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from Issue 71--Noir
Noir. A private
eye, a plainclothes policeman, an aging boxer, a hapless grafter, a law-abiding
citizen lured into a life of crime. So, it’s a man’s story, then. Only a part, the
woman are beautiful, mysterious, and always have a hidden agenda. And, someone, man or women, is always looking
for the big payoff. Someone is always
played for the sucker. And, under it all
the power of desire moves the story closer to the edge.
Tears In
Rain is the final monologue of
the replicant Roy Batty,
played by Rutger Hauer, in the movie Blade
Runner. In his last scene,
the dying Roy introspectively speaks during a rain downpour, moments before his
death:
I've... seen
things you people wouldn't believe... Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of
Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All
those... moments... will be lost in time, like tears... in... rain. Time... to
die...
In 450 words or
less, write a story in the first person about dying.
Write a story and post it in comments or send it to the Cairo Room at doorknobsandbodypaint@gmail.com
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