Stories tagged with "mother"
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My Mother's New House - Part 1
The house smells a little like cat piss. I don’t mention this though because first of all, it would be rude and second of all…
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My Mother's New House - Part 3

We get lost along the way and have to stop for directions. The middle-aged couple we ask are kind enough to point it out to u…
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Sailor

“OOOOOOOH! A yo-ho-ho an’ a bottle o’ rum!“
The last notes of the shanty crashed through the bar, and uproarious laughter …
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Life as Stepmothers Make It

“CHAR-LOTTE!”
As the screech rebounded throughout all the rooms in the large house, Charlotte wiped her brow, and threw th…
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Life, As Charlotte Knows It
Charlotte hated life.
More specifically, she hated her life.
If one wished to delve even deeper into the mystery that surro…
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Tally [Jailbird Challenge]

How long has it been?
I looked to my wall, long mutilated with marks of others and mine, something steady in this world of…
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Tipping the Scales

Funny thing it is to be set finely between Heaven and Earth. The whispered prayers of generations and the quiet answers born …
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My Mother's Homework

I took the page to my room, along with one of the books. The rest of the things kept their place on the floor in the hall.
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Stumbling over Equations
My mom came home around six that evening. She dropped her books on the kitchen table and immediately went to get dressed for …
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Possession (a six-word short story)

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“Is it mine?”
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“Yes, she is.”
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