Stories posted 2/10/2008
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Tonington: En Route to Wellingtonshire-town

The good doctor pulled the brass chain that vented the hot buoyant gas from the top of the aeroballoon. The appearance of his…
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Sharing Music

The music was blasting across the alley way. An odd hypnotic beat that sent chills through my body as I thought of her swayin…
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He Never Liked It When She Cried
“What happened to us?” He asked with trepidation.
She spoke no words, but the look of fear and pity on her face said it all….
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I'll Wait Here
I’ll wait here
Till your ready
You can push and shoveI’ll wait here
Till you tell me the truth
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camera shy
for once
i’d wish i could look at myself
in pictures and be proud
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No place like home

Adam leaned against the fence, trying to regain his breath. He had only been minutes from the market when he heard it. The ro…
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Jackypoo and Mr. G

The salty sheets were tangled around her pale ankles and her long, blue black hair fanned out around her sleeping face like t…
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The Future
The years come and go. We do not count the years any more. The world is cold and a dieing breed. We follow a corrupted system…
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Fame: The Article

I hand the magazine to Kai and watch her face as she reads. Her jaw’s hanging by the end of the article. She tosses the magaz…
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Six word memoirs CHALLENGE and a word from our subconcious

My life is a psychological thriller.
-(This is actually the best one, it’s the only way to make my memoirs-to-date interesti…
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Courage....

Fr0g_GuRl: hi! this is emily z.
StarBurst34: hey.
Fr0g_GuRl: whats up?
StarBurst34: nuthin much. u?
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Right Now [6 Word Memoir]

Everything awaits.
I’m just not ready.
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six word memoirs challenge

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I knew that he had changed
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believe (six word challenge)

i loved, i laughed, I BELIEVE.
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Gross Challenge!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please enter! I know this is random!!!! But I'm a very random person so you're just going to have to deal with it!!!! (Ahem, excuse me) ENTER OR YOU WILL DIE! Just kidding. :) Well, this is a bit of a long title...
GROSS CHALLENGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-for those of you who do not know what a gross is, it’s 12×12 (or 144)I have 144 fic…
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On The Porch

The sun set hours ago, but there was still light outside. As I sit outside evaluating my life all I could think of was my chi…
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Caught Red Pantied

Alright, so I just completely broke the whole stalker confidentaility rule and started apologizing. Wait a second, now they k…
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believe continued

Believe: last curse of my master.
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Bullies
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Childhood
Childhood
Tears of suffering
Lots of pain
Why can’t the people see?
The Anguish of their actions,
The Scars left on the…
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Nothern Morning (6 word memoir challenge)
Ice, horizon, sharp skates and laughter.
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Confronting The Angry French Man

Izzy must have ran because she got there exceptionally fast. If there was an attractive man somewhere, Izzy was not going to …
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A sasuke Uchiha love story (INFO)
Your Name: Shikaru Ayamego
Your Age: 12
Your Height: 4’ 10”
Profile: Your clan was killed when you were little. You dont k…
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Stormy night in Mexico

She looked up into the dark sky the whole 2 monthes she had been in Mexico it was never this bad. Selena didn’t like thunders…
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Late For Work
The heat was relentless; waves of hot heavy air rose from the pavement. A line of people waiting for a streetcar stretched ha…
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Changes

Luna toyed with her wet hair and plopped face down on her bed. She turned over on her back and looked at the ceiling. Her han…
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Echo's Random Quiz: Random Answers From A Random Mind

Answers!!
1) Panic At The Disco or Bob Marley
2) Uh-oh, spaghetti-o.
3) Guitar Hero
4) Whoa
5) Lake
6) Cheddar
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Sweet and Innocent Bliss
I will never forget how it feels when your hand gently brushes my arm,
or how my heart jumps when your eyes meet mine.
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silence, silence, and more silence
“Will you?”,he said. “No,”she said. A cold silence followed soon after that.
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The Vampirate (The Pirate Challenge)

The blindfold was whipped from her eyes and she had to blink several times before her vision cleared. She calmly took in her …
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Challenge of a Challenge [Or: A Mockery of a Travesty of a Sham of a Travesty of a Mockery...]

