08-May-2008, 06:08 PM
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Location: Finger Lakes Region, NY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nowhere Man
Sounds Stephen King-ish.
Fred
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Hmmm, it does - but it isn't (Stephen King).
You can find the following theme in many of the author's works:
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I'm not mad, I'm WORSE than mad. I'm -
WHAT TIME IS IT?
It must be two minutes after nine. Three.
What's coming? Cobra, devil, werewolf -
What will it be this time?
At five minutes after nine - WHAT?
It must be four after now; yes, it had been at least four minutes, maybe four and a half -
He yelled, suddenly. He couldn't stand the waiting.
It couldn't be solved. But he had to solve it.
Or go mad.
MAD.
He must be mad already. Mad to tolerate living, trying to fight something you couldn't fight, trying to beat the unbeatable. Beating his head against -
He was running now, out the door, down the corridor.
Maybe if he hurried, he could kill himself before five minutes after nine. He'd never have to know. DIE, DIE AND GET IT OVER WITH. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO BUCK THIS GAME.
Knife.
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