Bane of the GOP: Ten Sentence Story #160
Bane came upon a darkened land and prepared to sink it deeper into the mire with vicious policies against the poor and favors for those who took to evil such as he.
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Unwanted Outside Sounds: Ten Sentence Story #159
Jerald used to walk around the streets of New York with earbuds in his ears, listening to his favorite albums and the occasional podcast.
One day, he decided that he had enough of blocking out the sounds of the living city around him and so the earbuds came out.
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Tell Me a Secret: Ten Sentence Story #158
Brianna walked into the cold classroom shivering beneath her sister’s red hand-me-down gingham dress, freshly pressed white socks and shiny, black, patent leather shoes as a pale man, sitting behind a small desk, looked down at her from above and pushed his glasses back up to the bridge of his sloping nose and said, “Tell me a secret, Brianna…” he crossed his arms and finished, “…and then tell me why you’re keeping that secret.”
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Hard to Sleep: Ten Sentence Story #157
Although Jerald and his wife traditionally went to bed at the same time, on one particular evening Jerald had been staring at the alarm clock for nearly an hour now, and though time kept on going by he was having an impossible time falling asleep.
He was really hoping that if he just lay there long enough, that sleep would eventually overcome him and he could get some rest for his weary body.
A Careful Man of Cautious Living: Ten Sentence Story #156
Charlie was such a man that he knew life was precious and delicate and always on the edge of catastrophe.
He lived in fear of shadows and things he might bump into if he ever turned a corner.
He spent a fair amount of his day avoiding the unknown and sidestepping curb cuts lest they twist his ankle on unfamiliar terrain.
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