Bursts liked by Timothy Johnson.

I hate going to sleep by myself.

It feels wrong. The space next to me is just that – space – black emptiness that should be filled with breathing. Life. The emptiness creeps into me, I feel raw, hollow. No rhythmic breathing to match my own or shape to fit to mine. There’s safety in your arms, and love. The night...

321 words by A Knight

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Published 10 years ago

Tender Moments

He liked those moments of infinite sweetness, when time seemed suspended. They meant life to him. Cleaning was the hard part, though. Amy loved a pristine house.

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"MISSING FOR NINE DAYS”

The words took the full width of the newspaper. He nodded to the boy.

"Oh...

650 words by M Marino

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Dear Earth,

This is Bill. You remember me? Probably not. But you will. I'm Bill from next door. Bill from down the street, Bill from above the shop. That Bill. But hey, why should you care, right? Who's Bill? Nobody. Bill Nobody you might as well call me.

Well I'm tired of being Bill NOBODY. From now on, what little...

732 words by J Xilon

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Published 10 years ago

John
I never stopped thinking about you. Not once. Not even when my darling, loyal wife Susanna found out. I had to break things off for the children, of course, but I kept our letters as a small act of devoted rebellion. There was more passion interwoven in our words than I had experienced in a twenty year marriage to...

275 words by J Cambrook

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Published 10 years ago

Composure

It wasn’t something to be taken on lightly and she wouldn’t be doing it if she could see an alternative that would make life easier for both of them.

For days she had tried to think of one. There was no one to ask or to advise her. This had to be her own decision. And it was hard. Hard to have make it...

125 words by R Smith-Nazilli

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Published 10 years ago

When Freddie said he'd found a portal to another dimension, I laughed.

When he appeared a week later with Parallel Me, it wasn't so funny. Freddie warned us not to touch. Right away I knew I wasn't going to get along with my counterpart. He was taller and stronger and brighter than me.

He lived on Second Earth...

220 words by S Golden

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Published 10 years ago

On Sunday, August 7th, the sun didn't rise.

All the people on Alice's street rose with their alarm clocks. They woke without the glint of sunlight peering through their curtains and the panic of their neighbors as they looked outside. The stars were gone and the moon had long slipped away. They stood on their tiny...

396 words by J Sepple

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Published 10 years ago

It is ugly. Horrific. Worse than anything I've seen in horror films or in graphic horror comics. I was just walking home from my boyfr... ex-boyfriend's house. He decided we were 'too close' and that 'we needed some space' because I'd 'changed beyond recognition'. I hadn't realised that 'too close' was even possible in a...

545 words by J Cambrook

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Published 10 years ago

Dear Father Christmas,

What I would like this year is to know what you mean when you say ‘good boy’ and ‘good girl’. I am trying to be a good boy but I don’t know if my ‘good’ is the same ‘good’ as yours. I don’t think you’ve really explained ‘good’ very well. Last year, Richard threw a rock at me and he got a...

127 words by D Williams

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Published 10 years ago

SLAUGHTER

They buried the babies first. As each small body was lowered into the ground, they wept.

The mission to evacuate women and children had failed. Their unit had arrived too late and the slaying was over.

Not a living soul remained. Every woman and every child had been a victim of this atrocity.

The...

130 words by R Smith-Nazilli

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Published 10 years ago

The man panted as he ran, eyes focussed on a single point at the end of the street. It may have been the lamppost, it may have been the door to the apartment at the end. He may have been looking beyond those things, to some indiscernible point in the distance. One thing was for certain - he didn't look back, no matter...

515 words by A Shields

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Published 10 years ago

Ruby sat out on the porch listening to the rain beat down on the roof above. The sky was a mass of dark grey clouds which appeared so close to the ground it seemed as if the world was enclosed in a great dome.

Perched a little way back from the steps she extended her legs out in front so that her toes caught drips from...

139 words by A Blackshaw

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Published 10 years ago

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