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    Adversity: A Short Story

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    When you were usually the most athletically talented girl in school‚ failure wasn’t even a thought; until you start playing with the boys. I figured since I was stronger than all the girls maybe I could work out with the boys. We started to squat jump on an elevated platform. “Add another one‚ add another one” they said. Trying to keep up with them I started to add more. Until the one fatal moment when I jumped up and fell right on my butt. I wanted to curl up in a ball and cry but that would have

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    Elkton: A Short Story

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    In Elkton‚Virginia I made a huge mistake of walking around outside barefoot. It was about midday when I stepped on a large piece of glass. I didn’t noticed at that time until I felt stinging on my left foot. I ran inside my trailer to wake my mom from sleeping. She wouldn’t get up so I ran outside because I was freaking out and didn’t know what to do. I had to take matters in my own hands since I didn’t know what to do‚ my mom was sleeping and my dad was at work. I decided to put shoes on to stop

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    Laila's Short Story

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    Once upon a time‚ in the place of Nevada‚ there was a girl named Laila. She had lost her home due to a flood. She had no clue where to live now‚ but then she realized‚ she needed to build a house. She wandered to find a good place for her new house to be built. She wandered and wandered‚ but could not find a good place. It was evening and she finally found a nice place to build her new house. She tried to find sticks and straws to build her new house out of. She stayed up all night to build her new

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    Dying: A Short Story

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    "Here lies the legacy of the poor‚ ungrateful savages‚" read the stone that marked the place of the unmark graves of the poor. The students have been reading books on cemeteries and graveyards‚ but the ones that peaked the student’s interests were the graveyard of the unmarked graves. Most students thought it was unkind or disrespectful towards those people to have their graves unmarked. They didn’t believe that the city or richer people could delegate if a person should have their graves marked

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    Kelsy: A Short Story

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    One sunny Saturday‚ there were four girls named Kelsy‚ Lily‚ Anna‚ and Arianna. Kelsy was Rainbow Girl. Lily was Environmental Girl. Anna worked at a salon. Arianne was nature girl. They were all seventeen years old and had been best friends since kindergarten. On Canada Day‚ their boss gave them a ticket to Canada’s Wonderland. Lily called everyone to the clubhouse. When everyone got there‚ they had a meeting about what time and day they should go on. “What if we go tomorrow?” exclaimed Anna. “Sure

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    Scrape: A Short Story

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    Tim’s POV I trugged inside my hotel room‚ I found the hotel close that Jay told me. I placed a bag I had in my car. The pills shaked inside the bag when I placed it down. I should really go to the doctor’s soon for another bottle. Not now‚ I am too tired. I crawled onto my bed‚ not caring to get under the blanket and turned off the lamp. I dreamed of my childhood. My parents got divorced‚ I lived with my mom‚ she smoked‚ drank‚ and abused me. I couldn’t take it at the time‚ so I took as many

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    Isaiah: A Short Story

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    It took Isaiah too long to call 911. It took the operator too long to pick up. The conversation they had took too long. Everything was so drawn out. Seconds were a lifetime. When the bright red and blue lights finally arrived‚ Thomas‚ Alexia and Lane were all unconscious already. It didn’t matter how hard Isaiah shook them. They refused to wake up. The ambulance felt cold and sterile. Isaiah had never been in one before. It didn’t seem like it was going faster than any of the other cars on the road

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    Into The Wild Short Story

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    Side by side‚ the horses flew across the field. At the far edge‚ nestled behind several towering pine trees‚ sat the quaint cottage‚ and just to the right‚ sunlight glinted off the calm surface of the spring. As Gawain and Wallace’s horse shot into the lead‚ Gawain gave the reins a gentle pull‚ slowing the animal. “It’s chivalrous to allow the lady to win‚” whispered Gawain into Wallace’s ear‚ and the little boy nodded vigorously. One sure way to get Wallace to agree to something was to say it was

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    Kasim: A Short Story

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    Aaron knew that changing his statement maybe wasn’t the wisest decision but he was scared. When he first wrote his statement‚ describing that Kasim deserved everything he had coming and that he was proud of what he had done as well as enraged that Vic pulled him off the homophobe‚ the plan was to try to get the worst sentence he could imagine. After what happened with Katie‚ with punching Robert he deserved everything that was coming for him. But he was scared; who could blame him when the last time

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    Malfoy: A Short Story

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    (F/N)’s pov Rolling over again‚ I let out a disgruntled sigh I just couldn’t sleep. "I give up‚" I groaned having decided fresh air would do me good. I noiselessly ambled outside. Inhaling the crisp night air and exhaling with a long disgruntled sigh it was going to be a long night. I wasn’t expecting to spot Draco sitting on his front porch. "So what’s keeping you up‚" I inquired while taking a seat alongside him on the steps. "Nasty dreams and you‚" I could tell Draco hadn’t slept in days. Under

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