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4 stories · started over 14 years ago
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No Little Girl

It was supposed to be a nice relaxing drive. We were going to my mother's house for Christmas, the presents all stack...

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The Something

The curtains were the safety. I could never sleep unless the curtains were draped and folded over each other, obscur...

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Rain Rain Go Away

The car stalled. The roads were half washed out and the rain pounded like a blacksmith's hammer on the hood. The stor...

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She didn't look at him.

25 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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In her arms

She didn't look at him she couldn't tell him. She couldn't even tell her family. What would they say? What would they...

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Towards and Away

She didn't look at him; she looked past him, half closing her eyes as if basking in the sunlight. She was really tryi...

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I love you

She didn't look at him. She couldn't look at him. What would he think? she wondered as she sipped her wine and kept h...

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6 stories · started over 14 years ago
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Books

Her mind was wrapped around the character sitting next to her. He reeked of sex and alcohol she was told at a young a...

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The Dark Hand

The old lady was in real trouble now. She did not feel the grey touch of the dark hand as it stroked her wrinkled fac...

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Tattoo Me

A tattoo of a shadow remains when the light recedes. Mock the sun, then, and ridicule the clouds. They've always see...

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You can count me out.

20 stories · started about 15 years ago
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The Man Who Wouldn't Come To Tea

"Oh, do come for dinner!" she purred. "Is there anything you don't eat?" "Well ... quite a few things," he said. "I h...

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Count Me Out

You can count me out. You can count me out. How many times do I have to say it? Count me out of your scheme. I have...

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Equality

You can count me out, I said. I am not doing it. No. I left this years ago. I have a life now, I told them. No more o...

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17 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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The Book

On the journey back from the Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes began writing his memoirs. The book was sent to a tru...

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Beyond Edges

The library was dark, lights shutting off behind me but I continued to thumb through the book. They had lamps on the ...

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Nessie Love

The Loch Ness Monster was on vacation. As was the case with most celebrities, Nessie wanted her privacy. This wasn't ...

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11 stories · started about 15 years ago
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The New Job

My singing was awful. Didn't matter as the audience were drunk, I could see Lorna sticking her tongue down John's thr...

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In the dark.

The lights dimmed. Mary-Rose, in her black-and-white jail-striped dress entered the stage from the left. My left, not...

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The Circle of Life

She sang. Her beautiful voice rang out through the dense smoke in the room, pushing out into the ears, minds and hear...

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She'd have preferred the electric chair.

16 stories · started over 15 years ago
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Why?

I couldn't move. My legs felt like jelly and I had to sit. Everything in the hospital seemed to go blurry. "Are you o...

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The Electric Chair

She'd have preferred the electric chair, but he wouldn't have it. "Think about how much easier it would be on everyon...

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One For the Gator

"She'd have preferred the electric chair," Melanie said. A half grin sat on her lips as she stirred the crinkle fry ...

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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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Hero · Villain · Goal

Turtle · Zeno · Go the distance

3 stories · started over 16 years ago
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Go the distance

What does it mean to go the distance? Does it mean to beat everyone else or to beat yourself? When you grow up, paren...

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The Tortoise's Lament

Now, supposedly, if I start out a hundred meters ahead of Achilles, and Achilles is travelling five times faster than...

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Accident at the Zoo

"His thoughts are too scattered, just give him a moment to collect." This advice within the high pitched laugh of a w...

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4 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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The bully

The bully grabbed me and Billy by the collar. He started dragging us in the direction of what looked like a soccer go...

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The Mystery

It seemed a good idea to tell the kids to hide behind the bars when the boy went berserk. Glue sniffing was the first...

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Three Goalies

Josh ground his teeth in frustration. The other kids on the playground were really getting to be a nuisance. He'd he...

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