Tag: Short Story
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Unicorn Challenge: To The Letter
“The man said to carry on passed the old manor house, the arched gateway, the ancient monument and the fish and chip shop, but if we reach the curve in the road we’ve gone too far.” Samantha gripped the steering wheel in despair. “That looks like a curve in the road.” Gloria frowned. “Well, I…
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The Unicorn Challenge: The Maze
After three hours and forty-seven minutes, fifty-eight seconds, not forgetting the seconds, in seering heat, with not so much of a drink between us, we reached the centre of the maze; open space at last after corridor after corridor of leaf-lined runs that mostly led to nowhere. At one point, we seemed to walk up…
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DeNite’s Move
What started here, and continued here, now continues here! A Six Sentence Story, the prompt word set by Denise at Girlie on the Edge, is forge. A crossover featuring the Dropped Apostrophe from my side of the page, and Rue DeNite from Clark at The Wakefield Doctrine’s! The Dropped Apostrophe and Rue DeNite walked quickly…
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The Dropped Apostrophe
The Dropped Apostrophe stood and removed his ear protectors. His Sonic Pulse detonation had worked a treat. The lights, alarms, and vehicles in the surrounding area were all out of action. He used his crystal glass cutter to score a large oval shape in the window in front of him, looked around for dramatic effect,…
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The Ski Trip
Lady Salinger-Wallis squealed with delight as she slipped down the artificial ski-slope. She wasn’t standing; she had fallen at the top of the slope trying to attach one of her skis which had become detached from her left foot as she was about to ski for the very first time. She slid head first, from…
The Mansionic Perspective 