Six Sentence Stories – Standard Drill
“Standard drill, Maggie. Please.” She took her usual seat at the diner counter as she ordered and sat staring, unseeing, at yesterday’s newspaper; the regulars knew better than to try and engage her in conversation and anyone unfamiliar with this routine would be quickly convinced to move along by her distinct antisocial air. The old man…
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TToT – I Think I Can!
This has been one heck of a week! I feel like The Little Engine That Could. Except at the moment, I’m so tired and I really need a nap. But I’m determined to get my TToT in FRIDAY because if I don’t, it won’t happen at all. So let’s get right to it…thankfuls ahead!
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Six Sentence Stories – The Lie
He almost never thought about Earth anymore. There was no point, since you could hardly even call it a planet now, he thought as he caught sight of what remained drifting into view at the corner of his window, shadowed against the backdrop of blazing swirls of vermilion, persimmon, marigold that would complete its inevitable…
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Six Sentence Stories – Aged
It was never supposed to be permanent; the separation loomed large but would only be temporary. “I’ll be back,” he assured her, the tears welling in his eyes threatening to mirror the flow of the ones already streaming down her own face. “The waiting might feel forever, but we’ll be together again and then it will…
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Six Sentence Stories – Division
It was difficult to remember the last time their souls collided. It used to be that he spent every possible moment connected to her in even the slightest way. Together they were a blessed confusion of minds, bodies, and souls intertwined and spiraling into a concentrated point of unity where it became difficult to tell if one ended and the other began. The process of…
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Burying the Hatchet
He patted the key stored safely in his pocket and a look of smug satisfaction settled on his face as he walked down the street, away from the shuttered book store and away from her forever. His pulse quickened for just a moment before he brushed an anxious thought away, regaining his composure by reminding himself that this…
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The Closing
The tears in his eyes surprised him. “Oh, what the actual–there is no time for this emotional crap,” he warned himself. It was time to go and he was more than ready…ready to be finished with all of this, to leave the books and the shelves and the memories behind, to turn the page on…
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A Perfect Compromise
“You’re perfect,” he breathed into the emptiness between them. In that instant, it was over. Over because of course she wasn’t, and never could be, perfect – not for him, not for anyone. Nor did she want to be. Perfect only proved this was far removed from anything like essence or actuality. She moved closer and whispered, “So are you,” grateful…
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Six Sentence Stories – The Sitting
They sat without speaking on the edge of the dock watching the sun lower itself slowly toward evening, the heat so intense you could nearly hear the hot red ball hiss as it kissed the still surface of the water. “Do you have any regrets?” she asked, knowing he would not speak truth, but hoping still that he…
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Six Sentence Stories – The Stage Door
“Look, you have the part and you’re wildly talented and everybody knows it so would you please just stop projecting your insecurities onto his behavior and creating a problem where there isn’t one?” “I don’t know…I guess you’re right…but the way he constantly berates me in front of everyone during rehearsals is beyond directing; it’s…
