Stories posted 3/22/2008
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Desperation's Last Call

I’d been running, stupidly, for days. According to my chronometer, about five days. I didn’t care.
Every part of my soul tha…
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Long time no see
My head pounded due to the music blaring out of the surround sound system. People milled around on the dance floor; some dan…
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Come back to me

Derek was persistent however, he moved his arm to my waist once more. If I wasn’t hammered I would slap him, but all I really…
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Peace Sign Heartbreak

How could that possbily be peaceful?
Break my heart in two and then still have the nerve to show me a peace sign. Wtf?
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Return to Speculum

Jenny was shimmering in the sunlight.
I looked around. The sunlight was shimmering, too. Everything was shimmering. “Where a…
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I love
I love Life
I love You
I love Peace
I love Life
I love Happiness -
Homecoming
Homecoming was the time of my life
The perfect Ghy
The perfect Dress( strait from fashison bug)
The perfect night how can thi… -
Losing Parent

Its funny how a parents way of accepting their child has won an arguement is to send them off to do some sort of house-chore….
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Helena: Cheater, Cheater, Boy Eater

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The "Why didn't yu write to me" from the Notebook in vincent Minelli (1950's musical style)

(Rain gushing from the Sky, Ally gets out of the boat, Noah pulls the boat up. The Ally turns)
Ally: Why didn’t you write to…
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Cindy Lou Goes Down the Hole

“Wait a second. I can’t—”
It wasn’t my fault, what happened next. She let the towel drop completely and, well, yogurt or not…
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Rambling...

You see this blank canvas? It can be anything. I suppose I’ll mess it up again like I always do. I feel like I mess up a lot …
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Monty Python and the Scottish Play [genre.bender.challenge]

The once magnificent throne room was already strewn with several bodies. King Macbeth of Scotland waved his sword, rather ine…
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Insane Love
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Insane Love....Getting Choppy

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lies or the truth
I though I could trst all my frienda but I can .
there is always the one who goes behind your back.
I have had a lot of frien… -
I love......2

I love friends
I love family
I love music
I love you
I love everyday -
Forbidden Love
Tears streamed down her cheeks. The door shut gently in her face, but she remained rigid. Her fist clenched. It was harder th…
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Prologue: Rant

Fog always puts me in a bad mood. In fact, anything that makes it hard to see clearly or think clearly has always annoyed me….
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"It Can Wait" (Part 2)

All of her weight is being cried out in tears on my shoulder. God, what’s wrong, I want to ask again, but I know she just nee…
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Mr. Ripley Would Be Proud (XIV)

I told them everything, every last detail I could remember.
With the exception of a rather loud, “Bullshit!” from Robert (wh…
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The Coin (XV)

Robert, ever the skeptic, stared at the coin for a second. “Nice,” he said. “What pawn shop did you find that at?”
Will pick…
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A Walk to Remember Sleep Over

A Walk to Remember is spinning in the dvd player. It’s our sleep over movie. What can I say, we love Shane West. We’re at the…
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Backlit - 1 - Barely Conscious
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From the Case Files of Celeste Bellini, Vampire Psychiatrist: The Liam O'Connor Sessions (4)

“My pastor won’t even see me,” Liam begins on this session. “Nine years, never missing a Sunday. And now, I’m an abomination….
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Late Night with PBR
I think my head is much clearer tonight. Or maybe the music or conversation is enough to satisfy me, to take me off edge for …
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Julia

Julia. When the name rattles around my head these days it’s either as I list regrets or am trying to write her song.
Julia t…
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Abuela Cruz, Lupita, and the Cousins

The world of business doesn’t prepare you for everything, least of all psychic readings under duress. I say duress not becaus…
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Walking Down the Hall of Scrutiny

Ariana held her head high as she walked down the long, marble halls over her ancestors. Many of her Clan were watching her; m…
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Backlit - 2 - Crepes & Lattes

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Sedate Me Till I Sleep
Wipe the blood from my hands,
sedate me till I sleep.
You handle me with hesitation,
as though I may break down.
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Thank You

Everyone was clapping for us. I felt amazing. It was like Wes and I had suddenly become famous. Nick came up to us. He turned…
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A Decent Into Darkness
“Man Carl are you crazy,” Nathan had a worry sound to his voice “It looks awful deep down below man.”
“We come all the way d…
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A Dilemma of Horns

