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‘What can we do miss?’ The little boy shivered as he heard the head of water sweeping down.
‘A lot,’ the abandoned plank was her way out. Roberta grabbed the boy and steadied herself to surf as she had never surfed before. She was going to live and get the bastards who had done this.
That the child screamed silently through his eyes was good. Crying ended at last. Soon his pain would became the suffering of his subjects.
Random Word: Indurate the child
‘I can’t, it kinda durty.’ Mary-Sue, pulled her dress and knees together.
Rob just stood not understanding. He wanted a baby. ‘But yar promised me and all you have to do is tou—’
Her dad’s first punch broke Rob’s neck so now Mary-Sue plays Second Life with the door locked.
Random Word: Babies
‘Eye of newt, and toe of frog, wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind…’
Phew, this better be good for a cough, thought Hal.
Random Word: Linctus
This is a microstory that caught my eye in Twitterland this week. Click on the heading next to the picture if you want to visit the author’s Twitter Site.
"If you had a superpower, what would it be?" she asked. "Christ, not again," he said. Her Alzheimer's is getting worse, Superman thought.
We
promise
that taxes
will be lighter.
Yes folks, lower then
those scoundrels in power.
Your hospitals and schools safe
from cuts and free to those that need.
And we will keep out the immigrants
and sing of the land that is good and free.
We’ll whisper
you
the truth.
Random Word: Promises
