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    Muskrat Short Story

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    He scraped together enough money to merit an in-store greeting and a breathless caress. When was the last time he involuntarily held his breath? The muskrat gave the slightest smile. True‚ he smiled all day long with potential customers‚ but that smile was like smudged carnival face paint. It was full of an alienating effort that meant nothing to anyone

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    Debris: A Short Story

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    Flames were raging behind Karlie‚ engulfing anything and everything in its way. All that she could feel was the scorching heat and all she could smell was the smoke. Debris blinded Karlie as she tried to escape the horror creeping up behind her. It seemed like fear had caused her to forget that she had just lost everything; her home‚ her parents and her friends. A dagger pierced the layers of Karlie’s heart as a cyclone erupted from her sparkling blue eyes. She knew nothing would ever be the same

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    Short Story: Ellie

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    “Audrena‚ I’m Piper we met last week. This is my friend Ellie‚ she thinks she can help you.” Piper said as gently and as thoughtfully as possible. “Audrena‚ I cannot imagine what happened to you and it must have been awful‚ and you are probably trying to forget it‚ but if you want

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    Nathanael: A Short Story

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    Prince Nathanael‚ accompany by his lovely betrothed and her family‚ sashay through the throng of people to his father and uncle. Kathrynne rises from her chair‚ spying on his every move. She eavesdrops on the conversation he is now having with members of the King’s council from the food table: “I hope this signifies my allegiance to you all‚” Nathanael speaks‚ “and when the time comes‚ you’ll demonstrate your loyalty to me.” “You’ll make a fine King‚” one says with the others agreeing. “You have

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    Dante's Short Story

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    It was summer time in the Dominican Republic When Dante realized that he had to get away. He had to go to America. Dante lives in a small town In the Dominican called Barahona. Barahona has lived in poverty for as long as anyone can remember. The streets are infested with drug dealers‚ and gang life is entrenched in the society. The name of Dante’s gang is called La Familia Cartel. (cartel is the Dominican name for gang) Dante lives in a crammed house with 6 of his brothers from his gang

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    Goldfish: A Short Story

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    we were going back to the “shruggish” (it’s my way of saying a neutral mood) mood about fish. Now we only have one more fish left because as you can read‚ the first goldfish died because it cut itself. The other goldfish died because goldfish don’t last very long. The third one died because it jumped out of the water (dumbest thing ever). The 4th and 5th one died of the black fish‚ and now we only have the black fish. About a week later‚ it died of old age or

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    Hate: A Short Story

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    it controls your actions. Hate ruins your life. It makes you do things you would not otherwise do. It obliterates your happiness‚ and any light you could see. Hate is an awful thing for someone to meet and I wish I never had. I want to tell you the story of how I met hate‚ and how I somehow managed to power through it. It all started a long time ago‚ when I was about six or seven. I lived in North Carolina‚ and I would come visit my family here‚ in South Carolina. I was young‚ so of course‚ I did not

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    raccoon and how we thought we were going to die. So in the morning‚ we tiptoed outside to see if it was still there. We looked over but he shed and come to find out it was huge rock! It was so funny! We felt so embarrassed that we had called her dad last night for no reason. Now everytime we go jump out on the trampoline at night‚ we still get scared. Even though we know it is not a raccoon but a rock‚ we still get paranoid about

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    The Grapes: A Short Story

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    women said‚ “ Pick up my pocketbook‚boy‚ and give it here.” She didn’t release me but she bent down enough to allow me to pick up the purse. Then she started to drag me up the street. I’m only a frail little boy but she didn’t care not one bit. At last‚ we made it to her home but she still had a very tight grip on me.

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    Utopian Short Story

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    the meal bell chimed and hurried to the village centre where he lined up for a paper bag of lunch and sat at his usual spot in a corner next to the warm heating vents left over from the war. Hewat was still being cleaned up from the effects of the last world war and although there were still bits of ruins everywhere‚ the government was making exponential political and economic recovery and growth‚ unseen before in the world stage. The square was quiet except for the crumpling of CitycorpTM sandwich

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