The unicorns were all staring at Nina. And—they seemed to be discussing her. She felt a warm tinge in the spot where the ho…
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Holy Saturday
Once we saw grace. It seems so long ago now. How could any love so perfectly welcome the company of the broken and alienated?...
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Christy's Saturday

It was a sort of hyptonic state- just staring at that plastered wall. The pictures were jumping in and out of focus, causing …
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Gleaning the Cube

“Uh, yeah, I had to use the backup,” I said. “Was starting to get some bad sectors in the main one.”
“Then why did you _ejec…
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Morning

Sora’s eyes cracked open; she knew it was day because her legs had been warmed by the sun. She sat up, not sure where she was…
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Deconstructing the Zombie Apocalypse
“I don’t understand zombies.”
“What do you mean, you don’t understand them? What’s not to understand?”
“Well, I mean, there…
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My view of life
Bit of a rough analogy, but stick with me:
Life is like the wall of the LA river. It is covered in graffiti.
Now to most-...
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Will's Place (XVI)

We headed over to Will’s. I don’t mind telling you, I was pretty nervous. What if Will was just playing along? Trying to keep…
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Markings (XVII)

“Come here, guys.” Will dropped a couple of binders on the table next to the coin. “You have to see this.”
Will was incredib…
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Awake
If life is Happy than y do i feel sad
all nite i lay in bed for i can not go to slleeep for
the people are watching me
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Home

“Hi Mom, Hi Dad” Ashley waltzed inside.
“Ashley, cutting curfew a little close today?” Ashley’s mom had noticed the clock ch…
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Convinced (XVIII)

Robert sighed. “Again, so what?” We all looked at him, annoyed. He held up his hands, defensively. “Look, guys, it’s a neat i…
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The Ellen Degeneres Show

I watched Emily’s behavior with an amused smile. She was really happy and so was I. I went to Kevin and Nick and hugged them …
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Put Me Out of My Misery

Tom jumped up, scattering ice in all directions, and everyone in our aisle began protesting very loudly. I held my head in my…
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Persephone
I live in the land of the dead and the land of the living. For six months, my skin grows pale and thin, like the underbelly o…
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Thinking About You Again (Lorie)
You’ve gone away,
For a little while,
You’ll be back,
We just don’t know when.It was a sad night,
When you lost your life.
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In the pretty little town called Gethsemene.

It was about 200 years from now, in the little town called Gethsemene. The world was basically the same as it is now, with ju…
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A Change of Plans

“Real smooth in there, Jordan,” she asserted.
That’s it, it was over. I was done. I’d had enough, and I was going home now. ...
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The Underworld

I write my story down because in the underworld there is no one with whom I can commiserate. The dead do not understand my gr…
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Don
This is the storty that Sparky wrote:
There once was a caveman. He was a totally random caveman, and this is the end of his l… -
His Touch

Tomorrow my six months sentence in the underworld is done and I can go up to the overworld again. I can see my mother once mo…
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Terms of Endearment (SWEDED by MIKE and JERRY!)

INT. HOSPITAL – NURSE STATION – NIGHT
The station consists of a small counter with an old cash register. Shelves of videotap…
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Digital Dawn: Chapter Seven (R_C)

“You won’t find your answers in there Doctor,” the choral voice said from right behind him.
Fingers of ice stroked down his…
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Sparky and Earl.

At the beginning of time, there was a caveman. His name was Sparky. Now this caveman was a very peculiar fellow, as he was al…
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Return

At dawn I am climbing up the endlessly winding stair. My husband stands at the bottom, watching my progress.
Just as I reach…
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Reuion!

Wesley.. with the Jonas Brothers? I sat there thinking. When they left the stage I got up and walked backstage.
“You can’t…
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Follow Me

We begin the lengthy preparations for the festival. My mother’s maids bathe me in rose water. My hair is brushed until it shi…
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The Tower of Esimed
The Tower of Esimed loomed over Lonesville like a hungry animal surveying its prey. The hundreds of windows that lined the fa…
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This Is Medieval Times!!

