Tag: choice
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DECISION TIME
Pick a door. Go through it. The choice is hers to make. She hesitates, shuffling on the illusory sidewalk one way then the other. Images surface through glass panes. Behind one door she sees her mother, smiling, beckoning, encouraging. Through the the next she sees Bethany, her cute pudgy smile, her big blue eyes, her…
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CHOICE
At first glance the choice was simple. Stay on this bank of the river and be safe, but alone. Or cross the river and be with his family, but face the danger of being infected by the virus. The official order was no one was allowed to enter the quarantined island. The traffickers had quickly…
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DESTINATION
‘Where does it lead?’ ‘Wherever you are supposed to be.’ Kevin peered down the road to where it disappeared, enveloped in a thick cloud of mist. ‘That’s not very reassuring,’ he said. ‘That depends. Where do you think you should be?’ Kevin thought back. He had done some good things, he had done some things…
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RECLAMATION
The water rolled in. She could see nothing on the horizon, just the deep blue water. This was it – the last small remaining piece of land was slowly being swallowed. The ships were ready to launch, floating cities that they hoped would sustain them. For how long, no one could guess. The hope was…
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ABSOLUTION
It was only after she had left that he remembered the Deli store had closed down last week. ‘Just popping to the Deli store,’ she had called up the stairs. He already knew where she was going. It was just that the lie was so barefaced this time. He decided to head out to the…
Iain Kelly 