Secrets

There are secrets hidden in words.

 

They lie there, in the pages of the old book

 

kept in the dresser drawer. Tomorrow,

 

she will take it out and rip the pages.

 

Then she will gather up the scraps

 

and will let them burn.

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 If wishes were fishes 

and I am a fish,

why can’t I grant

my own wish?

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 Here, have a story fragment. This was supposed to be for these two prompts, but it never fully materialized.

 

Prompts:

 

The story starts when your protagonist answers a newspaper ad.

 

Another character is an alien entity who has been spying on your protagonist.

 

Fragment:

 

Help Wanted

 

You can earn $18 per hour

 

606-700-8910

 

Lester Solos frowned at the ad. Aside from the pay and phone number, it didn’t contain any other information. He glanced up at the budget amount tacked up on the wall next to the grocery list. He was running low and didn’t have enough to pay rent and buy groceries.  He groaned and picked up the phone. If I don’t pay the rent again, Lara’s going to kick me out for real this time.

 

He dialed the number.

 

The phone rang a few times before a cheerful muzak started playing. Lester blinked at it. What? Who uses muzak anymore?

 

There was a click and then-

 

“Hello?"  The voice was neither low nor high. The tone was bland and neutral pitched.

 

"Ah, yes. I’m calling about your help wanted ad in the newspaper.”

 

“You saw that?” The voice brightened.

 

“I did. Er…what exactly do you need help with?”

 

“I need someone to fix my ship!” Lester could hear the grin. “It’s been broken for ages. I think the thrusters might have been damaged. ”

 

“Thrusters?”

 

“Yeah, you have an engineering degree don’t you?”

 

Lester blinked. “Yeah, but what does that have do with anything?”

 

“You’re the only one who has the qualifications to fix my ship in the area. ”

 

“How do you know that?” Just who is this person?

 

“I’ve been watching you.”

 

Lester frowned. “I’m hanging up now.” He put the phone down and turned back to the newspaper. Guess I’ll try some of the other ads.

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 Down a slope,

the ever rolling stone,

      gathers moss

       and looses it

             causing green flecks

                         to fly up

                             and up

                         turning the sky

                                                           green

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 I get to meet a friend I haven't seen since undergrad. We're getting coffee. 

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 Song: Hallelujah

Length: 3:38

Word Count: 78

Morning found them sitting on the front steps and drinking. Seres laughed as the air warmed as the sun set the bushes on fire.

“We made it,” he said.

Wolf nodded and took a sip of his own drink. Seres sighed and put his down.

“What do we do now?”

“I have no idea. That’s the fun part though. No more planning, no more fighting, and no more running.”

“We’ll always be running.”

“But we’ll do it because we want to.”

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 Song: Must be Dreaming

Length: 3:41

Word Count: 97

“My brother is an idiot.” Crane said as she strode into Seres’s bookstore. “He won’t apologize even though he feels sorry.”

“Hello Crane” Seres shelved a large tome before turning to her. “Shouldn’t he be the one talking to me?”

“That’s why I said he was an idiot.” She paused and studied him. “You’re an idiot too.” She said finally.

“I’m not ready to talk to him.” Seres picked up another book and set it on top of a large, unbalanced stack. The stack wobbled, before settling down.

Crane blinked and took a step back. “You’ll talk to him? Eventually?”

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 Song: Ships in the Night

Length: 4:16

Word Count: 136

He saw her at the coffee shop one dreary, fall, morning. He struck up a conversation, but forgot to get her name. Luckily, she came back the next day.

“Hey,” she said, “my name’s Crane.”

He grins. “Nickname?”

She nods. “I prefer it.”

He laughs and hands her the order. One day and he’s already got it memorized. She takes it and sips. She doesn’t frown or spit it out. He’s happy, this might be the only cup he’s ever made that wasn’t nasty.

“This is wonderfully strong.” She says and smiles at him. “I never got your name.”

“I’m Zane.” He holds out a hand and they shake. There’s no other customers in, so they sit at a table by the window.

“Are you in town for long?” He’s never seen her in town before and he knows everyone.

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Going out was fun and my foot isn't complaining at all today which is great! My friend and I got coffee and went to Costco lol.

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Song: Sail

Length 4:25

Word Count: 125

Seres stood in the center of the room, drawing a large, chalk circle on the floor. The area around the circle was filled with geometric runes spiraling inward from the door. Wolf walked in, careful not the smudge them and leaned over Seres’s shoulder.

“What are you trying to summon?”

“The remnants of my soul. There’s still some out there.”

Wolf inspected the runes. There were many, squeezed next to each other, separated by only a thin, blue line. “Blue chalk?”

“I didn’t have white,” Seres replied, closing the circle. “It doesn’t matter. That’s just tradition….it should work. As far as I know, Hiram didn’t bind them somewhere. They’re still in the multiverse, probably causing chaos.”

Wolf laughed. “Bits of your soul wouldn’t do that. You’re too nice.”

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Song: This is Gallifrey

Length: 3:18

Word Count: 79

“Hello Akian”

Wolf stumbled backwards, tripping over a large stone. “Hiram,” he whispered.

Hiram nodded. “You weren’t expecting this were you?”

“Y…you can’t be.”

“I loved her, you know.” He walked closer and knelt in front of Wolf. “She was brilliant.”

“Why did you poison her then?” Wolf’s voice was hoarse and the words scraped his throat as they were expelled out.

Hiram’s smile turned into a frown. “I had to….she found out about the trick.”

“You trapped Seres’s father in the Starlight tower.”

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Song: Let Go

Length: 4:19

Word Count: 112

The street was quiet, except for the patter of rain on the sidewalk. Seres walked home, umbrella at his side, almost scraping the ground. There was a wet thud behind him and he turned to see Wolf look up at him with wet hair plastered to his face.

“Hey,” he said. “Why didn’t you wait for me?”

Seres shrugged. “I didn’t feel like it.”

Wolf glanced at his grey umbrella. “You have an umbrella.”

“You don’t?”

Wolf pushed himself to his feet and swiped at his forehead. The hair didn’t move. “Forgot it….why aren’t you using yours?”

“Didn’t want to.” Seres tilted his head up to the sky. The street smelled like rain and faded sunshine.

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Song: Every Planet, Every Star

Length: 3:02

Word Count: 92

Wolf and Seres ran across the field, laughing. The old man chased them, yelling something that they couldn’t hear. Wolf grinned at Seres and they picked up the pace until they were deep in the stone forest.

“That was fun,” Seres panted. “What are we going to find in Mr. Riley’s spellbook?”

Wolf drew himself up, until he was slightly taller than Seres. “Mr. Riley has a spell to turn Jeanette into a dog. I would like to get a look at it.” Seres laughed at the exasperated tone in his voice.

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Take my life away
I can barely breathe.
This compression in my chest,
stifles me.

The tide came in
and washed me out
with it.

I can't describe it.
This big, something,
wrapping it's tendrils
around my heart.

Breathe in
and the block's there
like an iron band.

Breathe out
and it hurts,
a sharp pain
dulling to an ache.

We would have had forever,
but you left
and now the world's
too bright and too dull
all at once.

And it fades all too quickly.

Surgery scar looks better!

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