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    Jamaica Short Story

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    JORGE One night in Jamaica‚ a warm breeze rustled the trees‚ they seemed to whisper to him. As night fell‚ he watched the sun set and tried to count the stars. Jorge sat watching as the stars appeared in the sky. He couldn’t count‚ so high and decided and closed his eyes. Jorge leaned his head back into his palms and sighed. He was sprawled out on the cool grass. He patted his dog beside him. It would soon be time for dinner and he must go in and help his grandmother prepare the family meal

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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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    Short Story On The Boardwalk

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    Detective Warren Gallagher arrived at the Santa Monica pier a little after eight that morning. He was feeling rather lively because last night his girlfriend Amanda had agreed to become his fiancé‚ and because the barista at Cultivar Coffee Bar had given him an extra shot of espresso on the house. It’s wasn’t every day that he got to report to his job as a crime scene detective looking forward to the day that lay ahead of him. As he stepped out of his Subaru and began to walk up the boardwalk his

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    Rattlesnake Short Story

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    ‘twas the night before hike-mas. I had begrudgingly agreed to go to bed before 10‚ even though I insisted that I could stay up later and still be okay in the morning. I was all packed. I had packed plenty of water‚ water‚ water‚ and even more water. I had snacks. I had lots of sunscreen on‚ and lots of sunscreen in my backpack‚ although there’s only so much sunscreen can do. I had anxiety about a couple of things. One of those things was my fear of snakes‚ and the other was my fear of heights. I

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    like an alley; it was the darkest one where no one stood by‚ and people who walk past seem to quicken their feet. They probably feared alleys due to a common children’s tale: The Monster in the Alley. The story tells of a monster which stretches out its arms and pulls mortal lives into the never ending blackness. Mothers tell their sons and daughters that unlucky victims would not know what had struck them‚ until they find themselves ten seconds from

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    Short Story On Smackle

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    the strap of his bag. He turns on his heel determination. He doesn’t know what he’s going to do. All he knows is that he has to do something. He misses the peculiar look Lucas is giving him having seen the entire exchange in the hallway. The concern‚ the tension‚ the way Smackle fled. Zay doesn’t see Lucas but Lucas see’s it all. Including the way he looks now. A look that Zay has described to him so many times. The look he gets when he’s about to do something. They signs are all there. Clenched jaw

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    Iguanas: A Short Story

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    A slight and startling tingle crawled up my spine. My hands were clenched together and they started sweating. I screamed‚ jumped‚ and cried. I moved as slow as a snail. During the summer of 2015‚ my family and I were in the astonishing field of Xel-Ha Park‚ which is located in Cancun‚ Mexico. It was peaceful and stunning. Instead of seeing the many activities the park had to offer‚ I only saw iguanas. This was also true when I went zip-biking. All around us people were laughing while my family and

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    Lily: A Short Story

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    Why does T-Ray care if Lily lives at August’s house for the rest of her life? He has never cared about Lily before. First‚ T-Ray treats Lily like a bag of garbage. He yells at her for the silliest reasons. One time her yelled at her for reading her book while she was working his peach stand. He said he wanted her to just sit all day and sell peaches but no one even came to buy them. Another cruel thing T-Ray did to Lily is slap her. When T-Ray found Lily at August’s house‚ Lily refused to go home

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    Charlie: A Short Story

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    knows exactly what we are saying. All of the changes Charlie is going through concerned everyone at the factory‚ so we started a petition to get Charlie fired. Everyone and I mean everyone at the factory signed the petition except Fanny Girden. She has always been the odd one and even after many threats and persuasions‚ she still didn’t sign the petition. I still didn’t feel any guilt because Charlie’s changes is very strange. How is it even

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    Socrates: A Short Story

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    "Attend to it‚ what is this sport you seek most celebrated‚ DRACO..." Socrates extends the pronunciation of his name‚ inferring insinuation of the lawyer’s own questionable history. "I recall your own name has lent‚ for good or ill‚ some pathos to that history of law as well friend" "Yes‚ a mind misunderstood is all. Nevertheless‚ there is still time for humanity to embrace my good judgements" "Draco‚ am I to understand it is a game you wish to play?"

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