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Seconds Hand (Otherwise Untitled)

Story by Moriar on SoFurry

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#232 of Short Stories

A deer slips.

~ Under a sky that blazed across its width with arcs of lightening, the deer lost his footing in one of the dashes between the trees of the forest. As he skidded through the sluiced mud and gravel, his eyes again caught sight of the lights he'd hoped to be the city. With his arrival at a point that was more rocks than mud, his progress was halted and the shattering descent of thunderclaps paused long enough for him to hear the face of his wristwatch smashed into a rock, presumably an indication of how much longer before he could rest.

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Care Package (Otherwise Untitled)

~ The rabbit nibbled gingerly at the microwaved potato, giving the core of it time to steam out its heat. With her other hand, she regarded the careful script of her mother laid out on the page with an ink somewhat faded by the weeks the package had...

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Dough to Bread (Otherwise Untitled)

~ The squirrel peered at the baking pans as she slapped the kitchen timer into silence. The loaf of dough in each was a mishapen and tangled mass of sticky goop, though it appeared to be a fair bit larger than when she had left it to set the hour...

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