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    a gothic short story

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    Why do people want to live in a perfect world? Everyone wants to live in their own fantasy world because that is where all their dreams are able to come true. No one wants a world of grief and sorrow. Life should be lived to its fullest. It should not be wasted. It should be embraced. When we are faced with agony‚ we must either make a choice between accepting it or hiding from it. In the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams‚ the author mainly focuses on Blanche Dubois‚ a woman who

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    A Gothic Short Story

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    with blue roofs but still manages to look dark and mysterious and has an eerie feel surrounding it. It is long and on half of it is about 10 floors high with little towers coming out above the main roof‚ the other half is lower down‚ only about 5 stories high‚ with a large watch tower in the middle of that section. It houses my aunt‚ uncle and their daughter‚ my cousin and a few other families. For the last few days I’ve been walking to their estate as I am moving there to live with them because my

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    Howardsville: A Short Story

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    Howardsville‚ a quaint little city‚ nestled in the foothills of the Putney Mountains located forty miles southwest of Charleston‚ West Virginia‚ had its own dark history. Having lived his entire life in the two–story house on the outskirts of town‚ Ernest Cassidy was familiar with the myths‚ legends‚ and lies about his city and was always quick to defend it. The mysteries began years earlier when Dr. Ronald Hackney; a surgeon at General Hospital in Charleston came up missing. One morning‚ he didn’t

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    bunch of them!” Synced‚ they turn their heads to be brief to introduce a face painted tribe called the Mekapenamas. The terrain became rough and coarse. That’s when Adam decided to trip Johnny. The two had had a history of tension. Richard saw the action‚ but knowing Adam had power and age over him he kept shut. “Johnny!” Shouted Richard‚ the man originally running. “I got him‚ ” said Harrison frantically. They glanced at the tribe whose bows were primed. A line of scrawny‚ dark skinned bodies lined

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    The Crucible Short Story

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    As John leaves in anger‚ Abigail runs to her room in temper and slams the door closed. She sits down at her dressing table and talks to herself in the mirror. She is angry. Were his desires for me to be without contempt? What am I meant to do? I love him. Am I not able to control the rules and rights that urge me to kill Elizabeth dwelt inside of me? I have the power. I want the glory of watchin that woman hang so I can dance with John on her grave. Havin her killed is rightful in my eyes. The

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    Gothic short stories

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    The graveyard was dark and shadowed; tulips lined the cobblestone pathway that led to the mausoleum‚ looming darkly against the feeble moon. I strode through the graveyard‚ glancing nervously around at the shadows that lay thick upon the graves like a shroud. Tulips‚ protruding like withered stakes from the ground‚ lined the pathway‚ and I could smell their sickly-sweet odor as I approached the mausoleum‚ looming above me like a forbidding monument to the feeble moon above. “Rachel!” I cried out

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    Anil Short Story

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    man’s world‚ you must act like a man now.’ His father got down from the train and stood outside the window‚ a hand reaching in 195 to pull Anil towards him and kiss his forehead. The train let out a wail‚ announcing its intention to depart in a short while. ‘Are you sending me off because I saw him do it?’ Anil asked. Ragunathan was taken aback by the question. He was ashamed for helping the headman to hide the truth about Marimuthu’s wife’s death‚ ashamed that he had

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    Beowulf: A Short Story

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    For the sake of anonymity I’ll keep some names private‚ and call myself Beowulf. My story happened around two years ago‚ I was 26 years old when my family and I had noticed that my grandmother was starting to forget our names‚ couldn’t recall certain events‚ and at times seemed in a daze and lost from her state of mind‚ completely forgetting where she was in that moment. This was followed by her stumbling around the house and falling a few times. One time it got to the point where she fell down

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    Mabel: A Short Story

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    "Are you sure you’ll be fine without me?" Mabel asked‚ twiddling her numbs nervously as she sat on her bed in the room she shared with her brother in the Mystery Shack. Mabel was preparing to leave for a fun day with her friends‚ Candy and Grenda‚ as she planned to spend this summer more focused on friends and family more so than romance. In response to her question‚ Dipper gave a small nod‚ and coughed in between. Dipper gave her a weak smile‚ his voice cracked awkwardly even more than usual because

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    Cato: A Short Story

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    touching you." The woman spat in his face‚ Cato simply wiped the spit off his face and the judge called the case to order and called the woman to be locked in a cell for her abuse of Cato. The other lawyer tried to make an appeal for his client‚ but her actions made the mans words fall on deaf ears. Cato smirked as the glass from his glasses dug into his palm more‚ he knew he had won the case. Quickly and smoothly. Suddenly the woman broke free from the officers grasp‚ Cato panicked as she ran towards him

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