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The opening lines to stories that I will never write. Perhaps you will?
It was the deliberate banality of it all that really offended me.
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about 22 hours ago
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Obviously, his promises meant nothing.
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2 days ago
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He told everyone he had a third nipple, but it was really a bullet wound that didnt heal right.
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3 days ago
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The creature in the perspex case was a swirling mess of limbs and shifting, changing flesh.
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4 days ago
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The empty building was always owned by the local council.
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5 days ago
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He walked as you'd expect any lopsided man to.
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6 days ago
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The only good thing about the heavy, grey-blue clouds, Simon thought, was that they prevented the sun from shining in his eyes as he drove to work.
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7 days ago
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My father constantly complains about how The Silver Path is only a metaphor these days.
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8 days ago
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Golden flakes of dandruff accented his unnaturally black hair.
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9 days ago
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Life is just a series of accidents.
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10 days ago
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"If you trust me, then trust me. If not, then why are you here?"
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11 days ago
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The child lived with his family, such as it was, in an old house in southern Georgia.
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12 days ago
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I scowled at Rick who had his feet on the dining table again.
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13 days ago
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Jocelyn's kids were screaming again but there was something different about it this morning.
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14 days ago
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She walked into my office, all legs and tobacco smoke, and I knew I was in trouble.
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15 days ago
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I had been putting it off, but it was finally time to face the paradox that brought me here.
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16 days ago
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The sickness will claim me too.
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17 days ago
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We should probably start with my 7th birthday.
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18 days ago
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She absentmindedly stirred her coffee with a used pregnancy test.
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19 days ago
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Someone has been painting all the trees.
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20 days ago
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30 years before I was born a small plane crashed into what would be my family home.
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21 days ago
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I had no expectations from her, and she lived up to all of them.
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22 days ago
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Its very disconcerting hearing your safe word in the produce section.
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23 days ago
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She signed her name like she was deciphering a code.
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24 days ago
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Followers made from flesh before a throne made from stone where sat an Emperor made by God.
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25 days ago
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The shared dream was an omen and was forgotten by almost everyone who dreamed it.
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26 days ago
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The marks on her arms gave away her past and pointed to her future.
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27 days ago
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Sweat glistened on her forehead as she worked without rest.
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28 days ago
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My prison was so complete that my captors didnt realise they were just as trapped as me until it was too late.
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29 days ago
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I stared down at the severed arm; it was perfect.
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about 1 month ago
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We went to the usual bar, with the usual people, on the usual day and had an unusual time.
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about 1 month ago
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They marched together under the dim orange streetlights. A single line of young men, aimed at the shoreline.
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about 1 month ago
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My story begins on a sinking boat. This story begins much earlier.
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about 1 month ago
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I dont want you to me to remember me like this.
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about 1 month ago
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Even regret feels like a luxury.
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about 1 month ago
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He walked with a limp, but not for the reasons you might think.
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about 1 month ago
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More and more my life feels like a plothole.
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about 1 month ago
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That one spot in Winston's house had to be deliberate, right?
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about 1 month ago
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It was an awful day when the four year old found the monkey's paw.
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about 1 month ago
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Despite being so photogenic, or maybe because of it, no one could describe him.
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about 1 month ago
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I know what it sounds like, but competitive essay writing is really fun.
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about 1 month ago
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Stories about my father always end one of two ways: him owing money or multiple deaths.
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about 1 month ago
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Singles night went off the rails when two couples came looking for thirds.
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about 1 month ago
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It wasnt a genies lamp that I had found.
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about 1 month ago
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I was 14 when I desanctified my first church.
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about 2 months ago
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The papers before me made it obvious: the only way we could win was through attrition.
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about 2 months ago
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I swore at the very loud birds that woke me far too early.
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about 2 months ago
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All the people who say there is nothing left to explore are wrong.
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about 2 months ago
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It took me 17 lives to figure it all out.
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about 2 months ago
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I remember the look on my therapists face when I told her all my friends committed suicide.
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about 2 months ago
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