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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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One scoop chocolate, one scoop...

13 stories · started about 15 years ago
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Crisis Averted

One scoop chocolate, one scoop... The ice cream scoop clatters on the counter top, empty. I stare at the perfectly ro...

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Daddy's Girl

"One scoop chocolate, one scoop..." the girl giggled as she plopped the ice cream into the bowl. "Two scoops chocolat...

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More Than One Scoop

One scoop chocolate, one scoop strawberry. One scoop soil, one scoop blood. One scoop of fear, one scoop of daring. O...

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17 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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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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WE ARE FLOATING

Da dum de dum, normal day- HOLY SH*T I'M FLOATING. WHAT THE HECK. I'M FLOATING. WAIT A MINUTE HOLD IT IS THAT A PINEA...

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Wonderful

She was lost in a land, not exactly a physical one. She was surrounded by things that made her happy. She was floatin...

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Alarm clocks, women, toys and books; Bananas, high-heels, dirty looks. The clocks get bigger as they grow, For Cleopa...

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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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4 stories · started about 15 years ago
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Liquid Dreams

Cindy yawned and stretched as she started her day. It was time to walk her pet octopus. She pulled Ollie out of his...

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3 friends

This is the short story about the journey of three friends from plumstead to central london at 23/02/2015. Friend ...

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Spray

Penelope loved the fountain, loved the way the water sprayed, cooling her in the hot sun, making her clothes cling as...

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A trip to the Zoo II

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

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A trip to the Zoo.

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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"Of course, no one can make a unicorn," Pareth said, in that tone of voice he used when lecturing his students, "but ...

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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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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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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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