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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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I jumped.

21 stories · started over 15 years ago
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Jump

The wind whistled around me, caressing me like i was its lover. Its icy touch leaving trails of fire all over my skin...

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The Fake Suicide

i jumped off the bridge and hit the water. OK, so i didn't judge the height of the bridge or he depth of the water, b...

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Open

You could use a little direction, said Junie to Sam. They were sitting cross-legged in the wood chips on the playgr...

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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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Heartbeat

Beatirix shuddered as a cold wind whipped across the stage, and she clasped her hat tightly to her head. Stage fright...

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The Teleporter, Part 2

"Hello?" There was nothing on the other end of the line but silence. "Hey, can you here me? Is anyone there?" Martin ...

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the dress

me and my sister have always been fighting. scince the day we could walk we always fought untill now. we were walking...

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6 Minute Story

Signs were put up on the wall, all help is lost . The war took the lives of many great, respectable people but this w...

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Doodle

Becky hoped Tom saw what she had written before her teacher did. Mr. Smith was notoriously tidy about the things in ...

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Tree Hugger

I never liked autumn leaves as you do. I watched you look at trees, the delight on your face intensified when you clo...

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10 stories · started about 16 years ago
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The Little Leader

"Why did I have to dress up as Napoleon?" Billy thought as he entered the Halloween party. His friends were dressed ...

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Henry was here

Once upon a time there was little man whom no-one believed. His name was Henry, and he loved to go to parties. But wh...

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I waited for her, all night long I stood there waiting. As the crowd dissipated, I was left erect and waiting. I make...

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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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Travel light, but take everything with you.

19 stories · started over 15 years ago
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Light travel

I look at the glistening gold clock hung onto the station wall. Time is ticking. So slowly I feel that time has froze...

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The Opportunity

This note. This one note. This small little ticket of joy, was my way out of here. Out of this dump. Where flies cons...

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Perhaps

"Travel light, but take everything with you," he said, his sky eyes looking off into the distance, "you never know wh...

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Remembering November.

The building I lived in was old, rusty around the doorknobs, the 14th floor was still half under construction. The we...

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This Building in Reverse

My word muscles are stiff. My writing bones ache. The prose reads like a bruise. I burst bored air through my lips, ...

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Laying Siege

I lay siege to it. This was war and a fast and furious assault seemed the surest course. There was a front to push fo...

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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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