“Yeah, it would’ve.” I said. “All of my fraternity brothers would have hunted you down.”
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Freedom to be You

She was sitting by the pond, pondering how she should handle the news of her big brother’s addiction. He had always been such…
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Digital Dawn: Chapter Nine

On a private computer screen in the Oval Office, a message appeared without warning: “Hello, Jim.”
The President raised a cu…
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Man with a Hawk Mask

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Call of the Why

I looked at it for a long moment. What was that doing here? A Terran telephone booth? They’d stopped using those long before …
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Fun

I felt the car shudder to a halt. I didn’t budge, thinking it was another gas stop.
“Dude, Tyler, we’re here!” I heard Mike s… -
Talking With Ellen

“Well,” Kevin said, “these are our very good friends, Emily and Wesley.”
“Just friends?” Ellen questioned.
“We’ve only kn…
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Birthright

For the six months when I am back among the living, I able to take on again the responsibilities that are mine by birthright….
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The anatomy of Life
THE ANATOMY OF LIFE…
The world is a tranquil and beautiful place. It is a place where people could be anything they want to… -
Compelled

So he, too, has known loss.
I know nothing about him except for his name and the feel of his body on mine. But I am compelle…
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Hello Disease Control
“Its hailing once again, this is the ninth day it has bin hailing.”
“Son will you please sit down and let god worry about th…
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She Loves You

As soon as she had brushed her teeth, gotten in her pajamas, (Which looked really cute)(the pants were green, blue and white …
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The (familiar?) reality

“Look at this moron” Jake expectorated while flipping through a pile of pages recovered during their last food / ammo / goods…
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Digital Dawn of the Firefox [Crossover Challenge]

The two glowing women faced each other across a chessboard.
“Humans are a pain, are they not?”
“I think they’re interesting…
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In the Front Yard

Ashley wasn’t sure what to do. If it wasn’t Cameron it could be someone trying to hurt her. She could hope it was Cameron, ...
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Jason's Empty Cubicle

Walking past Jason’s empty cubicle, I wondered why he was late for work.
At my coffee break still no Jason.
Lunch. No Jason…
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Reversing Time

“You know,” I said, tracing the rim of my coffee mug. “I’m going to London for the summer.” My friend, Dallas, looked up from…
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Birth of the Firefox, Part 13

“Would I what?” Martin stared at the foxy woman.
“Would you like to have sex with me?” the Firefox repeated guilelessly.
...
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Eyes Wide

And so, today is Christmas, also the day before Tyler is coming back. So I made him a Christmas card. Of course, when me dad …
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Enna

A few weeks later, I am cavorting in the fields of Enna with my friends when I see him again.
Enna is where my husband first…
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[Challenge] Terrible Commercials
Cape Town 2008. Mrs Calvert and I are watching television.
As usual, all 97 channels have commercials on at the exact same t…
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In the Presence of Strange Men

“I know you—You are Dimitri, son of Aegus,” I say boldly. Lascia lays a warning hand on my arm.
“I do not know you, girl,...
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The Final Flash

“There has to be a gun around here somewhere,” Terry thought aloud. He had rifled through the dresser, finding ammunition for…
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Heart's Desire

As the sound of hoofbeats grows fainter, I curl up into myself on the ground and start to cry.
My friends are still shocked …
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Aphrodite's Temple

Lascia turns and addresses Adone harshly, “Soft-brain! Did you forget whom she belongs to? And where she must return in six m…
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Oh No She Didn't!

Kisrty had officially pissed me off. I needed to go somewhere. So I called Tori and asked if I could come over for a while. T…
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Sioni Decides

Well, here I am again, Sioni thought, finishing tucking the braid around her waist. _Lost in the forest, fleeing an evil wi…
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Juliana
Would you rather say hello to something new, or not get the chance say goodbye to something old? Why?
Answer:
I would
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This Dress
This dress is what I was going to wear to get you back before I realized that was all wrong.
Before I discovered that I woul… -
A Reunion

Back At The Cafeteria…
“No, I’m from Sprayberry High”, he said looking slightly confused.
“I do! I do know you” _God, I … -
Won't Be Getting Any of This

I walked back to my desk and started on my paperwork again.
Damn…taxes are due soon!
I heard heels clacking on the wood f… -
Z.M. + R.G. 4ever!
“Yo, Zack, look what that Rose girl wrote on her notebook!” My friend, Alex called across the room. I ran, well jogged, to wh…
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A Month of Cindy

Over the next month, I couldn’t stop thinking about Cindy Lou. It would have been easy enough to dismiss the whole thing as a…
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She Apologizes

“Angela?” I asked when I heard someone enter the room.
“How’d you know?” She asked, slightly surprised.
“I could hear the w…
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Ch-Ch-Changes (XIX)

When I told the others we were going back ‘tonight’, I meant let’s get ourselves ready, figure out what we might need to brin…
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Characters And Characteristic (XX)

