Tag: short story
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November 20, 2009 01:33 PM EST --
The following is a short story (734 words) penned toward the Wednesday Writing Essential's exercise for the week of 18 November 2009.
Tobin's Wisdom --
Alicia’s name . . .
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November 18, 2009 04:20 PM EST --
I guess you’ve heard The Sexiest Man Alive was crowned. The whole ceremony was a bit much and of course some men were crying crocodile tears when they realized they had lost. However, there’s . . .
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November 20, 2009 12:07 AM EST --
These stats are a couple of years old.
68% of Republicans polled said they didn't believe in evolution.
Whereas 5% of monkeys believe in Republicans.
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November 17, 2009 03:59 PM EST --
Very few have the courage to face a wild elephant and even fewer paint their toenails. The danger signs were plastered photographs on the walk of fame that should have explained, but they were tightly . . .
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August 12, 2007 11:30 AM EDT --
To those of you who have already voted for my story, thank you so much! I really appreciate the vote - and the feedback I've received also.
If you haven't yet voted for it, please, . . .
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June 09, 2008 08:59 PM EDT --
This week's prompt is the photo of the old shoe stuck in the mud and we are to tell the shoe's story from the shoe's perspective.
My partner and I lived happily . . .
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April 21, 2009 01:42 AM EDT --
Her morning voice was like the whispers heard on a summer’s night, clear as rinsed crystal. Champagne bubbled to the rim of her laughter and honey dripped its scent from the waking hive. Her . . .
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September 21, 2009 08:03 PM EDT --
I'm jumping up and down in excitement again (though my son says what's the point if I don't get paid)! I've got another short story published on NightsandWeekends.com . In fact, if you go to their front . . .
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November 13, 2009 12:55 AM EST --
Sister Linda had finished her rounds. The bell tower had just chimed out Midnight and a pale chiffon moon ducked behind a cloud. The frost laden darkness seemed to be snugly tucked in, in a light breeze . . .
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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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November 12, 2006 12:45 AM EST --
The high pitched breath of chimes tinkled, the porch swing creaked, and the lone hummingbird hovered about the ancient feeder.
Her sun weathered, wizened face graced a white, flowing gown that . . .
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March 05, 2007 06:09 PM EST --
This short short story is based on the poem, "Billy Talbot", by Ed Nudelman.
Plato chases the ground hog under the deck, shoves his snout in against the edging and claws at . . .
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March 11, 2007 09:42 AM EDT --
This is a rewrite of a hastely written story I published a few weeks ago based on Ed Nudelman's poem, "Billy Talbot".
Plato chases the ground hog under the deck, shoves his . . .
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July 02, 2007 10:24 AM EDT --
So... this morning, I saw one of Ernie's excellent articles about writing markets and I decided to get brave and enter one of my short stories. If you would consider being so kind as to drop by and . . .
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October 11, 2007 02:23 PM EDT --
Certainly it was him, the man that I came to talk to. His posture was almost dignified despite his shabby tee-shirt and grubby jeans. His sandy blond hair was long and unkempt yet his face was surprisingly . . .
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March 28, 2008 11:10 AM EDT --
Wriggling my toes, I watched the sand trickle out like those in an hourglass. The goosebumps on my arms stood like mountain peaks as I dug my feet deeper back into the fading warmth . . .
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June 30, 2008 10:11 AM EDT --
The nights are so long and lonely in this old house, especially when the wind howls eerily, the . . .
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July 17, 2008 08:48 PM EDT --
When she was alive, she had always stayed away from these places-- these dive bars filled with drunken men, dirty jokes and raucous laughter.
She had kept to her circle, the one in which people drank . . .
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September 18, 2008 11:16 AM EDT --
Once upon a time there was a street magician living his life through the general ignorance, greed and curiosity of passersby .
-- Hey, you, there ... I’ll bet you 5 bucks I can guess your first . . .
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December 01, 2008 12:14 PM EST --
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