She laughs loudly, “There is no trust to be regained you old fool! For trust to be regained, it needs to be there to begin with! I have never trusted you, and therein lies your problem, so cry a different song father!” She hisses, each word laced with poisonous venom.
Tag: short stories
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A Father Knows – 50 Word Story
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5 Minute Horror Story – Next Big Thing – The First Short Story From 2020 Book One
Dale raises his hands high in the air and smiles broadly. “There are many things in your life you are capable of, but of those things the greatest is to be here with me, to celebrate this moment!” He says as he turns to the gigantic screen behind him that shows a live feed from a camera that sits somewhere in front of him, allowing everyone in attendance to see the star of the show.
He waves to himself jokingly, “Hello Dale!” He says enthusiastically to his big screen version.
“Hello Dale,” he replies. “Do you want me to take things over from here?”
Dale turns to the crowd who laugh as he makes a face and points at himself. “I’m sorry, but I thought this was my show?” He says.
“It is your show Dale, don’t let me take that away from you. But I’m the you from two hours ago, who you pre-recorded to allow the grand story of what has gone on in the past, to be told without fault or failure.”
“Are you saying, I don’t trust myself to tell the story correctly?” Dale asks.
“That sounds about it,” the big screen version says, as the audience breaks out in louder laughter.
“Oh well, I guess if I don’t trust myself, who can I trust?” Dale says with a smirk upon his face.
“Well no one, obviously.”
“So tell us Dale, what brought us here to this point today?”
“I’m so glad you asked,” the big screen version of Dale says, as he looks out into the crowd. “At the beginning of the new millennium, a small veteran company that was on the verge of total collapse proceeded to make a giant leap forward in the mobile phone market when they released one of the first phones that included a camera. This movement revolutionised the market in ways no one would be able to understand, then more features were added until this little thing here,” he says holding up a small mobile phone, “was as powerful as this pile of now defunct pieces of equipment.” He says as the camera pans to an assortment of computers, cameras and other once highly sought-after electronic devices.
“Since then man has strived to continue to update and over produce the next big thing, the next gigantic leap in technology. But so far, no one has managed to take that big step, no one that is until my team and I at AnySoftware did something magical. We have taken that next step, to take a phone beyond that of a phone. We have made the steps beyond that of simply adding and quadrupling camera lenses. We have created the final evolution of not only the humble mobile phone, but we have also upgraded ourselves.” He says to a thunderous applause.
“Please you are too kind, you really are.” He says with a bashful smile on his face. “Now, I have to come clean. For you see, I’ve done some misdirecting at the beginning of the show. The little guy down there,” he says, pointing to the Dale who is on the stage. “That’s not actually me, it’s an actor by the name of Thomas Geard. Say hello Thomas?” He says.
“Hello!” Thomas calls out, waving to the audience with a huge smile on his face.
“Thomas steps in as my double from time to time when I have certain business needs that I can’t avoid taking care of, like today. Now before you get upset, I need you to understand what I’ve done for you today. I know many of you will find it hard to take the next step in our combined evolution, as it’s not that pretty to look at. Knowing that, I took it upon myself to personally have the new asPhone installed so I could show you just how it operates. Now without any more stalling, let’s give myself a warm welcome, as I show you the new asPhone XX!” He yells, the crowd roars to life with excitement as Dale fades away, and the screen focuses on a set of curtains that begin to part in the centre of the stage. The stadium falls silent as Dale awkwardly walks through the curtains, an asPhone surgically attached to his face, and two eyeball like camera lenses attached to his fingers. “We-Welcome to THE, THE, THE FUTU-FUTUREEE!!” He bellows.
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Before you lies a piece of a puzzle far grander than you could ever know or imagine. For scrawled in blood upon the pages hidden within the above tome is stories twisted twenty in all, soaked in the embers of my insanity. Five minutes to glimpse inside the eyes of someone new, five minutes to answer, five minutes to sin, five minutes to do almost anything. A god, a demon, a harlot, a whore. A fascist, a killer, a sinner, a door. Death and division, humanity askew. A belfry of bats, a sea of black cats, so many moments out there to see, so many things you could see with me. So take a seat beside me and call it voodoo, because now you ride with me too…
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A Jump To The Left – 50 Word Story
This guy is full of shit,” Douglas whispers into Paula’s ear. “There’s no way he’s capable of achieving teleportation of an old crusty sock, let alone a room full of people. Once this piece of shit shows everyone exactly that, we’ll swoop in and get the contract.” He says proudly.
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Put It in the Reality – 50 Word Story
“That would’ve been embarrassing, choking to death on national television and all. Not exactly what I signed up for,” he says with a muffled laugh.
