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    Carwash: A Short Story

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    car’s still dirty and there’s some type of film on my windows. Do you see this?” she asks. Without even a glance at her car‚ I respond‚ “Of course‚” and guide her vehicle onto the track for a second time. A customer asking for a rewash is such a common occurrence that my coworkers and I don’t even think twice about giving them out. Moreover‚ it’s still early in my shift and the last thing I want to do is deal with an irate customer. So I send her through the wash and carry out my previous task

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    Elthem: A Short Story

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    steal the throne‚ but Queen Araminta had a brother. Ramses took in the man in front of him‚ noting the classic Elthem traits of dark hair‚ broad nose and wide-set eyes. His facial structure was comparable to Prince Cyrillus‚ but he had nothing in common with Aloysius. "You must be the Disgrace of Elthem." The crown prince of Elthem who became a treasonist when he unlocked the doors to the impregnable City of Walls and allowed Tyné to conquer Elthem thirty years ago. Currently‚ he was the cardinal

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    Baltimore: A Short Story

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    It was another day in the city I love. Baltimore. Like any other resplendent city in all of the states. Baltimore has been my only home for years. However‚ today in Baltimore something felt different. “Ahhh…‚” I yawned and moaned as I tried to free myself from my bed sheets. I opened the shutters of the windows to look outside the early sunlight began to creep out as all livelihood of the distant inner city began to awake. “Will‚ it is time to wake up‚” shouted Will’s mother above the staircases

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    Mute: A Short Story

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    Mute “Deeeeeeeep” The heart minder screamed letting me know that cancer was winning “DOCTOR” I screamed at the top of my lungs. I took one last gazes into my sister’s eyes as the nurse pushed me out the room and all I witness was defeat and surrender. “ Myasia I’m sorry‚ I love you” she battled to pronounce. “ Taj don’t talk like that‚ I’m not letting you go… I can’t” I replied bursting into tears and pushing through the nurse into my sister’s arms . “Myasia listen‚ y-you can never t-talk…”

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    Kutztown: A Short Story

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    understand what I was going through‚ I would have to be vocal about it. I first told my family I had been diagnosed with SAD‚ or seasonal affective disorder. Seasonal affective disorder usually happens around the same time every year. It is more common for it to occur in the fall until the spring months. For me‚ I had experienced feeling low‚ oversleeping‚ and high anxiety. I researched about light box therapy‚ which is used to mimic natural outdoor light‚ causing a change in brain chemicals linked

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    Short Story: Merlin

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    Arthur tapped Fredrick’s left shoulder with Excalibur and then his right. "Arise‚ Sir Fredrick‚ Knight of Camelot and defender of the crown." "Heaven help me‚" he prayed under his breath before rising to his feet. Arthur had a small smirk on his face as if he’d heard the comment and Fredrick wasn’t entirely sure how to take the king pleasure in his discomfort. He was a knight of Camelot now‚ a place he’d never aspired to. His fellows who really knew him would do the same when they found out. "Now

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    echoing through the jungle‚ the wild birds calling each other with eerie tone and leaves brushed by the wind giving off whispers. None of that bothers him. He is on a mission. The situation has taken a turn for the worst. He is out of options. Although common‚ dark arts are not something to be taken lightly. He desperately needs helps. Dark arts‚ which has always been insignificant part of his life has become his greatest misfortune. As he reach his destination‚ a house at the corner of the jungle near

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    Gwytheyrn: A Short Story

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    Clang! A mountain of falling goblets and dirty silver platters pierces my ear drums and I instantly wake. As the pungent odor of boar wafts through the air and my eye catches a beam of the mid-morning sun‚ I realize that I failed to return from the mead hall. That could prove to be a costly mistake. “This isn’t an inn‚ Cathasach‚” said Judoc‚ my friend‚ the hall’s keeper and‚ fortunately‚ Amoorhi’s finest chef. “Have clemency‚ brother! I am still weary from last evening’s battle against the

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    The Warrior: A Short Story

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    Though scorching‚ her hands did not react‚ the skull of her mate‚ her lover‚ her friend in life. His hand reached into the wicker basket removed two large red stones‚ placed a stone in each of the skull’s eye sockets. They began to glow‚ intensifying until they became fiery red staring into her eyes and soul. She breathes in the fragrance of incense and that of the cauldron’s brew‚ most pleasurable among fragrances her mate’s blood covering her body in its most natural state. She brought it to her

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    Chatter Short Story

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    Chatter. Chatter. Chatter. I heard my mom’s teeth chattering from my room. I walked into the living room to see my mom laying on the couch. Her face was as pale as a ghost. My mom was wrapped in a blanket and still shivering. I’ve never experienced anything like this before. My mom is usually the backbone of my family and she is never sick on the couch like this. I had just started kindergarten when this all unfolded. We had just gotten a new house and my mom had just gotten a new job. She was

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