Bullets in a storm
This one is very over the top. —————————————— Bullets in a storm. The two lone gunmen stood ten metres apart, buffeted by the unflinching...
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chamberedinballpoint
Apr 12, 20192 min read
Ares
Ares The barrel is hot to the touch, I’m not sure how many full magazines I have left and I’m pretty sure the one in my rifle is running...
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chamberedinballpoint
Mar 26, 20192 min read
Got the stars for company.
I’ve got the stars for company. Her little cabin lit up a little too bright for a moment, tearing her focus from her screen and to the...
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chamberedinballpoint
Mar 4, 20193 min read
Betty Lee
Betty Lee. The club was alive with the spirit of forgotten woes and the haze of cigarette smoke. The music was pumping through the...
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chamberedinballpoint
Feb 27, 20192 min read
Daddy didn’t lock it away
– Daddy didn’t lock it away Thud thud. Have you ever been shot? I thought not. Or maybe you have, and my arrogance has immediately...
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chamberedinballpoint
Feb 23, 20193 min read
Jonathan
Jonathan’s mother was a nature enthusiast, like her husband. She would spend days birdwatching, walking alongside streams and rivers and...
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chamberedinballpoint
Feb 4, 20192 min read
Share a pint
Share a pint. The neon sign flickered red as it hung from the side of the building barely managing to stay attached to the bricks that it...
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chamberedinballpoint
Feb 1, 20194 min read
Happy Transgressions
Happy Transgressions Jonathan’s stay in Bihar was going… Well let’s just say not as well as expected. He hadn’t had a drink in the two...
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chamberedinballpoint
Jan 25, 20192 min read
My dream.
My dream. His brush sails smoothly across his white canvas, the early morning glow of a midwinter’s morning casts a perfect golden glow...
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chamberedinballpoint
Jan 18, 20193 min read
Serve like your Father
Serve like your father. Love like your Mother. Be like your Brother. The words are poignant, ringing in your ears like the shockwave of...
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chamberedinballpoint
Jan 11, 20193 min read
The Devil hurts your mind, not your body.
The devil hurts your mind, not your body. The rain outside was deafening, the rustling leaves and rough branches scratching against my...
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chamberedinballpoint
Jan 7, 20193 min read
Don’t let the bed bugs bite
Don’t let the bed bugs bites. “Hello.” It seethed. It was staring, if you could call it that, right through her and into the white void...
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chamberedinballpoint
Dec 9, 20181 min read
Soil
Soil I heard the first spadesful hit, it pounded and screamed a me, lingering just outside the protection of my justification; its...
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chamberedinballpoint
Nov 4, 20182 min read
Deploarble Virtue
Deplorable Virtue. There was a village, on a tiny island of the coast of Europe, filled with people. And these people were wonderful....
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chamberedinballpoint
Oct 11, 20181 min read
Show me rain
Show me rain. The woman walked across the street, violin in its case, yellow cabs streaking by. The rain fell and fell and fell and fell....
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chamberedinballpoint
Oct 10, 20183 min read
The incomprehensible myth.
The incomprehensible myth. The lone Spartan warrior rowed, his muscles rippling and contorting at his back, the sheer force he output...
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chamberedinballpoint
Oct 8, 20183 min read
Miniaturised
Miniaturised. “There is a bottle, out there in the wild sea that has spawned tales and legends for decades. A bottle so significant and...
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chamberedinballpoint
Oct 7, 20183 min read
Flashes
Flashes. Bored. I was bored. Not just bored though, stupendously; unequivocally bored. The teacher at the head of the class kept groaning...
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chamberedinballpoint
Sep 18, 20182 min read
Feathers
Feathers. When white feathers, plucked from their maidens fell, when the ruby liquid of my sisters flooded the ground, when squawks and...
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chamberedinballpoint
Jun 25, 20186 min read
Knock Knock
Knock knock. In. Out. In. Out. I breathed, the hot moisture sticking to the fabric that covered my mouth. My goggles were down, my fire...
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