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The results were in.

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The results were in...

Marie wiped her sweaty palms on her jeans. Breathing heavily, she glanced impatiently at the bland, hospital door; it...

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The Results

The results were in, she said. And he ran and ran and ran and ran, disregarding the shouts of teachers behind him, ju...

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Winning is Everything

The results were in. The young men standing before the judges fidgeted anxiously in their military-style uniforms. Ja...

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Present

" Hey Lukas, we need to go somewhere before you can open anymore gifts" said Bob (Lukas' father), Lukas walks out the...

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Let them eat Pancakes

What can you do in ten seconds? Where is the world going to? How quickly can you build a wall to Mexico and who will ...

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Air surfing

The dangers of air surfing had yet to be explored. Jenna had never been shy when it came to taking risks, yet now sh...

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Lost at night

"HELP" "There's no hope," the monotone sound of Sarah's voice echoing throughout the silent forest. I could not see ...

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Hear Me Crow

the birds on the telephone line have heard me talking the birds on the power line have felt me typing one bird two bi...

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Silver Lining

The raven sat and contemplated the traveler beneath the moon's harsh gaze. She struggled onwards, leaning heavily on ...

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beyaz ev battaniye

Sen evindeyken bazı şeyler oldu, bilmezsin. nerden bileceksin. Evindeydin. sıcacık yuvan. sana ait her şeyiyle. belki...

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Posthumous Child

He hung his shirt up on the clothesline before he left. He told me he was going fishing, and I said okay, and gave a...

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Plaid

I still washed his shirt. There was only his plaid shirt, because it was what he'd worn. But I still washed it. My so...

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7 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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Fish Food

all alone. all alone forever. all by myself. I am the last left of my family. the last splotch of colour in the green...

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Flourescent

Everyone's a joker, until the joke's on them, thought the fish. Swimming in the fluorescent green waters was hell on ...

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Three Seconds Later

"It's called a goldfish." "Goldfish? Not much of a name." "That's right. Wasn't much of a fish, either. They used t...

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Until now, she'd never thought of herself as pretty.

25 stories · started over 15 years ago
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Until now, she'd never thought of herself as pretty. The purple satin fabric reaching her feet. Hair tied up beautifu...

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Her Love

She looked in the mirror and thought about that one guy. The guy who always smiled her way. The only person every to ...

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New Years Eve

Not really that pretty But lovely Strong flowing She sat on the beach watching the last sunset We were tense and sa...

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They crouched to peer beneath the stairs.

14 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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They crouched to peer beneath the stairs, the grime and dirt on the old hardwood floor unsettling beneath their feet....

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Stairs

They crouched to peer beneath the stairs, their eyes reflecting the light like stars in the darkness. Not that anyone...

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Winchester

There was only a sliver of space between the floorboards and the door under the stairs. It wasn't even really a door....

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predator

The earthy smell of autumn leaves surrounded me and stimulated my senses. The crisp crunch of leaves was projected th...

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Some mornings, when the sun rose just right, it was almost like nothing had happened. This was one of those mornings...

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Wind Wind Wind

She ran off into the plants and tall grasses and let her body sway with the wind. She called it her meditation, the o...

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The dangers within

SNAP! it was now that Klein realised he was done. 15 minutes earlier there was a group of young boys running around...

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Perception

How endlessly the ocean seems to stretch out over the horizon. It never ends as it drifts beyond view, but you and I ...

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Enchanted

The boy continued staring at the empty space that wasn't empty. Air surrounded him, invisible oxygen that he couldn't...

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The children were not at school.

10 stories · started over 15 years ago
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Groen

Aangekomen op het kruispunt keek ik naar rechts. En naar links. Links lag mijn bestemming. Een dag vol kennis en te...

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Children Will Be Children

The children were not at school. They had better, bolder, brighter things to be doing. The teachers didn't notice. Th...

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A phone call to P Refkin

The children were not at school. They were in the phone booth. Both of them - Kit and Lemuel. They just couldn't keep...

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