Ah Ha! Eureka! Ficlet laws and customs are meant to be broken, and here I go again. Granted, I just hosted a challenge and on…
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Sundown

Luna winced as the tomato she was chewing on went to the cut on her lips.
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Sundown

Luna winced as the tomato she was chewing on went to the cut on her lips.
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A Walk

“I feel like ‘Odette’ from the Swan Princess,” Luna growled to herself. The sun had vanished into the lake. “Only I’m a bit…
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Who could be that indecisive?
“May I get you something to drink?” I asked a middle-aged man as a volunteer on a Friday night.
“I would like two unsweetene…
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Brendon Urie
Dark eyes,
tall and thin,
Very strange,
yet charming and hansome.
I adore him,he’s wonderful,
But yet I will not meet.
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Alone. Sort Of.

“You should probably open it.”
I turned to see Grace in my doorway. Perfect Grace. The good kid who stuck out the family cur…
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Have You Seen...

“What in all that is holy?” Taylor sat up and looked around for the woman. Her eyes stopped but not because she found the wom…
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She's Mine

“What were you thinking?”
“That she’d listen to me!”
“Ok, let me rephrase. Why were you thinking that?”
I sighed and sank …
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Criminals in Candy Land

It was another busy day in the candy dish. There were reports of some nutcase who’d been causing trouble, and it was up to me…
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Faith Though Fire
You took my broken wings
and healed them with your hands
My shattered dreams you picked up
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Staking my Territory

“This is Brandon Sumaw,” I was grinning at the looks he was getting from everyone. Adoring looks from the girls and murderous…
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Realizations

I paced back and forth and K’y’erma watched me with a concerned attitude. I couldn’t believe it. West gone? And with Lucifer?...
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Desolation's End
Through desloation, and pergatory’s unnatural fire
I layed, unable to move, frozen in the isolation
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with love
me and lea
our deffinition of love
love: noun; something that can break your heart or make your heart only you can choose w…
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love rules
do everything with love in your heart if you dont someone my never give you any love back. when you say you love someone love…
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WHY???
I LAY AWAKE EVERY NIGHT THINKING ABOUT YOU WONDERING IF YOU THINK ABOUT ME. I KNOW IT’S A LOT TO SAY ABOUT SOMEONE BUT I REAL…
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Not Bear But Gnud [my apologies for the double pun title]

My girlfriend, bless her heart, smiled. Three half-breed goblins from a far away, mystical land had violated the sanctity of …
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Too Late

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the boat part 1

Sunshine flooded in the room as Adriana woke up only to remember she was on a large boat almost in the middle of no where.he …
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A Phone Call

It all started with a phone call.
“Tom!!! Tom!! You have to believe me!! Zombies are attacking my neighborhood!!!” My friend … -
Dear Mom and Dad, [six word challenge]

Santa isn’t real…?
What about Jesus?
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The Little Jimmy Chronicles
Little Jimmy was just eating his favorite cereal one morning when a dark, gloved hand came out of his cereal box and grabbed …
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Preparations

I got up, and made for the door, but stopped.
Wait, I need provisions, anything i need I have to carry on my back.
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Waking Dreams

It’s early, but I’m not really tired. The blankets and sheets are wrapped around me in the way I like best, but they don’t fe…
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Truth, Lie, Half-truth

I heard Lee running up the stairs and hid the book in the bookshelf hoping to hide it. He opened the door quietly and saw me …
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Mutany at the High Seas (Pirates Challenge)

“Walk the plank!” chanted the pirate mates.
Man, I never thought I would be here. Walking the plank, looking at the deep sea … -
Almost

I walked down my main hallway and opened a drawer in a table.
Ah, yes. Fireworks.
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The Not So Silent Accident

