Fiction
By chelseyflood
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Roses Hovered Above Us
Roses floated in the air. Pink and unravelling they hung for too long. Frozen, for more time than was possible.
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A Real Poet
He said he was a poet and I believed him, fool that I am. All that talk about the gentle coiling of hair around hair was just talk. Just words made up.
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A Star Rises as Dean Realigns Tina’s Destiny (or Dean, Tina and Stan in Pain Triangle)
Written using only letters from the words DESPERATELY SEEKING... Tina’s pedestal is stained and yet desire lingers. Dean spits it at sky and drinks.
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Control Alt Delete
I daren't try nothing now. S'enough to make a man's heart break, so much rejection. Just peck on the cheek and roll over.
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Our Darling Jessica
A boy was killed down at the docks today. Crushed beneath a crane. A woman tells me about it as I pour hazelnut syrup into her latte.
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What Chance Have We Got?
I pass the Grief Benches on my way to work. No one is on them today. Last night I saw a couple there, him wet eyed and her with her head down.
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My Friend the Visionary
I love Lee because she will look and look at things until she can see everything that’s there.
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Eight letters, Starting with M...
I sit back down to do the crossword in G2. I’ve been stuck on six down all morning. Eight letters, starting with M: The quality of being in accord with standards of right or good conduct.
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Frown lines and empty baskets
I think it’s true that smell is the strongest trigger of nostalgia. Just cut grass and a hint of petrol reminds me far more of my father than a photo ever could.
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The World Wants You To
Coral cuts the Virgin Mary out of The Children’s Holy Bible and puts her face-down onto the scanner. Joseph and his donkey peer out at her through the hole Mary left.
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End of the Line
As the queue moves steadily forwards and I stare at the bald patch on the back of Valerie’s head, I’m thinking back to Saturday night, when you asked if I was busy, said you could get me a pass.
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Give My Daughter Back Her Hair!
Playing the lottery is what people do instead of changing their life, she tells me, buttoning up her pinstriped jacket.
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Happy Birthday Cyril
Cyril throws his slimy sock to the other side of the room and apologises to Stan for the shaky bunk. “Don’t mention it friend. If you can’t enjoy Me Time on your birthday, when can you?”
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The Last Horse
Dara follows the black horse through the woods. Snowdrops crowd round silver birches. Stark sun shines between striped trunks.
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You'd think there wasn't any magic in the world
Somewhere else a heart shaped zeppelin floats on the horizon, a string of infants dangling from its tail, but right here there's just me and Fred, arguing outside Grand Central.
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I Believe in Kaitlyn Gold
If your answers are yes, I look forward to hearing from you. If you are less than one hundred percent certain then good luck. You are still alone.
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