Stories tagged death

Out to Lunch

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One of the paramedics stood up slowly and looked at the clock. “Time of death: ‘round ‘bout midnight.”

Cemetery

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With lips slightly open

Protection

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You're a good dog, she whispered to him, a good brave dog. Her face was tight with soap.

The Colour of Love

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I carried him home, all blood and brains, and set him in the ground. Is that love, George?

after amelia

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A year after the disappearance, George Putnam, a.k.a. “Mr. Earhart,” stands by the dining room sideboard in his North Hollywood home.

Amahle and I

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He brought an incredible Mozambican girl over for me and warned me before I slept with her.

Mean

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Prairie law spells it out clearly. The worse your surroundings, the meaner you're allowed to get.

The Last Highway

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The first part of this stretch feels as if it’s all uphill. But the road winds left then right, dips and climbs, you might be making progress, might not. Then all of a sudden, you come to a long, gradual rise. The ground is clear, hardscrabble: blueberry

it's just death, so what

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Unfortunately, there is nothing to be done about the coupling of tombstones. First of all, their copulations are deafening — how they grunt and sigh! — and secondly, the sparks spewing from the friction — blue, green, yellow, and purple - ignite fires

The Danger of Talk Therapy

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Who does she think she is, a cross-dressing, Freudian Maria Callas?

Put Down Your Camera and Love Me

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The dead whale's bones wash to white on the beachhead in Puerto Peñasco.

Vigil

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Each hum and beep, blank buzz, and sigh disturbs the weary eye of sleep.

Chinese Jacks

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"Carl, do you think we can fit all of our furniture into that red house?" Jeanne asks. She wonders how easily you could burn a red house down, if a claw foot tub will melt or be left standing in a field of black grass. He reaches for her hair, the dizzy smell…

Out of the Valley

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Megan Collier clutched the metal sill of her window, torn between fear and intrigue. Though not her first film expedition, it was her first trip to the African continent. Seasoned and well-paid, this crew had weathered precarious situations before. The dr

Reiki Master

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55 words, slightly naughty