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I held it at arm's length.

15 stories · started over 15 years ago
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It’s all relative

I held it at arms length. A scruffy business card in battered Russian. Something like “путешествие во времени” (“pute...

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Birthday Present

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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Mission Possible

I held it at arm's length, pressing the butt of the gun into my shoulder. It was heavy and my muscles screamed and bu...

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First line

The water was clear.

16 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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Water

The water was clear but her conscience was not. Carla gazed into the crystal goblet's depths, the sparkling liquid r...

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Narcissus

The water was clear, so I stared at it, looking at my reflection. I was ugly, there were no two ways about. She had b...

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Do We Really?

The water was clear and not a cloud was in the sky. Melody lay in the tall weeds near the lake under a weeping willow...

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First line

It approached.

14 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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It Approached

She could feel the terror drenching and cloaking itself around her. Don't be afraid, it whispered. You've known for y...

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The Gang

It came at me. At a speed of lightning. I couldn't think. Speak, or even hear correctly. The crowbar was flung direct...

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The fires

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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Hero · Villain · Goal

Sister · Boyfriend · Orchestrate the split

6 stories · started almost 17 years ago
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The Stench of Hair

"You know why girls suddenly change their hairstyles don't you?" He leered over my sister with that gap-toothed smug-...

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Too Young for Love

There was a little girl who loved a boy. It was her first time with a crush on a boy. It was her first time with love...

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Mistaken Intentions

The first time I saw Tommy, I knew he was a total douche. I don't allow my sister to date douches; shit — no brother ...

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