruises. All the same, he didn’t want to open his eyes. Sleep was…
Bridge of Broken Glass 