Tag: parents
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SILO
Hazy streaks blurred her vision. She stumbled on weighed down by her burden. The silo was there, as she remembered it, offering sanctuary as it had done when she was a child. She staggered inside. She embraced the dark coolness and dropped the heavy weight. She regrouped. Her parents hadn’t seen her in years. She […]
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DAYBREAK
The sun rose. The world went on. As if nothing had happened. As if everything was as it should have been. He found her in the nursery. Staring out the window. The sky was a fiery red. It tinged her tears. She gripped the unused blanket. This is a response to the #writephoto Prompt: Daybreak […]
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50/50
Todd cursed himself. He inched out further. The frame and glass creaked. He froze. He peered down, trying to make out the room below. It definitely wasn’t Lacey’s bedroom. She had told him the skylight on the left. Only now did he realise he didn’t know if that was left as he faced the house, […]
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THE RAID
The SUVs with blacked out windows swept through the quiet suburb, lights flashing. They descended on the school, swooping in to block access roads and prevent anyone leaving. From each vehicle emerged two agents in black suits. In unison they approached the main entrance. A visibly shocked and bemused Miss Carthwright pointed in the direction […]
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NATURAL BEHAVIOUR
Melinda trembled as she dialled the number. She bit her finger nails, holding the ‘phone to her ear, praying she would answer. Out the window she watched Indigo and Lake running round the garden. They seemed so happy, but… The voicemail service answered. She swore and hung up, then re-dialled. ‘Come on,’ she muttered. This […]
Iain Kelly 