“Um, guys,” Jaime said, sounding a touch uncomfortable. “You can stop staring now.”
“Sorry, Jaime,” Robert said. “Just not u…
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Life is for the Birds: It's a Birds Life For Polly

They named me Polly. How clicheish. Every parrot I have ever met is named Polly. By the way.. “I Hate crackers.”
This cage … -
The Party Complete (XXI)

There was a knock at the door and Castus entered. “Oh, good, you’re all here,” he said, smiling. “If you would come this way,...
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Flirtation Station

Okay, so after being completely embarrassed in class, I walked silently to my locker. I grabbed my bag lunch and walked outsi…
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Unicoronation

For a moment, Nina felt only a faint curiosity at how all the horns could be poking through her without colliding with each o…
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Music Challenege: You can't Go Home

_It doesn’t matter where you are
It doesn’t matter where you go
If it’s a million miles away
Or just ten miles up the road
T… -
I Can Fix That
“Hey, Nat!” Ted called as he waltzed right into the apartment I share with four other girls. Of course, it’s not like he was …
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I Can Fix That
“Hey, Nat!” Ted called as he waltzed right into the apartment I share with four other girls. Of course, it’s not like he was …
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All She Could Say

“Ashley! I’m sorry!” Brett was yelling up to her.
“Brett?! What the hell are you doing?! Its almost 3AM!” Ashley was whisper…
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Fred

I gave him one of my many looks. He told me once that I have exactly 17 different exasperated looks and he can make me give e…
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It's Only Fair

“Friends. Sure?” Brett wasn’t sure what to say, he wanted to be friends, but he was going to miss her…
“I really do want t…
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Confession

“Haha, about that…” Ashley would tell him, she just had to find the right words.
“Did you hang out with Cameron today?” ...
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Theodore!

“Theodore…” I was staring at the stranger in my apartment. I needed to chew Ted out, but not in front of this innocent guy….
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Can You Love Your Friends?

“Crap. I have to go. Someone noticed I’m missing.” Ashley was panicing.
“Okay, I’ll talk to you tomorrow, if you’re still al…
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What Have You Done?

“Nat, relax!”
“Relax?!” I began to pace. “What have you done?”
“What have I done?” He laughed. “You say it like I’ve killed…
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The Beach

I have to make it to him before he gets on that bus!
I ran up the street.My mind racing with the happenings of the past day…
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Kiss and Ride

I stepped out of the train station to see the car waiting for me. I put my bag in the trunk, and was coming around to the pas…
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U-Turn

“Well, what about this?” he said and we suddenly slewed around in a sharp 180 degree turn.
“You can drive?!?” I cried out.
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I'll Bet the Epitaph Will Be Hilarious
The door slid open and the family of five stepped out, smiling and fresh-faced. Too fresh-faced, actually, more like fake.
”...
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Murder in the Tower of Esimed

The sick shing of a blade being withdrawn shivered through the stagnant air. Its owner took slow, measured footsteps toward…
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Backlit - 3 - Swaying Reflections

Sitting alone at a table in the softly swaying lounge car, nursing a Dalwhinnie, Anja watched passing panoramics through the …
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Lost Shoes

Accidents are strange occurrences. Like snowflakes, no two are ever alike. They are beauty and mystery wrapped up in a coinci…
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Eiffel Tower Assaination

My boyfriend and I had just stepped out of the restaurant named ‘Les Poincere’.We left the smell of pasta fresh bread and hot…
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She Sees

Bolivianna took the customer’s money, tucked the crumpled bills into her bosom, and breathed deeply, settling into the recept…
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6 Word Memoir

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I came, I saw, I wrote.
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my paradise

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Left Overs
“Hey Jonesey I see Chef brought you out for somthing?”
“I guess so, he is really preparing a special meal for the convention…
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Cindy Lou Comes Out All Right in the End

The last few days, I was nervous every time I went to the bathroom. I stared at everything that came out, and was disappointe…
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Movie Night!

Eve ran to her room and checked her make-up. Her mom had helped her do it because she didn’t wear it often. She had on her gr…
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Vampire Forest

I ran as fast as I had in 2 years.
That was during the last time I ran into the vampires.They’re brutal,merciless,terrible cr… -
Is anybody there?

There I was, poised in space, a disembodied eye, invisible,
incorporeal, seeing but not seen.‘So, is this how it ends?’ ...