Tag: random
group name: shortfiction
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February 14, 2006 05:14 PM EST --
The old man stood still staring at the wall of photos. He was bent just a little, but you could tell he had been a big man in his younger days. Dressed conservatively in a suit and . . . more
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December 08, 2006 09:44 PM EST --
Bridget said, "Do it."
Do what?
She often confused me that way. Giving orders, making assertions, delivering pronouncements with no clear beginning. Or end for that matter. They arrived . . . more
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February 20, 2006 01:40 PM EST --
You are insane. Just admit it. Get over yourself and admit it! Now, don't you feel better? To truly be insane, one must learn the art of coddled insanity.
The benefits . . . more
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May 13, 2006 09:23 AM EDT --
Dear Nobody,
I write to no one, because no one is there.
Betrayal closes the door forever. It's a horrible act to commit against a person. Perhaps the most violent act there is. It rocks the foundations . . . more
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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, . . . 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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October 03, 2006 10:52 AM EDT --
The Cat's Seat
I love her but damn. Look at her lying there on her back. She takes up the entire couch. She is not a petite . . . more
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May 24, 2006 11:54 AM EDT --
Word Count: 950
C 1995
I wrote this some years ago in a Creative Writing Class. The assignment was to write a story combining the following elements:
Goby fish, grandfather . . . 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 04:07 AM EST --
Not the tortuous totters
Of the hairpin bends
The chilly disrespect
Of a November night
Nor the rheumatic horse
On spindly trunks
Will coax my strains into trouble
. . . 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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October 12, 2006 06:00 PM EDT --
On April 20<sup>th</sup>, 1999 a terrifying and grotesque event occurred that would forever change the American perception of safety in schools. Columbine High School for this . . . more
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June 08, 2006 04:45 AM EDT --
Fireside 6: Soup
This late at night, it just had to be you ringing the doorbell. Even though I haven't seen you for such a long, long time. I thought Luigi must have caught . . . more
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December 02, 2006 04:01 PM EST --
Lois was on that brittle edge, poised on the razor blade separating disappointment and ecstasy. Thrusting her hips upward she gasped, "Now. Now!" and, true to his obligations as a hero, Superman . . . 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 09, 2006 04:22 AM EDT --
Fireside 7: Fresh Air
Good grief, it's you! I though I'd seen the last of you. You haven't been here in ages. I wondered who on earth, or from beyond the . . . more
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March 06, 2006 12:58 PM EST --
The most memorable dream, or perhaps I should say nightmare struck me when I was seventeen. And if the first time waking up in a panic wasn't bad enough this nightmare plagued me over a series of months. . . . more
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January 07, 2006 02:51 AM EST --
I have a dream. I have had this dream since I was a small child and I first learned to read and write. My dream is to be an author. In some ways I am that already, but in others, I am . . . more
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March 12, 2006 10:10 AM EST --
Any and all feedback welcomed as I'm trying to get this smoothed out...Thanks!!
The Heart of Magic
Synopsis
The Kingdom of Vonetia is under attack, with the dark mage furthering . . . more
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