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Only One Left

I'm addicted to caffeine. Specifically, caffeine in the form of Mountain Dew. As I sit here drinking my second to last one, I am keenly aware that I need to plan my next trip to the grocery store to get another case. Seeing that last lone can of Dew in the refrigerator instills in me a sense of urgency. Write from the perspective of an addict with "only one left."

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Challengers

7 entries
  1. Last Chapter

    Author: J. A. Keane

    It happened two weeks after beginning to watch Broken Saints... He had weathered 23 chapters of pure, unsanctimonious brilliance and had reached the final…

    Feb 25, 2010 · Ficly archive

  2. A totally sensible phrase

    Author: White Hat

    Damn, he thought, flying home. That can’t be true. The fires disagreed. Sweeping low, he could sense lifeless figures shambling aimlessly in the ruins…

    Feb 24, 2010 · Ficly archive

  3. The Last One

    Author: Charlie K

    “Make this one last, babe. It’s gonna be the last one for awhile.” he said. She scrambled to pick up the syringe, and then stopped. She looked up at him, panic…

    Feb 23, 2010 · Ficly archive

  4. The Last Candle

    Author: Sanglorian

    By the seventh day, I was used to the bodies. Even their white breasts and jutting tongues were free of flies and maggots. I scratched a pimple and hoped I…

    Feb 23, 2010 · Ficly archive

  5. Solemn smoking

    Author: H.S. Wift

    Now there was only one left. He had been well stocked on cigarettes for the twenty-five or so years he had been smoking, working through a nice, steady, five…

    Feb 21, 2010 · Ficly archive

  6. Smoker

    Author: Alice Mary

    Back in the big city, this would be fine. The club culture had necessitated all night corner shops. You could buy rips and tray bakes at four in the morning…

    Feb 21, 2010 · Ficly archive (2)