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Looking out my thirteenth floor office window, I marveled at how dark, gritty and simply dirty the air looked. It wa...

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I held it at arm's length. Three feet long from blade to hilt it, the replica Confederate cavalry sword is beautiful....

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Standing on the edge, my mind was white. No; it was clear. Nothing I had experienced in my 18 years was going through...

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

"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...

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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"hello Maggie." Said mother I couldn't believe that she was trying to talk to me now. After all the things she put me...

"Just drink the tea, Maggie." Custom said. He had set up a beautiful table with scones and tea and all the fripperi...

There's no way that's possible! But this horse-like creature, it clearly looks like what could be described as a uni...

One summer, I went to the Zoo with my family. Me, my husband and daughter all decided to go out of town for a week fo...

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He heaved a sigh as he walked down the hallway. The revolver hung heavy in his hand. He had no idea what model or bra...

He was coming. Footsteps down the hall. And, of course, he was alone. Nobody else inhabitated this old house - his...

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

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

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

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

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

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

"hey madeline sorry im late" amanda says apologetically. I look into her caramel coloured eyes, shes always been bett...

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