“What is it you signed up for?” A voice asks from somewhere behind the camera. He looks up at the person, then into the camera.
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This Is My Mirror – 50 Word Story
“You can’t just throw something like that at a man Jerry! It’s rude! How would you like it if I told you that you were made up, and don’t exist?”
“But you can’t, because we both know I’m the one that exists, and you’re the one who is made up.”
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Worth Fighting Back – 50 Word Story
“My wife’s name was María, and my daughter’s name was Sophia. You should remember that Marco you piece of shit. María was your god damn sister, and Sophia your niece. I laid them both down beneath the apple tree in the backyard last night and began to formulate my plan.“
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Punters Be Punting – 50 Word Story
“How the god damn hell did you expect this to go? You come here with one of the most ridiculous ideas I have ever heard of, and you expect me to just pat you on the back and tell you that it is going to turn out roses for everyone?”
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Code Six Bravo – 50 Word Story
”I-I-I, I’m sorry but I’m going to have to insist you open the door and keep your dogs at bay. Failure to follow these directions will result in a warrant being placed in the system for you, and possible termination of you and your son’s dogs. Now please open up!”
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Next Big Thing – 50 Word Story
“Then more features were added until this little thing here,” he says holding up a small mobile phone, “was as powerful as this pile of now defunct pieces of equipment.” He says as the camera pans to an assortment of computers, cameras and other once highly sought after electronic devices.
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To Obey Is To Rule – 50 Word Story
Her eyebrow raises, as does her curiosity. “Not your first time here? That’s something I don’t think I’ve ever heard before. Tell me, how many times have you found yourself upon the soiled plains of Earth?”
“It’s so hard to be comfortable in these things,” he says with a smile.
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What It Will Be – 50 Word Story
“There was some sense of satisfaction, some form of relief. Although I guess if it was my own hair, I would feel much better about it all,” he says with an awkward smile. “Do you mind?” He asks her as he places the hair beneath his nose and sniffs deeply.
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Wicked Weaved Ways – 50 Word Story
he finds himself singing along to the music now and sits up with a jolt of excitement. “So many people don’t realise how influential Yazoo were, and how ingrained ‘Only You’ is, in popular culture. I bet you didn’t even know that Clarke was a founding member of Depeche Mode…
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A Puzzle Within A Puzzle – 50 Word Story
“Simplicity is a defining term within itself, it means simple. This is not simply, simple. It is more of a puzzle, within a second puzzle, that has no connection to the third puzzle that must also be solved, even though it states it is not important enough to be solved..
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Care Be for My Brother – 50 Word Story
…“You know this is the only way it was ever going to end, don’t you?” Dale says, as he drives a powerful right into the side of her head and knocks her to the ground.
“W-W-Why?” She stammers as her world spins violently around, and her head throbs. “W-We cou-could’v…
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My Mother Said You Would Come – 50 Word Story
…”She talks to me sometimes, in the middle of the night. She tells me things, she told me you would be here this day, and what I had to do,” he looks over to Bronte quickly, then stares back down Sarah’s ear, his lips quivering. “I-I-I, I like your friend…
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Fast Times on The Devils Wicket – 50 Word Story
…Utilising years of experience he swerves to the left and then runs along the wall, letting off a well-placed kick that incapacitates the owner of the gun quickly. He kneels by his side and thrusts a sharply aimed hand into his throat, and then a flat one to his chest…
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Exorcism for The Cold Hearted – 50 Word Story
“I have you in my grasp and you don’t even realise it,” he says as he stands tall, and thrusts his bible out in front of him. “You will be gone back to your prison, vile demon! You will leave this poor girl be and go back to the Hell”…
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In The Heat Of The Flame – 50 Word Story
He nods his understanding, and smiles nervously, his bottom lip trembling. “Your Mum’s telling you the truth honey, we didn’t leave Uncle Barry, he chose to stay behind and..”
“And help everyone that was trapped in the cells out the back of the police station were released,” Sherry interrupts quickly.
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A Grade Lower Than What Was Needed – 50 Word Story
… of course If you want to talk to Butch, he’s happy to show you the video footage. But Butch and Mister McBurley have told me that you’re no longer welcome in the shop anymore.”
“But it’s ludicrous, I was nowhere near here forty-five fucking minutes ago, I was at home…
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I Could Be Your Vampire – 50 Word Story
Vincent’s eyes open, and he looks down upon Damon with eyes weighed down with sorrow. “I’m sorry old friend, do you wish me to sprinkle crushed unicorn horn over my words, so they have a brighter, uplifting visage to them?”
“A-Are y-you for real?”
“Which part are you referring to?”
