5 minute post entry. "Edge" (503 hits)
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Submitted by Bigmike (View user info) at 2008-04-05 02:48:49 EDT
Marvin watched as the blade hit the rotating stone. "I just love that whirring, grinding sound," he thought as he ran the smooth blade edge across the wheel.
He spent five minutes on each side and then turned the wheel off. He examined the blade closely. Fine lines of stainless steel and specks, remnants from the grinding glittered as the light of his workroom reflected off of them.
He reached to his right and pulled on the heavy leather strap that was affixed to his workbench. Holding the strap in his left hand, he worked the blade edge back and forth over the considerable strap carefully inspecting it after just a few passes to see if the stainless steel specks were coming off and the blade was polishing to a hard sheen. When he was satisfied, he dropped the leather strap and left it hanging off the side of the workbench as he admired his reflection off the substantial steel blade.
He tested the blade by placing the edge to his left thumb and and carefully running it in a downward motion. It cut his neatly, but not deeply. He inspected the superficial wound for a few seconds and then smiled as he placed the thumb in his mouth, savoring the coppery taste of his own essential crimson fluid.
He then got up from his bench, transferred the knife to the custom made sheath he had hanging off his belt, and walked to the door of the room. He opened the door, reached over and hit the light switch on the wall plunging the room into immediate darkness. As he exited the room and walked through his basement to the stairs that led to the kitchen he uttered one very small but important word.
He reached down to touch the stag hilt of his blade and the word fell out of his mouth in a whisper.
"kids".
Marvin ascended the stairs visibly excited.
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Submitted by Lib (user info) at 2008-04-07 12:37:32 EDT (#)
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Submitted by woolfe (user info) at 2008-04-07 10:21:37 EDT (#)
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Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2008-04-06 20:56:08 EDT (#)
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Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2008-04-06 20:13:17 EDT (#)
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Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2008-04-06 15:22:17 EDT (#)
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Reminds me of pointy things
Submitted by HotWillie (user info) at 2008-04-06 12:57:33 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Rokinroj (user info) at 2008-04-05 20:29:10 EDT (#)
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Damn Mike! You've really honed your writing skills in the past few years. Your stories are one of the only reasons I came back to Ubersite. In honor of springtime and opening day, maybe you could write a baseball story, but with the same darkness and power as the last few posts? I'm really digging your style lately.
Submitted by spyder882001 (user info) at 2008-04-05 11:18:07 EDT (#)
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nice
Submitted by Ducky (user info) at 2008-04-05 10:59:02 EDT (#)
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Your writing is so descriptive, and very engaging.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2008-04-05 09:10:22 EDT (#)
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Bad daddy, bad!
Submitted by whiskey_jack (user info) at 2008-04-05 06:39:23 EDT (#)
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gabbly! DO IT!
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2008-04-05 03:16:53 EDT (#)
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It could be a remarkable discipline tool?
anyway, good to see you posting something, I always enjoy it.
Submitted by Bigmike (user info) at 2008-04-05 03:06:30 EDT (#)
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Nope.
Should I?
I think not.
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2008-04-05 03:02:21 EDT (#)
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hi BigMike. do you show your kids these stories when they misbehave?