Tag: story
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A BETTER WORLD
The man on the door had given us a look, a look that said ‘are you crazy?’. He was over six-foot, wider than the door he blocked with dark black skin taught over fearsome muscles. Vero sweet-talked him round. ‘He’s with me, ain’t no bad thing going to happen, you’ll see.’ She batted her eyelids,…
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FESTIVE CHEER
The first freeze of the winter brought patches of treacherous ice. Archie watched the school children sliding joyfully along. Behind him, Agnes hummed Christmas songs as she hung baubles on the tree. ‘Tis the season to be jolly, tra-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.’ Archie imagined what he would do with the large icicle hanging from the tree in…
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CARMAGEDDON INSURANCE COMPANY
INSURANCE CLAIM FORM IN YOUR OWN WORDS PLEASE DESCRIBE THE ACCIDENT: My cat, Marcela, gave birth to kittens – Huey, Dewey, Louie, Donald and Daisy. This event led directly to my car accident on the 4th of December. I was running late due to several factors: My alarm didn’t go off as Marcela had knocked…
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SPIRIT
There was no magic in what he did. The snow made it easy to track the footprints. So long as it did not snow again before nightfall, he would find his prey. The creek had not frozen over yet, the bubbling water still trickled through the land on it’s journey to join the mighty Yukon.…
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SURVIVING THE APOCALYPSE
On the wall hung the cracked television they couldn’t watch because there was no electricity. The kitchen had an old cooker and refrigerator but without power they were merely metal cupboards. And now this. ‘What do you think? Our new bathroom suite.’ ‘Where did you get them from?’ ‘Found them. Minor defects but perfectly intact.…
Iain Kelly 