Tag: fiction
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The layoff
My feet dangle off the edge of the jetty, the water is calm today and gently swells against the barnacle crusted concrete. The tide is going out I think, watching as the receding water exposes the tops of the boulders and slabs of rock that protect the jetty from erosion. Tiny crabs scuttle into crevices…
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The Butterfly
Marcus isn’t listening as Lilla speaks. The conversation is drowned out by his own inner dialogue. He hears her voice, her tones rising and modulating in familiar conversational rhythms until that particular one that demands his input. Usually that is a cue for him to nod in agreement or utter some form of acknowledgement to…
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Mellora’s Quest
I, like millions of people, play online games and have been playing them for a good chunk of my life. Well, one online game in particular. I realize that this is escapism, reality just has not been kind to me, it’s not that I think I deserve more, it’s that no matter what I’ve achieved…