Author: Daniel Thompson
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Hope, lies and Blackjack
I’m still figuring things out. For instance, if my personal life was a game of Blackjack, I’d be really hesitant to take another hit unless I was absolutely confident the next card was an ace, because I’m pretty close to “bust” — in more ways than one. Like everyone else, I have a temporary purpose…
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Welcome to the Between: Chapter 5
It was never about the drug of choice. Michael never really gave it much thought in life. He didn’t turn down free drugs. Didn’t matter what they were. At least they’d make him feel something.
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The Mind is a Lonely Place for Dying
It’s happening to me again. I’m missing time, coming back to my senses in the middle of acts I’m already committing without any memory of having intention to do them. No, I’m not some serial killer. This isn’t some-Dark Half ripoff. There is no other personality. It’s me. Just me. But without the tape running. …
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Welcome to the Between: Chapter 4
Alex Stapleton may be the most consistently “happy” person in the Between. In fact, he has been erased more than anyone throughout all of time. And it always happens the exact same way.
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Welcome to the Between: Chapter 3
This is the third installment in an anthology series, all taking place in the fictitious Between. Read Chapter 1, here. Reach Chapter 2, here. Read Chapter 4, here. Read Chapter 5, here. Read Chapter 6, here. The Writer “Poor Jack.” The thought lingers in Sarah’s head as she watches Jack slowly walk back to June and…
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I know I’ll hit the ground this time.
When I was a kid — like many all across America — I’d pretend I was Superman. Nearly every night, you could find me wearing worn-out, Christover Reeve-era Superman pajamas and a cape running through the living room, into the TV room (the same room, but we acted like they were different), turning right through…
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The Pleading Deep
He’d felt its eyes on him most of his life. The first time was at North Beach in Racine, Wisconsin, along Lake Michigan. He can’t remember his exact age then, but it was before the age of 12. He can at least pinpoint it that much. But he remembers clearly the rope that was strung…
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Welcome to the Between: Chapter 2
This is the second installment in an anthology series, all taking place in the fictitious Between. Read Chapter 1, here. Read Chapter 3, here. Read Chapter 4, here. Read Chapter 5, here. Read Chapter 6, here. The Lovers My wife is the first person who found me here. I was standing in the middle of the city —…
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The sky is always blue.
The sky is always blue some place, That’s what they always say A platitude wrapped in the guise of caring So they can stop looking at your sad face But it is true: the sky is blue And gray and gold and purple and even green In the vastness of the expanse above, The rest…
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Welcome to the Between: Chapter 1
This is the first installment in an anthology series, all taking place in the fictitious Between. Read Chapter 2, here. Read Chapter 3, here. Read Chapter 4, here. Read Chapter 5, here. Read Chapter 6, here. Part 1: ‘New Arrival’ I’m standing on a street I don’t know, in a town I’ve never seen. I don’t know…