Starting things off is a short piece I wrote not too long ago. It’s called The Count Down. It’s a piece that takes place solely in the mind.
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Some short pieces for me have no beginning, no ending.
They are just snapshots of the life of someone.
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Another snapshot, but this one is very different.
I enjoyed writing this because it was bare-bones and still
weighed heavily on my mind.
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Sometimes a story has nowhere to go –
and sometimes they have everywhere to go…
This one is somewhere in between that.
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After all my talk about trauma, it figures I would write a fictional piece about it. It started out a lot longer, and with a lot more information about who the narrator is and what happened. And then I decided it was too much. So, I erased it all and started over. This is what’s left.
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There are huge moments in history – wars and losses and victories.
Sometimes I wonder where it all started, and who was there.
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How many times have we all said,
“If I knew then what I know now”
I’ll leave it at that…
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Here’s a very, very short piece of science fiction for you…
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This is a piece of non-fiction.
This is true.
Just some thoughts on what he told me.
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Another snapshot.
Another character I might delve into one day.
Another problem he faces that we all get a glimpse of.
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Before reading this I think you should be warned: I will be talking about things like depression, suicide, death, philosophy, and such. This is not a fun jaunt into a fictional realm, this is the rantings of my mind.
Consider this the sign that says TRIGGER WARNING
“I know simply that the sky will last longer than I.”
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We all will pass – but what happens after?
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Sometimes things happen that we can’t explain.
From a prompt from a friend.