Stories & Poems - page 4

I gave some old stories a little love and polish. Find them here. They are my personal favourites.

Benny

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Benny walked into my cubicle and his smile vanished.

Eye Spy

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Something green.

Guilt

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“I know what you did,” said the voice and hung up.

Haley’s Tree

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A dense bluff of silver maples grew behind our house.

Beating the Heat

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I took the cool can and placed it on my chest, letting the condensation drip between my breasts.

The Gymnast

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The gymnast contorted backwards in artful retroflection, her ribbon efficient in its sparely motion, the structured rules of physics seemingly vandalized in ...

Six Minutes

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That’s how long it takes us to realize the Sun has gone dark.

At Night

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I lay awake on the top bunk, listening to my brother’s rhythmic-breathing below me, desperately wishing sleep to overtake me.