Category: Normal Street
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Aftermath Guardian’s War 19 / Rise of the Tellers 1: Morning
Bekah pulled up to my apartment, and I was waiting outside in the February night for her. I climbed into her car and closed the door. “You are my life,” I said. “I want nothing but you for the rest of my life.” Bekah stepped on the gas and eased around the parking lot. “I…
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Aftermath Guardian’s War 18: A New Day Dawns
I walked through timeless windows,Gazing toward each passing life.They held so much old grief for me,And such little delight. While searching down each alley,Between each passing pane,I found a new directionAlong a guarded lane. The window, cracked and jagged,A danger to crawl through.But deep across its landscape,The horizon I’m drawn to. It’s not a painted…
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Aftermath Guardian’s War 17: Summit
“Do you love him?” I ask, and she looks at the bed under me for a moment and shakes her head. “No, I don’t love him. I just like him, and I can’t do this anymore,” Bekah says. She is talking. She is saying something, and I need to be focused on her, but every…
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Aftermath Guardian’s War 16: Undeniable
Rose loved Servant for the obedience he showed her and what he could give her. Her marriage with Mumble was loveless and frigid, and Servant gave her arms to wrap around herself and a soul to make her feel special. D loved the way we made him feel about himself when we made a hero…
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Aftermath Guardian’s War 15: Moving Day
I woke up and I had a few things to do before going to Bekah’s house and helping her move into her new place. I took my shower. I was out the door with Sunshine to get to therapy. Siren was supposed to come pick me up, but she had a meeting at work. I…
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Aftermath Guardian’s War 14: The Appeal
It’s the middle of the afternoon in 2020 and I have been awake for 22 hours. But I have to finish. I can’t leave it like this. I am writing about events in my past so distant, yet so close, that I am living and dying in the telling. We, you and I, have to…
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Aftermath Guardian’s War 13: Two Pull
The following story includes the Spanish language. I’m not versed in this language and was forced to use an online translator. I’m not sure how accurate it is. I mean no offense if it’s wrong. So, one of the great miracles that Sunshine pulled off was this one right here. Just watch what she does…
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Aftermath Guardian’s War 12: A Trip Through Hell
Dungeons and Dragons became a tool. Not right. A path. Again not exactly it. Maybe a blade? Yeah, let’s go with that. Dungeons and Dragons became a blade that I used to lance all my blisters and festering wounds. It was about 2002 when it began to mean something else. It took shape in the…
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Aftermath Guardian’s War 11: The Call
When Mumble and Horrid moved to Springfield, I used to go to their house about once a week. On the way to their house was a structure of madness. The drive took you through a few bad neighborhoods and through one, not so bad, where a collection of big old houses lined up proud and…
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Aftermath Guardian’s War 10: The Sun Worshipper
We have to take a minute and look at the things Sunshine is doing in the background here because, damn. After Urgent left, Sunshine jumped to action fast. Within a week she had me in to a family practice doctor for a checkup. I had been gaining weight for a while. Since my suicide attempt…
Jesse Teller 