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The Tommy Box by David Newkirk

May 9, 2022January 30, 2022 literallystories2014

Moments linger, trapped in thought. Two things right, then one thing not:

I’m a ghost.
Ghosts live in the memories of those that they touched.
It doesn’t hurt to die.

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Just Let Go by Anthony Billinghurst

April 16, 2021April 16, 2021 literallystories2014

The 11th of November was a Monday. We were patrolling in dense fog near Mons when at 11 am, Lieutenant Harrison ordered us to halt then glanced at his watch.

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Tagged free reading, grief, literally stories, loss, PTSD, relationships, Short Fiction, war, WW111 Comments

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