Six Sentence Stories – Waiting
The post would be late again today. There was no way to know this for certain, of course, except for the fact that the post was always late. Susannah’s daddy always said a man could set his pocket watch by the lateness of the stagecoach that brought the mail, if a man had a pocket watch…
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Six Sentence Stories – Take My Hand
“That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body.” He sat in the pew, staring, listening, recalling those words read from the pulpit on his own wedding day, his bride standing next to him in the same spot where the young couple…
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Six Sentence Stories – The Call
He stood at the edge of the field, thinking about what he must do, but focused on her. “What you’re doing is right,” she assured him, “and don’t ever believe anything different.” Here in the earliest moments of day the breeze lifted her hair, suspending the auburn tresses in flight against a golden dawn. She smiled the way she…
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Six Sentence Stories – The Lie, Part 4
“Don’t move!” she growled more than spoke. Coming from inside the black helmet, her voice was different…harsher, older, and more gravelly than he remembered, but Jack knew with every searing nerve ending in his body that it could only be her.
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Six Sentence Stories – The Lie, Part 3
Jack moved slowly, painfully forward across the charred earth, sensing he was not alone; he could feel eyes trained upon him, watching his pathetic uneven progress. A sound – was that breathing behind him? a heartbeat? No…only the sound of his own blood pounding in his ears.
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Six Sentence Stories – The Blizzard
“Sir, you can return when we re-open the warming shelter this evening.” She knew that he would not; turning him out into a blizzard was an act even the devil would find unthinkable. He squared his shoulders, willing the lump in is throat and the tears behind his eyes not to betray him. “I understand.”
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Six Sentence Stories – Journey
She experienced so much on this trip, and wanted to share every beautiful detail with her family. She relived it all in stunning detail, allowing those in the room to share her unbelievable journey. She brought the pictures to life, adding precious bits of information photos can never truly capture.
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Six Sentence Stories – Change
“You’ve changed,” she said, her tone a mix of genuine surprise and certain confidence. The woman across from her smiled, confirming the sentiment. “The more time I spent with the person you were becoming, the more toxic this relationship became. Your words carved into my heart, leaving it bloody, raw, and a little less of itself than…
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Six Sentence Stories: Scenes from a Convenience Store
I don’t come here nearly often enough to qualify for “regular” status, but I’ve been here enough to know how things work, that there is an order and a system to everything, and everyone knows their role. At this time of day, most people are here for a jump start to their day, ignoring everything that isn’t at…
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Six Sentence Stories – The Lie, Part 2
The scope of his ignorance was stultifying. Jack could not have been more unprepared for what awaited him outside the relative safety of the shuttle…the unbearable heat, the desolate landscape, the suffocating oppressive atmosphere that made breathing practically impossible. He wouldn’t have to worry about anything else killing him if the very act of his…
