February 2019 – 500 Words by Cynthia

500 words

Absent

The marble steps gleamed in the weak morning sunlight. November was renowned for dull and dreary mornings...

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The wind. I remember the wind just as well as I remember his words. It was warm...

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“I’m afraid of water”, Juliet said nervously as she shifted her weight from one foot to the...

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Crack, crack, crack. Like dry twigs succumbing to a weight too great for them, the sound broke...

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Ping! Solomon heard the chime of a message coming in on his phone. He was facing an...

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“Why do you keep saying that?!”Eric barked at Dennis, his younger brother. The city lights twinkled in...

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We closed our eyes to the obvious truths in front of us and never once dared ourselves...

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‘Shhh’ The teacher hissed in the almost silent exam room. A slight murmur had disturbed the perfect...

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