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This dream was better than waking.

11 stories · started over 15 years ago
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This dream was better than waking. In it, his father took him fishing at Lake Oconee. They spent hours in their boat,...

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The Wedding Dream

This dream was better than waking. I was slim. Looked beautiful in the ivory vintage silk dress Mama had worn herself...

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the dream

The dream was better than waking. I floated, all the past troubles seeming to dissipate before my very eyes. Luke was...

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Letting Go

I always imagined that I'd feel nothing. Instead, I feel everything. Every paper cut, every broken heart, everything...

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Leap

Heather had never found her talent. The smallest amount of knitting made her arms feel like they'd fall from her sho...

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Jump.

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

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Spinning.

16 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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Spinning

Spinning. Spinning. Spinning. That is all she knows now. "You'll become dizzy soon," he whispers in her ear. She smi...

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The Telltale

Four minutes away from the burn point, one of the telltales switched from green to red. Tears streamed from my eyes, ...

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Chasing Freedom

The room kept spinning for the delicate human. You could tell by the way it swayed in its place on the floor beneath ...

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They were trapped for seven days.

12 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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They were trapped for seven days. Faced with a myriad of uncertainties, this much Antonius knew to be true. The pangs...

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Aleena's Choice

They were trapped for seven days. Aleena tried to hold back the tears as it had been seven days since she had seen th...

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Trapped

They were trapped for seven days. And all he could think about was how stupid and incompetent everyone was. Oh, he c...

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She cradled the faun's head.

7 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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A long long way to run

Feeling like a fool, alone but still wondering how she looked, how she looked to other people. She should just allow ...

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Bedtime Stories

She cradled the faun's head and he went to sleep. I had read the final line of the bedtime story about a thousand ti...

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13. She cradled the faun's head.

She cradled the faun's head. She listened to its soft breath, listened to its complaint, listened its petition. But...

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11 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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fascade

He stood outside the castle, looking in. That little fence was all that separated him from the world of imagination....

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Billy was steadfastly unimpressed. "Can we go home now?" he asked. "But, Billy, don't you want to see the top of th...

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True Story

My throat ached from a barrage of overpriced, fried abuse. My voice was hoarse, having spent most of the day screamin...

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6 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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Anti-Social Media

It was rather like being a ghost. Vicarious snooping. A social media haunting (stalking?). The only way to keep in to...

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Things we tell ourselves

It wasn't entirely fair. It wasn't. You knew it wasn't. See that one in the back? She's yours, right? The one ba...

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A Ghost of a Boy

In memory of Sanvee Ali, age 5. He will be remembered in our home and in our hearts.

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Hero · Villain · Goal

Lorenzo · Tremain · Overthrow the king

5 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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The Trojan Boxes

Lorenzo and his army waited outside the city gates, preparing to overthrow King Prime. "How are we going to get in?"...

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Overthrow the King

"Lorenzo, no!" King Tremain howled, his eyes blazing with the flames of anger and betrayal. Lorenzo, a traitor to his...

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The Emperor's Exhibit

Tremain's exhibit had been the talk of the New York press, but Lorenzo had resisted all invitations to attend until n...

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17 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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More than trouble.

I tapped the pencil on the desk, each tap with a rhythmic beat. I was creating a song in my head. A voice snapped out...

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I Hate Beauty

Mannequin legs hanging from the wall. Nailed by the heels, they create the effect of being suspended in space. I do...

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The Mystery of the Shoes

Whose shoes are these? I think I know The feet are disembodied, though I think that she will be displeased To see her...

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Once, in Beijing, a young girl in a red gown huddled in a doorway.

123 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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The girl in the red gown

Once, in Beijing, a young girl in a red gown huddled in a doorway. It was snowing, freezing her slowly. She continued...

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Red Gown

Rain poured down, next to her, the doorway shielding her. She clutched her red gown as she huddled down close to the ...

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Liun

Once, in Beijing, a young girl in a red gown huddled in a doorway. It was raining, her hair was plastered to her fac...

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