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Not All They're Cracked Up To Be
A chapter in the book Dribbles And Drabbles
Invitation
by Brett Matthew West
There was a saw, its blade hocked part way through a hickory tree. The damn thing stuck.
It was frigid winter. The temperature much colder than expected. I wore no jacket. Cutting the tree warmed me, until now.
I trembled.
A voice taunted, "You're cold."
I agreed.
The voice assured me, "I can make you warm again."
"I'm listening," I replied.
"Shut your peepers," came the invitation.
I laid down on the frozen ground. Soon thereafter, I felt death's embrace.
80 Word Flash Fiction contest entry
There was a saw, its blade hocked part way through a hickory tree. The damn thing stuck.
It was frigid winter. The temperature much colder than expected. I wore no jacket. Cutting the tree warmed me, until now.
I trembled.
A voice taunted, "You're cold."
I agreed.
The voice assured me, "I can make you warm again."
"I'm listening," I replied.
"Shut your peepers," came the invitation.
I laid down on the frozen ground. Soon thereafter, I felt death's embrace.
It was frigid winter. The temperature much colder than expected. I wore no jacket. Cutting the tree warmed me, until now.
I trembled.
A voice taunted, "You're cold."
I agreed.
The voice assured me, "I can make you warm again."
"I'm listening," I replied.
"Shut your peepers," came the invitation.
I laid down on the frozen ground. Soon thereafter, I felt death's embrace.
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