Category: stories
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Capricorn Two
The red dust took some time to settle after they landed but that did not dampen their excitement. “Who goes first?” Tomi voiced their question.. Mission control had told them who would go first, but in the face of history, far off Earth had no say. Marchand stepped forward, but Indra tripped him. The crew…
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Men!
“Let’s ask the woman in our midst.” His Most Divine Emperor Maximilian the third said. The gathered nobles of the realm, fitted in their shiniest armors adorned with silver and gold, turned their gazes towards her. Eveline, envoy of the empress-mother, looked at the princess Isobel, who was laying at the feet of the emperor.…
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In memoriam
“So you finally set yourself to it?” His neighbors voice rumbled. He was a big fellow, with a large beard. He was the kind that roared when he laughed or when he downed too many beers at the pub down the road. James looked up and took in the solid shape that loomed over the…
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Freedom 2
In the center of our room. A screen adorns the wall. I press the button. and the black flashes multi-colored faces, unknown to me. Some looked worried. Others in tears. No smiles there. A cavalcade of people, bring me despair. In the center of our room. A screen adorns the wall. I press the…
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Microfiction: Entertainment value.
Usually, the interest wanes after a single stay… It is different now: you stayed another day.
Merit Coba
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Freedom
Freedom “We’ll get rain today.” Isaac said to his cat Myra. As if to comply with his words drops started to fall. There was a knock on the door. Isaac placed Myra on the floor, got his rifle and opened the door. An Asian man in a camouflage uniform but unarmed, smiled at him. “Sir!…
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Mother’s day.
“Do you think I am fat?” She asked, looking at his reflected image. John cringed inwardly. The mirror revealed her as pear shaped with a pale skin stained with grey-blue imperfections. She was naked but for worn out undies of an undefined gray-white color. Her grey hair hung listless over her shoulders. Her eyes were…
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That last day(okinawa)flash version
The flag was raised on the highest point of the island. The sergeant lit his cigar and looked around.. The horizon was filled with grey shapes bobbing on an azure sea. A rook started a tentative song. “I could live here.” The sergeant said. The next day he returned home where a drizzle of early…
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That last day(okinawa)
The flag was raised on the highest point of the island. It meant victory for them and defeat for the others. It was for both the end to a trail of dead bodies. The sergeant lit his second last cigar and looked around. His remaining soldiers squatted around him. There were not many left of…
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Flash Fiction: Walking Dead
The undead employees in his office didn’t make Henry panic. The Human Resource manager quickly ascended the nearest bookcase; the one containing files a650 to c1278. The unliving started to besiege him there, making guttural sounds and clawing gestures. Henry considered his options. He could either jump from bookcase to bookcase and possibly find safety that way.…
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