Tag: short stories
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April 17, 2008 08:59 AM EDT --
Lou buried his head in the pillow. The mosquito wasn't so easily fooled. The buzz sliced back and accelerated into his right ear this time. He slapped at it, hammering his ear. He tried to shake out . . .
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January 07, 2007 06:50 PM EST --
After dabbling around the outskirts of Gather for almost a year, I had enough points to cash in for quite a few gift cards which made excellent stocking stuffers.
But then I began to wonder, how . . .
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March 20, 2008 12:23 PM EDT --
When Bev heard the front door open and shut, she called down the stairs, "Did you bring the mail?"
A gust of cold air raced past her and she shivered. Winter had lasted too long this year. . . .
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August 13, 2008 08:32 AM EDT --
UPDATE AUGUST 14: Here's the link, it's online now.
http://www.readthehook.com/stories/2008/08/14/SHORTSTORY-Honenberger-DancingontheLedge-A.aspx
A quickie, guys, on Wednesday morning . . .
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September 30, 2007 12:04 PM EDT --
Here's a tiny write up about it: http://the-red-stone.blogspot.com/2007/09/ive-started-to-submit-my-short-stories.html
Do any of you guys write short stories? And have you had any of them . . .
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April 30, 2009 05:26 AM EDT --
The woman opened the door to her studio, stepped inside, took off her wet coat, sat down at her desk and breathed a sigh of . . .
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April 11, 2007 05:36 AM EDT --
Comments and critiques to this story are eagerly sought and warmly welcomed.
Good afternoon gentlemen. How can I help you?
We would like to purchase two ice cream cones please. . . .
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July 05, 2008 04:38 PM EDT --
It's always warm here, in this meadow. Peaceful, with the flowers dancing in the breeze. I could play here forever. I have so many other children to play with, and Grandma is here. She doesn't . . .
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November 14, 2008 11:56 AM EST --
She paused, spectral hand on the gate, but she did not look back. They had loved her well, and she them. She understood it all, now. Free . . .
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January 09, 2009 09:15 AM EST --
Name any fictional place.
It could be the home of a character like Little Red Riding Hood's pad or the Big bad Wolf's den.
Some characters live in fictional houses in real cities and . . .
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November 20, 2009 06:53 PM EST --
Setting Suns by Elizabeth Donald
This collection of horror and SF short stories opens with a bang: "Sisyphus" is a time travel story that manages to be horrifying and brilliantly clever at the . . .
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June 13, 2006 05:33 AM EDT --
Fireside 8: Hot Chocolate
What a wild evening it is! Thunder and sheet lightning all over the place. Damn, I'll have to oil these squeaking front door hinges. Oh, . . .
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June 16, 2006 05:33 AM EDT --
Fireside 9: Friday, 13th
Oh, I thought I'd never see you again. You're brave to be out tonight, it being Friday the thirteenth, and all. Oh, you're not superstitious? . . .
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September 07, 2006 06:43 AM EDT --
Thomas's eyes were bright and clear as he sat near the pond and a gentle breeze tussled his blond hair. He played in the garden everyday and the pond was his favourite place. He would sit and watch . . .
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March 19, 2007 12:15 AM EDT --
Here is my first attempt of putting my stuff out there for the world wide web to do with what they will. I used to have a really good writing community--flesh and blood and all that--but life has gotten . . .
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April 24, 2007 12:12 AM EDT --
As mentioned in this article I entered both of our writing contests at school .... I won the Poetry prize, which shocked the heck out of me... honestly thought my short story was the one that would/should . . .
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July 02, 2007 10:43 PM EDT --
A few years ago, I wrote an article that was syndicated over a lot of writer sites regarding the importance of following publisher guidelines. I think the actual method of submitting a work to a . . .
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August 24, 2007 08:03 PM EDT --
My mom was a very fastidious person when it came to logging the first few years of her children’s lives. I have a very comprehensive . . .
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August 25, 2007 05:02 PM EDT --
yellow birches, red maples, and old old oaks offer their leaves to the rain-soaked road, mourning this august twilight, in camouflage for the palm-sized discs of flattened baby snappers. i continue to . . .
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November 01, 2007 10:03 AM EDT --
Two summers had passed, and Adele had chosen to spend both of them in their special place. She had met Tom nineteen years ago while she was vacationing on the Outer banks of North Carolina. He was attending . . .
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