Bursts liked by Jamie Thomas.

My husband was a professor.
He taught psychology.
But not even his expertise
Could save his memory.

At first he just misplaced the keys –
The ones to the front door.
I didn’t notice until he
Asked what the keys were for.

He liked to go on walks with me
But he would love to roam.
It was always fine until...

161 words by N Zhu

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Published 5 years ago

Bloody Secrets . 461 words

He loved this knife, the way it fitted his hand, the bright shine of the blade and especially the way it did what he wanted without hesitation or question.
Right now he wanted it to cut. Cut deep into the flesh to expose the richness beneath. He was always thrilled by the way it...

465 words by T Jones

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Published 5 years ago

The assassin never wore bootlaces.

The boots were passed down from a brother or a father. Someone from before who now was too busy rotting in the ground to be bothered with the work they had left behind on the list.

It was a list that kept refilling with names. Names that came from Lexington - straight from the...

126 words by S Shircliff

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Published 5 years ago

The students in Sister Jane's class never did learn their times tables. The chinchilla stopped all that. His name was Chi-Chi, and he could predict the future.

Chi-Chi was a fat and pampered rodent with overgrown nails and teeth that were too big. The cage would have smelled if Sister Jane hadn't sprayed disinfectant on...

947 words by M Nelson

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Published 6 years ago

A Space of Waste

Joe kills the clattering engine. The bristles circle to a halt. Soon shoppers will emerge with the latest surge of litter.
He scrambles from the sweeper and leans against its paint-peeled frame, woozy from last night's boozing. He clutches his gut and waits for the nausea to pass. He straightens...

235 words by S Golden

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Published 6 years ago

That afternoon there is a birthday party. Lots of people Caro knows are getting together in the garden of a pub. She doesn’t feel like going but she goes anyway. If it’s dull she can just come away. She dresses properly now, slotting into the tidy image she’s managed to create with ironed clothes and a hairbrush. She sits...

382 words by C Buchanan

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Published 5 years ago

Wolves are out for me
Insomnia; I can’t sleep
Everything hurts but I can’t leave,
Save me.

Pills to stay alive,
Razors make me feel alive,
Terror in the words I must eat,
Clean me.

All I see is blood,
Infected; now I can’t love,
These scars all over my body,
See me.

Chalk around my corpse,
Losing to...

132 words by C Williams

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Published 5 years ago

I turned around again, exasperated and confused. I didn't know where to go, but I needed to go somewhere - somewhere safe. I couldn't go get a drink, that was ridiculous. They'd have eyes in all the bars in the area. I was too nervous to drink, anyhow - I'd want to drink until my hands stopped shaking, and then I'd simply...

393 words by A Shields

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Published 6 years ago

The wet leaves clung to her bare feet like a second slimy skin. The dense foliage filtered out the white moonlight. She wasn't afraid of the dark, just the shadows.

She crouched lower into the twinkling creek. Sipping the cool water and washing the grime away from her hiding place that day: a fallen sycamore. She...

134 words by S Shircliff

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Published 5 years ago

ALTERNATE REALITIES: THE PRESIDENT

People are idiots. I have grown up finding every flaw and every mistake. I don’t think happiness works like this. At least I can keep myself secret — blank expressions, evasive answers, ambiguous sarcasm. Even so, people are still idiots. Do they even use their brains? It’s like they...

227 words by V Khan

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Published 5 years ago

"We have to stop her from talking. If she tells anyone, we're done for. Our careers will be over. This all ends." Maxine slammed the car door behind her as she got out, checking for surveillance.

"Is that a threat?" Freddie laughed, completely carefree. It was always like this. Maxine had to wonder how he had become an...

309 words by J Cambrook

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Published 6 years ago

Now I am quite sure that you have heard of trolls before, and that when you think of a troll you imagine a huge lumbering monster of a figure, with scaly green skin, great big muscles, and a wide mouth filled with hundreds of sharp teeth just waiting to eat you. You probably believe that all trolls are very stupid, and...

793 words by A Blackshaw

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Published 5 years ago

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