Tag: short story
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August 01, 2008 05:52 PM EDT --
This is a short story that I wrote for a publication test. I wrote it to see if I had talent enough to write. You see, this creative writing place sent me a packet in the mail and inside you have . . . more
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September 06, 2008 12:40 AM EDT --
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Jen wondered if vampires could live in black holes. Perhaps that was how they escaped through history, reappearing only when the world was so bad that their evil wouldn't . . . more
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September 06, 2008 12:30 AM EDT --
Written in rather a hurry for the "Genre Creatives Tournament of Judges." What they asked for is:
1. Based on real life - my characters and events are imaginary, but they do . . . more
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September 06, 2008 12:35 AM EDT --
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The king and queen had a baby child, Jen's doll that she carried in the basket on her rusty two-wheeled steed. One day, when no one else was around, Jen decided to let the baby . . . more
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September 06, 2008 12:37 AM EDT --
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"It must belong to the new people," said Tom, the leader of their troop. A tent had arrived in dead of night, and no one had seen the occupants.
"Vampires," . . . more
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September 06, 2008 12:42 AM EDT --
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The children decided to celebrate the princess's return and the peaceful end to the Vampire War.
"We're not really vampires," said the littlest . . . more
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September 11, 2007 09:46 PM EDT --
"But I'm not a battered wife" I insisted. It didn't matter what I said though, the guy at the Welfare office was just not giving in. I told him that I had . . . more
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February 03, 2008 03:54 PM EST --
A collection of short stories.
I had one pair of pants and two shirts. Literally.
I was in middle school and image was so very important. I was overweight and underdressed. . . . more
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June 03, 2007 12:08 PM EDT --
It was Thursday. Not much going in a small town Nebraska library on a Thursday. Okay, not much going on in a small town Nebraska library on most days, but Thursdays were especially quiet. Especially a . . . more
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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, . . . more
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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 . . . more
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July 29, 2008 06:06 PM EDT --
If only she could have kept the little things, candy in his pockets and flowers on the shelf. She remembered he made her feel important; the memories were fine.
If only she could have forgotten . . . more
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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 . . . more
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March 11, 2008 11:54 AM EDT --
The faces from the photograph followed Mitali, as she got ready for her dinner date.
20 year old Mitali, looked at the girl in the mirror. Not bad . Too desperate? The . . . more
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March 25, 2008 11:23 PM EDT --
24 th December 2007.
The night was young in Luke Tavern, Upstate New York. The odor of smoke and perfume lingered from the customers' jackets and filled the open parlor.
There on the . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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July 22, 2008 05:42 PM EDT --
"Are you there? Are you waiting for me?"
The young girl looks round the corner and her eyes adjust to the dark. He's hiding again.
"I'll say yes," says the girl, . . . more
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July 29, 2008 05:53 PM EDT --
If only she'd said "No."
But now she was telling her husband, her parents, and her brother. The psychiatrist said it was the best way to heal.
"Poor love," said . . . more
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