Tag: challenge
member name: Heather ~of the Whippets~ M.
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January 05, 2009 07:05 PM EST --
A resolution for this new year.
It is what she vows, eyeing
the number on the scale.
He watches her from the doorway.
She is unaware, and he is wary.
He knows that there will be another
resolution . . .
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September 05, 2008 12:30 AM EDT --
Stretching skyward
but there is no sky here
just the ceiling
above the stage.
Reaching, reaching
for something
just out of reach.
Dancer, dancer
. . .
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September 30, 2008 10:30 PM EDT --
Retreat to the tracks
to wait for a train
that won’t come.
Dead tracks,
dead town.
Blonde girl
on the tracks
waiting for a train
that won’t come.
Dead mom,
dead dad.
Nowhere . . .
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July 30, 2008 10:54 PM EDT --
If only she could remember how she got here. What was this place? She knew, but she couldn’t remember.
“… I just wanted to stop by and see how you,” the blonde was saying. Heidi was the girl’s name; . . .
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August 27, 2008 08:03 PM EDT --
This week's inspiration is Migdalia Arellano's "Night Moves."
This story is a sequel of sorts to another short story that I had shared a while back, titled " Home ." . . .
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September 04, 2008 02:46 PM EDT --
He kissed her again and got up to go to the bar. He would go speak with his business contact to set things up and bring back another orange juice for her.
The music was loud, and the club . . .
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September 23, 2008 01:40 AM EDT --
It was just a little thing.
“Are you certain?” he asked, finally. He had been silent when she had told him.
She nodded, feeling the tears rising up. She didn’t bother trying to stop them from . . .
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October 02, 2008 02:15 PM EDT --
He waited by the door of the taxi as she gathered up her teddy bear.
“Come now,” he coaxed her.
Athena slid across the seat, clutching the bear. She stood obediently by . . .
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December 08, 2008 07:03 PM EST --
She stumbled into the cabin.
He shut the door and turned to her. "You were driving in this?"
She nodded, shivering so violently she couldn't speak.
He helped remove her snow-covered . . .
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August 02, 2008 01:28 PM EDT --
It used to be that civilians weren’t caught up in this stuff.
Missy surveyed the room. It wasn’t the first time that she had seen something like this, but this was the worst she had seen in a while. . . .
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September 03, 2008 02:55 PM EDT --
She reread the letter. The sordid tale was there.
Andrew Paulson had been cheating on his wife of 15 years.
He had met his mistress at a bar.
“… I didn’t know that he was married. Please, . . .
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January 18, 2009 09:34 PM EST --
A key turns in the lock
opens the door
Looking for truth
you find a whole lot more
The answer lies
within the twisting maze
of lies and alibis
Somewhere in the shadows
is the light you seek . . .
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