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The daring were punished.

13 stories · started about 15 years ago
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The daring were punished. Oh, how they were punished. For their transgression of assumption: public mockery. For thei...

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The daring were punished. It seemed almost contradictory, but that was how They wanted it. Ever since the capital-t-...

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Elusive Dream

"What are you laughing about Jes?", inquired Sally. "I just had the most wonderful dream", replied Jes. "Can you ...

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The pistol was cocked, ready to go.

12 stories · started over 15 years ago
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Highwayman

The pistol was cocked, ready to go. Aiming at the highway man was easy, pulling the trigger was the problem. I couldn...

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Pull the Trigger

The pistol was cocked, ready to go. “Your turn” she said, as my hands trembled in fear. Why was I here? Who was she? ...

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Denny's

The pistol was cocked, ready to go. I was going to show him. I was angry, no, furious. He cut me off! In this city, t...

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He was always a weird kid.

1 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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Words were labels that he had never paticularly enjoyed. Words were lazy, letting you lapse into not thinking about t...

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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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8 stories · started over 15 years ago
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A Leap of Faith

They walked hand-in-hand over the foot bridge, surrounded by tourists. "This reminds me of the Great Wall of China,...

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The Wall

The wall is the place most people choose on their own. You come for a day or a week and it's never to see the sights....

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The Wall

The wall is the place most people choose on their own. You come for a day or a week and it's never to see the sights....

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Giving in wasn't an option.

12 stories · started over 15 years ago
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My Fantasy

I am looking out the window of my tiny house in Michigan and watching the snow pile up on the road. I won't be going ...

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Reinforcement

Giving in wasn't an option. The first time Ted died he didn't really notice, being in a full on berserk. One of his i...

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Appearances

Giving in wasn't an option, but there was little else she could do. "Ok, ok," she told the young galant with the sh...

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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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5 stories · started about 16 years ago
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On the dotted line

Idyllic farmhouse? Well, appearances can be deceiving, I suppose. If the For Sale sign in front had said, "Abandon a...

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Burning Love

The day it burned down my mother locked herself in her room and wouldn't take any visitors. "Mom, come out of there...

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Sanctuary

The zombies beat upon the door to the church. The flowering vines clung to the brink walls like dead man's fingers, w...

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Potatoes.

20 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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911

"Following up from the fight we had last night Darren" "I don't wanna talk about it Judy" I can see the fear in Darre...

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Potatoes Were My Last Resort

I spent days in the field, hoping to see something bloom. The desert surrounded me like the ocean that surrounds an i...

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potatoes

I got beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes, lamb, ham, hogs, dogs, beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes, chicken, turkey, r...

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The Moon would never be the same again.

19 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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The Moon trouble

As I look into the sky, the moon rises from its slumber showing its beauty in the night sky. The stars sit close to t...

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Metamorphosis

"Looking at things changes us so it is impossible to look at anything the same way twice," said Foley. I did a double...

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The Settlers

The Moon would never be the same again. Not after the Settlers came. See, we had claimed the Moon. Put our USA flag o...

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