Tag: Six Sentence Stories
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Beating Those Ragtime Blues

Feet tap and glasses clank, tills ring and heads nod, fingers jive and necks bob, empty glasses become full and exchanged for monetary replacement, all in rhythm, out of rhythm and around the rhythm, as Esther Edith and her Ragtime Band play duelling music at differing speeds. The Six Sentence Café & Bistro, full to…
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Onto the New

The wedding has taken place today between Edith Mathew and Malcolm Bletherington. The small church was packed to the rafters with both the bride and groom’s family and friends, and the street outside was lined with hordes of well-wishers. The bride wore a simple gown, but arrived in the style only befitting a silver-screen actress…
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💡💡Write Your Way Out of This💡💡

So, I’ve managed to end up here, in this predicament, where the first step will shower every room, through the sprinkler system, with paint; fortunately, it’s a water-based paint which will wash out easily, but that’s of no benefit to the diners dining, the dancers dancing, the drinkers drinking, and the cleaners cleaning (who will…
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Ghost In The Machine

Sam could feel the vibrations from the hull on every floor, through every wall, and through every object he touched; the lighting flickered constantly between the artificial white, infinite black and overwhelming red as the Nova Luna’s power continually shutdown and restarted. The sensor array detected no activity outside the ship, and when he looked…
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Key Street

According to the map, the best way, it said, was to go under the footbridge and follow the dual carriageway to where it bends right, and take the left – this road leads nowhere, but it’s the best place to park and then walk over the railway bridge onto the station approach; take the steps…