Tag: Six Sentence Stories
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The Rhythm Selection
Nancy walked confidently across the room, after speaking to the Gatekeeper, who provided his usual high level of security in the kiosk at the entrance. She sat at the bar, waiting to be served; Mimi and Tom were at the far end of the bar, and Denise was talking to Jenne on the stage, struggling,…
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Ahoy There
“I see land on the horizon,” Adrian Bluebeard pointed animatedly, before continuing, “why are we going the wrong way?” Captain Jack McCaw, standing at the wheel, shook his head, sighed, rolled his eyes, and gently, yet in his usual stern manner, replied, “Ah, Bluebeard, awake at last… last night’s grog wore off, then… that’s where…
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Antimation
This is an automated message set on automatic replay. The energy from the SPK#1 supernova has been successfully harvested and stored in the Merrynard Matrix; the containment cells are holding. The residue antimatter waste has been successfully ejected back into the supernova cloud. The…. /CRAAACKLE/… This is an automated message set on automatic /FIZZZZLE/… There…
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A Name Like Any Other
“Pendragon… Pendragon Pendragon no, no… Petulance… definitely not… Purity… heavens to Betsy, no!” Queen Marigold chomped on a chocolate bar and waved the book in front of Cornelius’s face. “This is now the sixteenth book of ‘names’, none of which are in alphabetical order, and none even remotely resonate with me for the baby’s name.”…
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The Stairs
In the Mansion’s unused wing, there’s a staircase that links the ground floor to the first… the staircase fills most of the hallway it occupies, although it is possible to squeeze between the sides of the stairs to the space beneath. Under the stairs, there’s a trap door… a creaky, dusty, cobweb-covered hinged door that…
The Mansionic Perspective 