S.N. Beale

“Empty Encounters” by S.N. Beale

This is not what I want to be doing right now. How did it get like this? All I want right now is to be alone. It used to be so much fun. So, comfortable. But now my skin is crawling. I cannot even think of a conversation, a word to say, a statement to make, other than: When are you leaving? When can we call this? Do I need to order the car, or can you get it yourself? But all I can muster is, “Can I get you another beer? Oh…cool, bet, yeah, this song is dope.” To your, “Yeah, thanks, you know them? I keep telling you, ya gotta ge...

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“Empty Encounters” by S.N. Beale

This is not what I want to be doing right now. How did it get like this? All I want right now is to be alone. It used to be so much fun. So, comfortable. But now my skin is crawling. I cannot even think of a conversation, a word to say, a statement to make, other than: When are you leaving? When can we call this? Do I need to order the car, or can you get it yourself? But all I can muster is, “Can I get you another beer? Oh…cool, bet, yeah, this song is dope.” To your, “Yeah, thanks, you know them? I keep telling you, ya gotta ge...

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“Empty Encounters” by S.N. Beale

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #76

This is not what I want to be doing right now. How did it get like this? All I want right now is to be alone. It used to be so much fun. So, comfortable. But now my skin is crawling. I cannot even think of a conversation, a word to say, a statement to make, other than: When are you leaving? When can we call this? Do I need to order the car, or can you get it yourself? But all I can muster is, “Can I get you another beer? Oh…cool, bet, yeah, this song is dope.” To your, “Yeah, thanks, you know them? I keep telling you, ya gotta ge...

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“Life's Gambit ” by S.N. Beale

Submitted to Contest #66

“It doesn’t count if you’re already planning your defeat.”“How so? What if my plan was to lose?”“Why would anyone do that?”“Everyone needs to lose sometimes. And sometimes it helps to see how your competitor wins.”“That sounds counterproductive.”Dull scraping and hollow thuds echo in the quaint chamber, the stone walls dampening the sounds of the outside world. The fireplace's crackle and burn: gave warmth to the chilly situation, casting a focused glow about the two figures seated opposite each other—everything depending on the next move. T...

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“A Life of Lives” by S.N. Beale

“…L-Let’s get behind that ridge…make camp. This liquor is really…hmm..." “I gotta wash all this blood off…c-change clothes, at least. It was a good fight. He did well, d-don’t ya think? Got me a bit-" “…No, I’m l-limpin’ because I limp, and I’m hurt because I hurt…s-shut your mind up. Ugh, this guy’s blood reeks! …I-It’s more his than mine.” “Yeah, well, I guess we all smell now, don’t we?” “…H-Have to say…super grateful for this whiskey. Hm. D-Don’t look at me like that. Who-who knew when I said, I’d’ve killed for a drink that it’d ...

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“A Life of Lives” by S.N. Beale

Submitted to Contest #60

“…L-Let’s get behind that ridge…make camp. This liquor is really…hmm..."“I gotta wash all this blood off…c-change clothes, at least. It was a good fight. He did well, d-don’t ya think? Got me a bit-"“…No, I’m l-limpin’ because I limp, and I’m hurt because I hurt…s-shut your mind up. Ugh, this guy’s blood reeks! …I-It’s more his than mine.”“Yeah, well, I guess we all smell now, don’t we?”“…H-Have to say…super grateful for this whiskey. Hm. D-Don’t look at me like that. Who-who knew when I said, I’d’ve killed for a drink that it’d end up true....

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“Common” by S.N. Beale

Submitted to Contest #59

When the first of the guardians arose: they were leaders chosen during the collapse of their respective worlds. Having collided in various ways, with evolving combative prophecies over divinity and future landscapes. They traveled throughout the universes, seeking new worlds to conquer. Their factions and others naturally followed, for mutual benefit or laborious servitude with underlying malicious wants brewing beneath. Causing the guardians to collide against infinite matters, warring over planets to covet, comingling with peace when exhau...

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“Call it: Life” by S.N. Beale

Submitted to Contest #58

I I see through my mother’s eyes. I am satisfied, she is satisfied. Her mother smiles down at her and takes the plate away. My mother’s heart skips a beat, I feel her rush to move. She wants to help. They both are in no position. They both could use another but have each other. There’s a sad smile on each of their faces. I feel full and saddened and excited and loved. It gets dark again. It’s wet and grey, and there something stale in the cemetery air. There are thunderous sounds in far off distances; train tracks and traffic flows close by ...

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“Call it: Life” by S.N. Beale

Submitted to Contest #59

I I see through my mother’s eyes. I am satisfied, she is satisfied. Her mother smiles down at her and takes the plate away. My mother’s heart skips a beat, I feel her rush to move. She wants to help. They both are in no position. They both could use another but have each other. There’s a sad smile on each of their faces. I feel full and saddened and excited and loved. It gets dark again. It’s wet and grey, and there something stale in the cemetery air. There are thunderous sounds in far off distances; train tracks and traffic flows close by ...

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