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Hey Lady Liberty

It had to be the bumblebee parachute. I wanted one with Hello Kitty on it but Al said no. Black and yellow clashed wi...

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Let's hear it for New York.

Wow. The Statue of Liberty. I've lived in New York my whole life, and have personally seen it one time, and it's on m...

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Lady Liberty

He could remember the first time he saw that statue. It was one of those things you simply never forgot, like a first...

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The Newcomers

The alien craft exploded invisible to the human eye. The inhabitants had exited over an hour ago, running amazingly f...

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Red Squall

He smoked pipes, ate limes, ate the gnats he swiped from the air. The lions lounged in the front yard. He chose lions...

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On the fourth day of the invasion, the defenders opened the gates of the zoo. Let those bastards contend with lions ...

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Freedom or Security

Half naked and desperate, the child climbed the thin bars of the door, her cage, staring at the world outside. Her ri...

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futureproof

It was difficult getting to people to understand that actually you wanted to be in the cage. That the cage was the sa...

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The Simple Things

The first few days she hadn't noticed the bars. She'd noticed very little about her surroundings other than that they...

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The Teleporter, Part 6

As the walked along a long fenced pathway, she told Martin, that she was bringing him to a refugee camp, and that she...

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Vantage Point

She pulled her head back from the binoculars, a scowl on her face. The were all over the streets, and it was only a m...

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The fat girl at Kentucky Fried Chicken touched my forehead with the palm of her hand. Her skin was oily and she had p...

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Hero · Villain · Goal

An intuitive, perceptive girl with an eye for detail · Someone who knows something about her that she doesn't · Find out what he knows, and make sense of it

9 stories · started over 15 years ago
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I Know

She turns around, but he has vanished again. She weighs the pros and cons of speaking before opening her mouth. "I ca...

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In A Car

"So you're saying you didn't see Willie Mason leaving the store Friday night?" PI Dot Post eyed the man sitting in he...

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It's all good.

I'm fine No really. Really really! I'm not being aggressive. NO, I'm NOT! I am NOT shouting. I'm perfectly Ok...

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Sal · Runaway Train · Propose

8 stories · started over 16 years ago
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Runaway

Sal knew his time was running out, a runaway train heading straight for him but he had nowhere else to go. "So... wi...

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The Many Fatal Loves of Sal

Sal was in love. A part of her felt that she'd always been in love, and almost each time with a different man. But t...

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If at First You Don't Succeed

Sal knew it was too late the minute the whistle blew. That train had been keeping time in Millersville for twenty yea...

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The Old Library

Prompt: Lola “Who’s for another?” it came out as one word. Jack knew it and hid the knowledge with busy bustle. He...

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Lola

The moment she walked into the room, I knew I was in for a wild time. Dressed to the nines, head to toe in the most w...

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Lola

Lola, she was a dancer... something about flowers in her hair or was it her underwear? He couldn't actually remember ...

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Writer · Americans · Hemingway

5 stories · started about 16 years ago
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Ink

Sitting at a desk with pen in hand. "It's us against the world." "Watch out, America." The circle of faces tight...

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Traitor

I was an optimist. I thought that I, like Hemingway, could weave my influence between countries, live in the welcomin...

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Dying in the rain

He couldn't see through the rain. The rain covered everything in sight, like a thick veil of mosquito netting had bee...

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Coat money

Didn't even stop to look the dude in the eyes before shoving him off the bridge. The coat was fancy, that's all that ...

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Choosing

There was a man who rode on a white horse. He wore a golden cloak. He was handsome and upright in posture. When he pa...

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17 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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Images

Thank God the image was blurred thought Johnston looking over his daughter's shoulder. She had accidentally found his...

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I stepped into the bathroom, which was green. There was a tape player and it was playing Chinese gongs. There was a s...

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Up

Harold finally decided to turn his life around while he was standing in front of the elevator. Even though his meet...

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