Tag: Six Sentence Stories
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The Looking Glass
It’s the odd things that pique my interest. I noticed how the stars, no the whole Universe, comes alive when I look upon it through my glass disc. The stars themselves, when viewed, are just the same size, only more vibrant and more spread apart. Galaxies and colours form in an abstract rendering of natural…
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A Long Long Time Ago Just Before Dawn
“Husband, you are beneath the stars again,” Queen Ellimayee held her palms upright beside her shoulders, just as she noticed King Rabletop III staring blankly into the space in front of him, “what in the name of the Gods Before The Nile are you doing?” “Shush, wife,” Rabletop commanded in a whisper, “I am awaiting…
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The Name’s Nutmeg
Nutmeg Dolnoon was alone in the saloon; the day had been hot, the hours, long. She leant against the bar as she noticed the tall shadowy figure standing just inside the double doors. She reached inside her pocket, finding her small pistol missing. Sensing everything to be at stake, she gained leverage from the bar…
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May the Fourth
Posted for Six Sentence Stories where Denise’s prompt word for this week is Market. I’m so far from home it’s untrue… I could be galaxies away for all I know… that’ll teach me for buying a cheap ticket from that dodgy Deadstar Travel Agent in Han’s Market. ‘Only one kidobe,’ the woman with the plaited…
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Sssssunssssset!
“So, Jake, what’ll it be…” Nutmeg Dolnoon glanced at the other end of the bar and froze… Jake ‘Cesspit Yellowbelly’ Jones followed her gaze and instantly cowered around the corner of the bar, the top of his stetson and his eyes the only things visible, “if there’s one thing I can’t stand,” he whispered, “it’s…
