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The maple leaves will change and fall with a certain grace – November will begin.

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#hashtag condolivin'

#hashtag condo livin. Last year i bought a tiny orange tree to spruce up my tiny patio. #condolife. Over the many m...

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Tree Nymph

The colors bleed into brown, red to rust, green to yellow. The maple leaves will change and fall with a certain grac...

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Winter worship

then the cold A wet cold that moves through you that clings to your insides A cold that whispers soft and true _You ...

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Absent.

11 stories · started over 15 years ago
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Absent

Absent. The perfect word to describe the situation. Paul and Maria Strickland sat at their kitchen table eating brea...

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Absent

The episodes were getting more frequent. I'd forget where I was. Friends looking at me strangely as I carried on conv...

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Absent Professor

He was absent. Again. The kid would only show up on test days - on which he performed well enough. But that wasn't th...

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Freeform prompt

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Say 'Aaah'

Friday is supposed to be a day to look forward to - TGIF, right? Sammy had been dreading Friday all week because he ...

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Closer

“The entire shell is Chronium. That shields the op…” “You mean chrome. Chromium?” “Ahem. Crow NEE Uhm. Chronium. As...

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Where Do You Get Your Ideas?

The visitor asked, "Can you write a story without a prompt?" "I don't know," said the writer. "I've never tried." "...

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This dream was better than waking.

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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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I couldn't sleep with her next to me.

23 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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NIghtmare

I woke up in the middle of the night to be covered in sweat. I sat up and looked around my room to find nothing. I sl...

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Hey, Old Friend

I couldn't sleep with her next to me. And the funniest thing is, I'd been waiting for this moment for three years. ...

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Unreality

I couldn't sleep with her next to me. So cold. Her skin. I had to pretend she was still alive. There was no way that ...

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