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Flickr blues

He sighed as he read: "This image or video is currently unavailable." "Thank you, Flickr," the man said to himself. ...

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Unavailable - unfinished

All he needed was one picture. That was it. Just one. Too bad for him it was a specific picture. But the Internet alw...

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I was walking to grandma's when I spotted the yellow box with a question mark on it. I liked it so much that I leaned...

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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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The lamp wouldn't turn on.

34 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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Stalker

It was dark inside. I toggled the switch, and nothing happened. Shit. Thunder rolled and I sighed. Power outage. ...

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Wishful Thinking

The lamp wouldn't turn on. I was going to have to help deliver a baby in pitch darkness. With the elevator stuck betw...

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Her Work

The lamp wouldn't turn on. "Shit," Mel muttered. "Jerry!" Of course, he wouldn't come. He was in the tiny bathr...

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Hero · Villain · Goal

Wrongfully Accused Congressman · Prison Guard · Escape

3 stories · started over 16 years ago
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The Example

"You been seeing the television?" the Guard said. Huxton squinted, through the bleariness of sleep into the bleach o...

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Squirelly Bill Hines

With fifteen minutes until the start of the hearing, a bagel stop was inadvisable. The queue for the espresso machin...

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Escape From Alcatraz

I wanted to give him everything I had. He was my love, and I knew, at long last, what I wanted out of life. I wanted...

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Alone

Sometimes, the best cure for loneliness is to actually be alone. Which is actually kind of hard to do, considering t...

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There was originally only one photograph. Now there were two. Well, two halves. Incomplete. Roughly cut down the midd...

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Potential

The ghosts of her past continued to haunt her. The parents she'd disappointed, the boy she'd left behind, even the t...

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11 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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Change of Heart

I knew that my outfit was risky, the plunging black bra exposing large breasts and cleavage. White sheer dress with b...

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and what i mean to say is

"You don't like her, do you?" "I don't have to." He glanced at her, although kept his eyes on the road. "You ha...

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Criollos

We almost died on the way to Guayaquil. I think we would have been more worried if there hadn't been a near-accident....

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I lost my grip on the wheel.

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Ice

It was late, one winter night. I was not accustomed to being awake at this hour. My car didn't handle the cold well, ...

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Losing my grip

I lost my grip on the wheel. It had happened before, but it wasn't nearly as embarrassing as now. I had just left P.E...

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Driving along a road at night, rain pelting down, tall trees waving low branches across the sky, no moon, no road lig...

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She opened the envelope and screamed.

15 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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Acceptance

She opened the envelope and screamed. "I got in!" she told her parents, hopping excitedly as she held out the accepta...

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Poetic Justice

She opened the envelope and screamed. This was not the day to be squeamish. This was the day her daughter would be ...

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Letters to Paris

She opened the envelope and screamed. She could not believe him, she simply could not believe that he was still persu...

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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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He ran into the room, his heart pounding, and his clothes soaking wet.

31 stories · started about 15 years ago
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A very rainy day

He ran into the room, his heart pounding and his clothes soaking wet. Just earlier that day, he headed out for the d...

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Dust

Immediately he ripped his dresser draw open. Rummaging through the clothes all neatly packed. Foot steps are heard fr...

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So much for God.

"Damnit Christine, god damnit, call 911!" I shouted, dropping my sisters limp body on the bed. There was froth aroun...

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