Tag: Tales
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Apocalypse Oops
Hayley sat dithered. She remembered this from last time. The darkness. The cold. The smell. Herbert rolled around on the floor laughing. He remembered it too, only differently. “You tore your dress” Herbert managed between guffaws. “I broke a nail” Hayley sternly retorted, “as well” she acknowledged. Herbert looked into Hayley’s eyes. Hayley blinked. It’s…
Tom
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The Old Box
The door was heavy, but after a hefty shove it opened wide. Dust, cobwebs and goodness knows what else fell down from above, covering my head and shoulders. Light beamed in through the far window, casting four neat squares across the floor. The rest of the room was in darkness. I could just about make…
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My Kingdom
So, like, there I was, lying in bed, waiting for the alarm to go off. I was thinking to myself it will be going off soon, I’ll have to get up and go and get myself ready for another day. And then, in the next instant, all I could hear was trumpets blazing. Trumpets! Blazing.…
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Mermaid’s View
After a long day of swimming with whales and dolphins, a group of mermaids stop to rest for a while. They bob gently about on the water’s surface, relaxing and taking in the view. They see calmness ahead. Calmness all around in fact. The clear, cool blue is all they can see for miles around.…
Tom
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Breaking News: Burger’s End
Breaking news: ▲○±Ð⌂ ƒØ § ∟µ ®, the designer ‘ultimate eating experience’ on a moon near you has now ceased to exist. This terrible news has just come through on the teleprinter. The franchise on Phobos was the first to close. It temporarily became an Astroid Chicken Hut when management changed hands in August this…