Category: Fiction, flash story
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No Smoking in the Gun Factory
This is the tale of Simon Bloom Simon has the unfortunate habit of smoking tabacco. He enjoys the scent with the relief that it brings. He is a soul that smokes when he feels stress. Simon works in a gun factory. He puts ammunition together for all the good boys and girls. Simon works doubles…
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comedy, dark, everyday life, fiction, Flash Stories, Fun, funny, humor, imagination, poem, Poems, poetry, Prose, real, real life -
The Dreams of a Prostitute
Not for the faint of heart. Do you pity me? Do you ask me why? Forgive me, I should introduce myself, I am a prostitute, I did not choose this life, My family did, My father, My mother, My uncle, My aunt, I was born beautiful, I was born into poverty, I was sold into…
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The War Cries of the Fallen
Within the icy cold, In the mountain range, A battle was fought, A tragedy happened, Fathers fought sons, Sons rebelled against traditions, The battle in the ice, Ended with no victors, Ended with no tales, For none that were there, Lived to see the next day, Only I who was a scout, Found the frozen…
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Mrs. Finnegan
Have you heard of Mrs. Finnegan? The woman owns a set of four dogs, She has a pit bull, A border collie, A mastiff, And a corgi, Mrs. Finnegan may have four dogs, She is also a widow, She owns the dogs, They are her companions, For the dogs are her protectors, They eat…
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A New World
How long have I travelled? Time seems to be a luxury for the mortals. Thousands of solar system, Tens of thousands of stars, millions of planets, what difference does it make to one such as I? I, who has traversed the cosmos since my creation. I, who has mapped the galaxy. Who knows if the…
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The Descent of Dragos – 12: The Last Bit but not the end
March 2078 Not all the time was spent fighting men and their pursuit of stopping evolution. No, there was considerable downtime spent learning new magic and lounging in the sun. Gaining lessons from Ed and Gaia. The manmade god and mother nature herself had become the surrogate parents to the first three children blessed by…
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Descent of Dragos- 11
February 7, 2078 “It’s goblins again.” Ralphie said as he tore the small robot’s head from its small body. Ralphie had begun to mature faster than his siblings. Already he was a full head taller than both Mary and Eve. He had become very protective of his sisters, and because of that he had…
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The Lion and the Falconess – 1-4 – FULL

The Lion and the Falconess By Zachary Furr1 Morality and essence was in short supply in this part of the world. Men fought battles, women cleaned wounds, children played in the streets. The poor lived in hovels to wretch out their lives with whatever work can be found. The middles lived in apartments that lined…
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The Lion and the Falconess – 3
Life had been grander than Hannah had ever. When she had been sold off to become a wife, she had fully expected to become a concubine for some rich merchant who had three wives already. She had been past by a few times before, the men did not like the look of her eyes. She…
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The Lion and the Falconess- 2
The wedding day that happened was small and dedicated. Naseem did not want to scare Hannah too much with the glitz and glamor that he could have shown. Though it was a cause for celebration, Naseem was very humble about his life. He had power, but he concerned himself with his people and how he…
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