Tag: #fictionwriting
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🧭 The Pause Between Steps
It took a few seconds to realize I was utterly and completely lost. Introduction 🌫️ It didn’t happen all at once. No cinematic freeze-frame. No internal siren. Just a small hesitation in my stride, the kind you barely notice at first. My foot hovered midair longer than it should have, waiting for instructions that never…
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⏰ The Sound of Footsteps Running
A story about time slipping through open hands The church bells started ringing before the sun had fully decided where to land. They rang with that old-town confidence, the kind that assumed everyone else was ready, shoes polished, hair behaving, plans behaving too. I stood in the doorway with one sock on, one sock missing,…
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🧭 The Road That Refused to Behave
Setting out with a map and a plan, and discovering the map had other ideas Miles had always trusted directions. Not blindly, not with starry-eyed optimism, but with the quiet faith of someone who believed that if you followed the signs, stayed between the lines, and kept your tank full, things would mostly work out.…