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Malcolm's coo became a cry.

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Where is the Wheel? Where

Malcolm's coo became a cry. The big hands came, to sweep him up, into the dark, cradled, into the big arms. And his c...

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Something in Common

Malcolm's coo became a cry. The child peeked into the cardboard box, vexation clearly etched etched upon his face. "...

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Traffic Light

Malcolm's coo became a cry. It had been hours since we had locked ourselves out of the house but it made no differen...

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The Ceremony

I slowly made my way through the rows of seated people desperate to get out of this ceremony. The elder slowly pushe...

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48 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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Longing

butterfly is my name, butterfly is my code name is what I mean. Small 'b'. Serial number 123456123456. One day I will...

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Vaguely Freudian

A crappy painting of a girl in headphones standing on the crest of a mountain, surrounded by butterflies. This is wh...

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What her eyes could see

She heard it calling out to her. Her clearing in Yellowstone -- it was whispering that it longed for her presence. An...

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Burn

His apology was not the thing she'd expected when she checked her phone in the morning. With one eye she stared at th...

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A Future in a Story

"What is this?" I ask, my voice becoming more and more hysterical with every word I say. "It's your life." Jordan say...

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text

The words hovered beneath my glowing finger, power incarnate. I lifted the text, spinning it lazily in the air, befor...

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You Two

"And when I get older, I'm going to be a fairy!" little Leslie exclaimed. On their second playdate, she and her new p...

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Fairy

I danced in the circle. Just me, my friend Jeanine, and a fairy. That's right, a fairy. People who study this would c...

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Dancing at the Water's Edge

They danced in a circle by the shores off the lake, laughing as they held each other. Their shifts, made of white sam...

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Nostalgia

Nostalgia. Oh, how I love the feeling. Staring across the dim room at my parent's house is where it began. Noticing...

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Missing Without A Trace

0900 hrs. Scott was seen leaving his fiance's home by a neighbour who looked up as he slammed the door hard and swore...

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The following is excerpted from IrishAbroad circa 2000: Flashback .Sunday morning 11am...Woke up to the sound of me o...

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Hero · Villain · Goal

Just a regular person. · The one who always had it in for me, ever since school. · Let it go

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"... must come back."

Justin was just a regular guy before I discovered him. Sure, he'd played Chronoball before. I'd even seen him do quit...

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Hit and Missed

Have I ever told you the story of how I got expelled from high school? It all started with this asshole kid, Greg Hel...

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The Party

Fancy dress at Tom's party was optional, but all the children wore something wacky. First prize was for the circus ri...

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Mothers and Daughters

Dear Mom, Do you remember this picture? I do. I remember a lot about those days, when we were a family. Yesterday, I ...

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Mess With The Bull...

"What the hell kind of superhero costume is that?!" My dad was yelling so loud I could hear him from my room. When th...

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Underground

Deep beneath our feet lies a maze of tunnels, crypts, secret passages, large and small pipes, cables, each layer adde...

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Bricks

In the Kiliswa village, status depended upon how many bricks you could carry at once. If you put down any of your bri...

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My Father

I remember when I was a kid. I sat on the edge of my father's car, waiting for him come home from his walks. I would ...

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Soft Mountain

I remember the smell of wet snow on a blinding morning. Squinting through glare and steam. Battleship twigs wobble in...

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America the Bountiful

The winter of 1970 in the Bay Area was not something I ever expected to experience- especially since I was born in 19...

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