TheShyAssassin
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I have 166 stories published in
5 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 107320 times
and 24 of my stories have been cherry picked.
Andy Pickering
My stories
A Lament for How It Was Meant To Be
They lied to me. In 1967. They lied then. They lie more now. The doctor visits the 10 year-old in his squalid bedroom. She strokes my throat gently...
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Defiance
A writer without words. A songbird without song. How do you call for help When you have no words left? All the world continues. Oblivious to you...
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The Day Will Come
The day will come When life has gone. Then love will claim dominium. As I search through the stars, I'll know where you are. And find you. Eternal...
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The Day Before Christmas
I’d like to have sex Tonight, but I won’t. I’ll watch trash tv Exhausted, alone. But I will sleep warm. Don’t cry at self pity. My belly is full. Don...
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Fall. Out.
Letters from nowhere fall soft on the sill. And yesterday's anger subsides, as it will. Healing is slow, but surely will come. And we hope we'll be...
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