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Theo · Mother-in-Law · Hot Dog

6 stories · started over 16 years ago
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My mother in law kept a speedy pace behind me, screeching my name as I raced toward the hot dog stand. "THEO!" "THEO,...

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The Diet from the Black Lagoon

Theo had had ENOUGH. Ever since he had married Julia, it had been vegan this and free range that. If he had to choke ...

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There was a knock at the door. It was Theo, the kid from next door. He was only seven. Wearing nothing but blue jean ...

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Waves.

10 stories · started over 15 years ago
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The Helper

She laid there for an hour before moving. The waves had brought her here, and deigned not to take her away again. She...

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Uncanny Nostalgia

Waves. Thats all I saw. Waves, waves, waves. Just little curves in the ocean, that broke down and collapsed into them...

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Waves.

The water crashes onto our feet. His hand lets go of mine as he turns away from me. He tells me he can't let me do th...

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The results were in.

16 stories · started over 15 years ago
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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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4 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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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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9 stories · started almost 15 years ago
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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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16 stories · started over 15 years ago
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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 over 15 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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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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Until now, she'd never thought of herself as pretty.

25 stories · started about 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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5 stories · started about 14 years ago
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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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