Tag: people
group name: shortfiction
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July 05, 2006 08:01 PM EDT --
Seven days ago I married a nerd. Now, nobody will talk to me. It all started off as a bet. Destiny has a strange way of changing people.
It happened one night at the Sea Breeze Bar where my friends and . . . more
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May 28, 2006 07:57 PM EDT --
Sheila's Night Out On The Town
This was not going to be another lonely Saturday night for Sheila. She had finally summoned up the nerve and decided after eight years to take the plunge. She was . . . more
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May 26, 2006 12:56 PM EDT --
Operation Santa Claus
My family has always lived in the country. We grew up out in the sticks, spitting tobacco, drinking beer, hunting and fishing, and driving four wheel trucks. We get along with . . . more
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July 07, 2006 10:04 AM EDT --
Camp Caffeine
The Outsider
"Lieutenant Dan, after an ongoing investigation and receiving information from reliable sources, we have reason to believe that a resort near Nowhere called Camp Caffeine . . . more
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May 04, 2006 09:10 PM EDT --
Peculiar Prelude - Ms. Everett's Grandson - Two Word Challenge
Ms. Everett wobbled up the cracking steps to her front porch lagging bags from the corner grocery. "Justin, come help me," . . . more
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June 19, 2007 01:00 PM EDT --
Of all the trailer numbers in the park, 13-F was the most well known. Adhering with common superstition, all the rows in the trailer park had skipped the number 13 except for row F. Old man Sutton had . . . more
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August 21, 2006 12:23 AM EDT --
I had been told that longevity runs in my family but I didn't believe it. Although my father lived into his late seventies, most of my relatives surrendered their lives much earlier to the usual . . . more
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September 14, 2006 03:51 AM EDT --
It came over the horizon on the very day my father had predicted. Though he was a Priest valued for his gift of prophecy, he was only partially right about the foreigners. Because of what he . . . more
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April 29, 2006 03:06 PM EDT --
She had been careful with her virginity, as if it were a hundred-dollar-bill she felt unable to spend on new shoes for fear of missing the rent. She had tested her men with wildness, . . . more
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February 20, 2008 02:31 PM EST --
The scent of jasmine and magnolias fought for attention in the evening wisps of breeze that fell down the brick walls into the courtyard. A guttering candle, ever about to blow out, cast . . . more
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August 10, 2006 10:24 PM EDT --
Jaclyn's Decision
"Welcome home. I hope you enjoyed your flight with Fly Like A Rock Express. Have an enjoyable day."
"Huh! Hell with all that turbulence I kept spilling my drinks! . . . more
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May 14, 2007 08:53 PM EDT --
The spirit of a bird creates a tangled maze just to fly free.
FADE IN:
. . . more
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October 06, 2006 01:33 PM EDT --
I went to the Canandaigua (NY) Writers Group meeting this morning. This was the first time for me at any group like this. It was a very interesting experience. Being the full time student for this year . . . more
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December 19, 2006 04:24 AM EST --
Many times
We ask questions
Of the blinking bulbs in our soul
We ponder
The cleaving fears
Which rock our pangolo dance
We are
Forced to glimpse our twin-shades
Seeing his . . . more
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August 05, 2006 05:43 PM EDT --
Fred In Suburbia - Mad Bees Two Word Challenge
At the end of the cul-de-sac in the suburbs of Personal lived Fred Fry. Fred was a 55 year old production of no other kind. His neighbors ostracized him . . . more
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July 24, 2006 11:15 PM EDT --
Marybelle Wilson always wanted her fifteen minutes of fame but now as she talked to the perky blond reporter (whose made up face looked like it covered a bad complexion) she wished she didn't have . . . more
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January 21, 2007 03:50 AM EST --
Stephanie's eyes clouded over as she stared past the daffodils on the kitchen windowsill to the wall of the neighbouring house. Behind her, the sound of the cooker’s clock ticked . . . more
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June 23, 2006 04:42 AM EDT --
Fireside 10: Goodbye and Hello
Hi, this is the earliest ever that you've dropped by. Why, it's only just on dusk. My, that's a big motor home you've parked . . . more
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June 21, 2006 09:08 PM EDT --
Love Lies…Lelo
Through the luscious green valleys they bolted on their two majestic horses. Coming to a pond, shimmering in the brilliant sunlight, they came to an abrupt halt. Camellia and . . . more
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December 20, 2006 03:35 AM EST --
Another night
And the weaves show signs
Of broken tethers
Another evening
And the weariness of
Ceaseless chatter
Lean heavily on a tired mind
Another day
And the words . . . more
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