Short Story Scrutiny. Scepticism. Shock. It was all too familiar‚ the look on the faces in the room. An aboriginal female in a doctor’s coat. She glanced around the room as she sat down. The dullness of the grey walls seemed to absorb the lost hopes and dreams of the young men around her. The stale oxygen that lingered in the small room was slowly suffocating under the sterile smell of disinfectant. The only glimmer of light was a small corner of a window where the morning sun shimmered through
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BATTLE OF RED CLIFFS The Battle of Red Cliffs unfolded in three stages: an initial skirmish at Red Cliffs followed by a retreat to the Wulin battlefields on the northwestern bank of the Yangtze‚ a decisive naval engagement‚ and Cao Cao’s disastrous retreat along Huarong Road. The combined Sun-Liu force sailed upstream from either Xiakou or Fankou to Red Cliffs‚ where they encountered Cao Cao’s vanguard force. Plagued by disease and low morale due to the series of forced marches they had undertaken
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very few could manipulate it to their will. The man in this story is me‚ my name is Rayn and I write this story to chronicle my rise to power. My journey started when I was in my mid twenties and our country was at war with a neighboring kingdom. I was a guard for a small village which was ruled by the empire of Luton grod. One day while out on patrol a strange old man was making his way to our village. This is where our story begins. The
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and compares the customary facility of finding food with the challenge of his current situation. Still dwelling on his parents’ divorce‚ he decides he will tell his father "The Secret" as soon as he returns home. Brian finds some unfamiliar bright red berries to eat‚ which turn out to taste very bitter. However‚ left with little choice‚ he eats them until the pangs of hunger subside. Since Brian has no matches he must think hard about how to start a fire; for now‚ he works to improve his shelter
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Five Somebody told me before that when you feel almost nothing at all‚ only plain unhappiness‚ then just die. You always want to find an explanation for feeling so empty‚ but what was that for? Nothing. If you feel that way‚ then that’s depression‚ and I’m telling you‚ that thing kills every part of you. Well‚ at least‚ that’s what it does to me. Dr. Marie once said that she knew everything about my condition and she’s dead wrong; I know myself more than everybody does. After that check-up‚ I
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Short Story Screaming in pain‚ Rebecca was about to give birth to her first baby. She was forced to have a homebirth as there were no hospitals around for miles. Her shrieks of pain had woken everyone in the neighbourhood‚ many came up to the house to get a glimpse of the situation. One of Rebecca’s friends‚ Rick‚ had rushed into the house in a matter of minutes after he heard the screaming. Rick stayed with Rebecca for several hours that followed to comfort her as best he could. His best attempts
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It has red eyes that burn with anger and hatred for everything living‚ and fingers that have long sickle like claws capable of cutting copious amounts of trees with a single fell swoop. It moves with speed and certainty‚ stalking it’s prey from the darkness. It
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It was one of the more curious things about Humanity‚ our reluctance to allow others see us cry. It could be said that it was a form of defense‚ of never letting one know your weakness‚ and perhaps there was some truth to that. After all‚ hadn’t Humanity kept the Deadly Races at bay for a time by pretending to be strong? That day‚ however‚ Intrepidus was not able to hide his weakness by refusing to go home a mess. There was a shadow he had failed to realize did not have a place in this cavern any
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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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on Saturdays. The day after‚ it was Saturday. Adsila was still at her secret hidden spot and noticed beams of lights beaming down the dirt. Those beams of lights were the spirits of the people who passed away. Before she wiped her tears off her rosy red cheeks‚ she saw the long luscious hair her
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