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You had me at 'ox bow lake'.

11 stories · started about 15 years ago
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On Second Thoughts

I wonder. I really wonder. He always enjoyed pulling a fast one over me, he did. So I suppose this wasn't a surprise,...

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"Adventures" with Jerry

Ox bow lake? I said looking at Jerry. He sat there with that evil kniving look on his face. I knew i should have stay...

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You had me at ox bow lake, knee deep in dark water. "It's not so bad, right?" you said. "It's no Jersey Shore," I s...

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Trivia.

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Tie-breaker

"the tie-breaker question for 100 points ..." Katy worried at her cuticles. There was a lot riding on this. Too much...

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trivia just trivia, repeated over and over: those same words same facts, same figures traced by countless lips, count...

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Like Deja Vu all over again

Trivia. I only found out when one of my (many) credit cards was refused. Then a debt collection agency letter arrived...

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The gate closed behind them.

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Orphange

I stood on the old wooden bed I always slept in. There was always a window up high and I would always look up to it a...

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Three Chance, Two Donors, One Hope

Three Chances. Two Donors. One Hope. December 4th. Today is the third anniversary of your first bone marrow transp...

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Fame

Rudolph ran as fast as his four legs would carry him. He had run out of fairy dust over a remote forest, and unfortun...

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He exited the train at Buenos Aires.

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Alone

He walked into a blizzard. The wind had a life of its own, throwing the shards of snow like throwing knifes into his ...

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Bloood

He exited the train at buenos aires the sunlight hit his pale skin. The woman were all together in a group conversati...

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Travel

He exited the train at Buenos Aires. That was as far as his ticket would take him. He wandered around the city for a ...

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Runner

It was night time, in a fancy restaurant. We just sat down. Liana runs off and I follow. There was nothing else to do...

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Where am I going? thought Harold Sunday as he sped through yet another red light. The intersection blurred behind hi...

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Welcome Home

The white sedan zipped down the city streets, passing cars frantically, horn honking. Inside, Mark Strickland sat beh...

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The day after tomorrow, this will all be over.

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Impatience

The day after tomorrow, this will be all over. The waiting, the anxiety, the impatience will end. I have paced my roo...

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Dead lines

Martin Adams began to type. He wasn't sure what to say; a fact that the repeated DELETES and EDITS made clear. Love l...

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The Day after Tomorrow

The day after tomorrow, this will all be over. End of the world according to the Mayan predictions. It didn't seem wo...

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mexico

are in me

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The Teleporter, Part 3

Two men entered, wearing respiratory masks. They came over to the register and looked at Martin, who just looked back...

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Forensics

Officer Malone stopped at the doorway of the house. "Do you smell that?" she asked. The rest of the team paused as ...

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"Wait, so he hit you?"

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The Truth Hurts

"No. He didn't." I hid the bruise on my face with veiled hair. I didn't want to admit the truth. It was harsh. "Then ...

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It's different for Men

"Wait, so he hit you?" "Yes, but it's not what it seems. He's been really stressed at work. He swore it would never h...

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Bad Decision

"Wait, so he hit you?" “No, I told you. He whispered just before I woke up.” I had already told the story a couple ...

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the opening

the grand opening was boring yet it was also very romantic me and my husband had went to the opening because he knew ...

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The Cheater

He looked upwards. My goodness - it was high! What would he feel like under these arched ceilings, dwarfed by the mas...

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No "the"

Arches atop tall pedestals opened into an ample space, magnified by groin vault ceilings. Red brick, scrubbed clean, ...

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Millions.

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One in a million.

Millions. Millions of stars in the sky, millions of dollars in some People's bank accounts. Millions of souls walk...

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The Question of Survival

Millions died during the War of the Worlds in 2080. Not just on Earth but on our sister planet, Gaia. The worst probl...

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Prince Charming

Millions. Well, it seemed like millions anyway. Millions of girls in colorful ball gowns crowded into the auditorium....

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