afterlife
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Life is for the living. Who knows for sure, but it appears we get one shot at it. There might not be any do overs, or any reward once it is over. I saw a comic once where a doctor examines a very old and frail man and says ‘You remember how clean living added…
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’What the fuck!’ Tim wakes with a start. ‘Jesus!’, he sighs, wide awake. The bedside clock tells him he slept a whole 2 hours. He lies quietly, listening. ‘I am catching you tonight motherfucker’, Tim says under his breath. For the last few days, the same thing wakes him up every night. A soft knocking…
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Once the devil had a slow day. The fires of hell were burning well, chained souls shoveling coal and nuclear waste to maintain its fires. All the demons and politicians in training occupied and focused on tormenting the souls in their care. The devil looked at his domain and felt fine. He walked the rows…
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Death arrived at John’s hardware store in an old Chevrolet Suburban just before 5pm. John, the owner of the store, being a creature of habit, was already going through the motions of closing shop. He had done it countless times before, now on autopilot, his mind wandering, thinking about his wife’s birthday coming up, the…
Tales from my head 