The previous year they had been together…..or, at least, known each other had been a very dark, sad, happy, and confusing y…
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The Ignorance of Mankind

I refuse to be ignored…...i’ve waited years for somebody to listen to me…..i could have helped people….i could have sav…
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Writing and Learning

It wasn’t only with Lily that things were happening. Everywhere Taylor went she was seeing elves from her stories. She knew w…
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The Ultimate Question

There’s a million other guys and I have to fall for him? One of my best friend’s crushes. And I don’t even have the decency t…
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Almost Ready to Tell

It would be easier if he could just hate her. Or perhaps feel nothing. Yes, feeling nothing would be much easier.
“How is it…
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Store

I whipped out my cell phone and called my friend John D. I adjusted The sleeves of my jacket as the phone rang.
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Thanks for saving me!

Little kid. Busy street. Thanks Dad.
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First Crush
I can’t eat or sleep or do anything without thinking about her. She drives me up the wall, but i can’t stop thinkin’ about he…
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You Got Robbed, Sucka!

I had to rob the store. Yes, it is very immoral, but this is life and death.
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Woods

I hopped back on my bike, and headed home.
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Not talking to him ever again

She got a text message from him about the accident, not a voice message. He was too afraid and sad and pretty much blubbering…
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Shelter

I finally found a small space, lined with bushes. In the middle, there was a huge rock.
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Confessions of a bleeding heart

Why do my fears get the best of me?
Why when you’re not blind, must you choose not to see?
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Freedom Fighters
“One day ill find a way to escape from all of this” Clover said.
” Shut up if they heard what you said they will take you aw…
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Boy VS. Girls
’’he is near’’ the girl proclaimed. No boys allowed here .the girls were ready.Was he ?
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six-word meltdown!!!!

can’t. think. must. attack. my. keyboard….....................
WEHisjfsdifhaowieraleidoifoidahserwueyjdfhaiduy
and no,...
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Marguerite Invites Herself Over

John huffed past me in a flurry towards the door. Although he still seemed mad, I could imagine his eagerness to meet the bra…
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The Hut in the Woods

Oh what did I get myself into this time!
Melody had my arm in a death grip as she lead me through the forest. She was convi… -
diary.

Dear Diary,
Two months have passed and I am still a “loner” at school, if you can even call it that. I don’t really mind s… -
An Odd Breakfast

My dad and Emily weren’t awake yet, and Brandy didn’t want to go out to get breakfast, so we decided to cook something oursel…
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Just as the Orange
My weakness is receding, my courage growing. I can resist the temptation. I will do it for my friends, my family, and most o…
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The Mostly Unknown By Most Race Of The Active Authors Is Over!! And The Winner Is..
Well, for any of you who have been reading my profile have slight knowledge that there was a race to the 2000th comment, and …
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Six Word Challenge- You Never Cared

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The Three
Once there were three knights. They were constantly traveling the land, doing the normal things that knights do. You know, fi…
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Six-Word Memoir

Unhindered by conformity, the nerd flourishes.
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the storm
Thunder and lighting crash . An innocent child hides under a tree .BOOM!
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The Castle

“That’s the oddest castle I’ve seen in all my days,” states Sir Damien.
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the old man

On a clear day an old man told me there would be a storm , far worse then any other. People would die . Then the weather repo…
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the child

As my beloved dashed for the tree, I wept . When the child was struck I….....................................................
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lost: boy of town

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lost: boy of town

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Is it better to be marooned on a deserted island or saved by pirates? You decide. [Pirate Challenge]

I’ve been marooned on this island for a week, living off fish and coconuts. My skin is beginning to turn the same hue and tex…
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Confused Guards

“State your business!”
The Three looked up at the large guards that were blocking their way to the castle.
“We come from a la… -
invitation.

