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    Gothic Short Story

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    still. I was lying in bed when I heard a series of knocks at the door. As I descended the stairs the knocks were getting louder and louder. I thought to myself‚ "Who could be at the door this late at night?" When I opened the door there was a tall man dressed all in black. He smelled of fish and looked like he just walked out of a mud pit. He was having car troubles and needed to use the phone. I invited him in and told him that the phone was down the hall in the living room. Instead of calling the

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    THE HOUSE Arriving at a new school is scary and nerve racking. I’ve moved five times since I was six‚ but Dad said this would be the last time for sure. I’m hopeful‚ but I should never keep my hopes too high. The first day was good‚ I even started to talk to some of the other guys. They all seem nice and chill‚ everyone does for the most part‚ but it’s high school‚ people aren’t always what they seem. After talking to my parents and the guys who I had become friends with

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    poking out; the first man was also carrying a sack with rectangular shaped packets silhouetted against the side; he called out to the one following‚ “Get a move on‚ Gilbert; we will miss our connection at the end of Thief Road‚ and then‚ dear fellow on to Cadiz.” “It’s all right for you to say hurry‚ Harry‚ but you are forgetting‚ methinks‚ perchance‚ that you obliged me to carry the sack we filled with the numismatic collections‚ no? Why do we have to meet an old omnibus‚ anyway? We’ll

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    Horseheads: A Short Story

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    When you discard your shopping cart‚ do you ever think about the people returning it from the parking lot to the store? Well rain or shine‚ one man has been doing it for over a decade and at 81-years-old. "And I love it. I just love coming here and mingling with the young folks and just doing what comes natural to me‚" said Lester Sowell. At 81-years-old‚ Lester Sowell shows no signs of slowing down. The Air Force Veteran and Horseheads native always has a smile on his face as he collects carts

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    Somewhere between the dawn of time and the present day‚ man’s foot touched down on the earth for the first time‚ and from that point on‚ man had made an eternal connection to an invisible power greater than he: nature. Both being incredibly competent writers‚ Steinbeck and Hemmingway acknowledged this relationship and used it as fuel for their stories‚ portraying nature as both an antagonist and a protagonist. Though these two authors had indeed used nature for similar purposes‚ each had projected

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    Isolation: A Short Story

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    When reflecting on the day and then writing this story‚ I discovered that although we were together as a family for the entire day‚ at the same time‚ we were separated by an invisible wall created by technology that took us away from being in the moment with each other. This was the exact message my dad was trying to get across in his hour-long lecture. I won’t give the exact play by play of his entire lecture‚ but it started out as him telling me how “bratty” and selfish I had been toward the family

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    Jackie showed strength and courage when facing the ups and downs of her childhood and young adult years. When she was eleven years old her parents got a divorce. Jackie was left struggling to have independence as her parents fought over the custody of her and her sister (Heymann 50). Jackie’s father was an extravagant man and showed great love to his daughters‚ particularly Jackie who was his favorite. He feared however‚ that the girls’ stepfather’s much larger wealth would steal away his daughters

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    Antigone: A Short Story

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    opinion‚ and he grudgingly agreed‚ at which point I set upon him with a vengeance. "You claim it is shameful‚" I said‚ "to stand up against the majority when in reality it is just the opposite. Antigone believes her actions to be just‚ so it is nothing short of a requirement for her to support them‚ no matter the unpopularity it may bring." He responded one must obey the law‚ with no special permission or treatment granted to anyone regardless of status (497-99‚ 539-40). "The law must be observed‚" I agreed

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    Ripaibodon charged and grabbed Blue. She called for help. Out of nowhere an adult Tyrannosaurus rex came running out of the forest. It bit down on the Ripaibodon’s already injured head. The Ripaibodon snarled and twisted around out of the grasp of the short armed T Rex. Twenty nine more

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    He’d never felt so alive. The dance studio that he’d spent most of his time in as a wide eyed five year old in his first pair of tap shoes was akin to his home. In fact‚ it felt more like home than his actual home‚ where his dad often teased him about his ’prancing around the stage like a bloody pony’ but he knew that his dad preferred him doing this - his passion - than on the streets at ten o’clock at night smoking glue or sniffing weed. He’d never try those. For one‚ his mother would probably

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