school the next morning was… interesting.
“um, hey… giselle?” i heard a rather deep voice say.
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Simple As Midnight
“Not the red ones!” she yelled, flicking on the light and hurrying into the closet.
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The Voice
“What has happened,” Craig said. “Where has my mind gone to. What have i done.”
“You did what was right.” The voice said.
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euphoric.

i came home from school, lugging my backpack but still in a good mood.
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V3ND1N9 MACH1N3.
Another dull, depressing day, Doug thought. He shoved a wrinkled, old, coffee-stained dollar into the vending machine. He pun…
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An Unlikely Reunion

The ship dropped anchor some fifty or so feet from the shore. I watched as a rowboat was lowered. Watched as the rowboat head…
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the boat part2
“Just my dorky friends tryin’ to scare me i think.” aid Adriana not sure that it was her friends anymore
“Ummm… OK, you ju…
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A Warm Welcome

“Try me on for size, lad. I’ve heard worse, I’ll warrant.” Bertha stood, arms akimbo, her one good eye gleaming with humor.
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Human: Hawk and Mouse
A hawk glides in a february gust.
Searching.
Searching to live. For the simple pleasure of a stomach not empty this bird of…
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Oh My God

The next day in school, I sat next to Garrett in science class, first period. He kept looking down and whenever he lifted his…
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Possesed Over Pierre

I think Izzy was posessing me as soon as she left the door, because I was dumb enough to start inviting him over. Of course, ...
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Blood, Sweat and Regicide

“It all started the night of the murder. I mean, of course, the attempted murder. We made our way into the theater. My men …
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My Life. My Philosophy. Six Words.

Smile:
Life ends
when you stop. -
Six word memoirs

I never knew what you felt.
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The Pirate Lectures His Son

“Aye, but it’d be your blood, sweat and tears with which you’d be paying, had you been caught. Your mother’d be paying, too…
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Gate 27

She ran to me, jumping into my open arms. I held her tightly, not wanting to let her go again. Life and it’s circumstances st…
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Yo ho, Yo ho, it's not a pirate's life for me.

“Well, go on, what else happened? How’d you end up on that island? I thought the guards were on to you.”
“We managed to esca…
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Irma Story-111

Irma then decided to make busy with evening schooling and that is when I met her. Finding me a foreign student She was all pr…
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I Need Help

“But Kait, I need to meet up with him.”
“I thought you dumped him!” she looked ready to start crying.
“Yeah, I did, I told …
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About That

I couldn’t look at him, couldn’t let him know that I was crying.
“Mel?” he asked, taking a step towards me.
“I’m sorry.” I …
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Irma Story-1V
Later She started hearing voices. Irma had hard time to cope with it as such she lost the job making her to return home. Now …
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The Silent Treatment

No one understood why he did it. He said it was an accident, but was he telling the truth? It was a mystery, all right. A big…
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Just a friendly father and son chat

The bottle met the door and smashed against it in a rain of whiskey. Not two seconds later, the door opened slowly and Bertha…
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Irma Story-V

Listening all this I got suddenly frightened thinking She could be a witch? And then I remember having met a traveler from my…
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Silence: legal trouble

A year followed soon after that, and she acted like he never existed. She walked right by him with her rather large group of…
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Six Word Memoirs

I saw that post on the 37signals SvN blog and thought it was interesting. Then I see this challenge. I’ll enter a few that co…
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Awkward Love, a CHALLENGE of sorts.

I finally broke 250 ficlets. Mostly due to the post boosting I got from writing a sequel with Culture Shock w/ Mike Schwartz …
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I Want Life.
I want to read for the sake of reading, not just because the book is required.
I want to hang out with my friends and have a…
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Who was he anyway-11

Next day having done with Monteal I went to station for my return journey home. Oh! what the hell! The man sitting in front o…
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I Need chaos

I need people.
I need music that’s loud for the sake of sound.
I need to dance.
I need to feel the warmth of someone next …
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The Seventeen Forms of The Folded Paper Swan
There were 17 possible ways to fold a paper swan, and Bob knew fourteen of them. He knew that at least two were purely theore…