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    Dystopian Short Story

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    Betrayal of Freedom Here I am again; working for another rich family to do their labour. I hate having no freedom. I have been owned by different rich families ever since I was born. I am now 16‚ 17 in a month‚ I think. I kind of lose track. I never met my parents. They were slaves for other folks so I guess I won’t ever get to meet them. I don’t get jealous of the rich families though. They got no respect; the young spoilt‚ spiteful children treat me like a piece of shit on their shoe. I can’t do

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    Everything began on that gloomy Sunday afternoon. I remember all the little details about that day like it was yesterday. I was late to my part-time job at The Alienator‚ a small‚ alien themed fast food joint on the corner of 2nd and Main Street. With coffee stains on my shirt‚ my hair a ruffled mess and my shoes on the wrong feet‚ I sprinted down the sidewalk‚ rushing to work. Breathing heavily‚ I was so focused on dodging and slipping past people‚ that I didn’t realize what was happening to my

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    Short Story: Kingstown

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    I have no idea how I am going to escape! I don’t know what they want with me‚ but I’m scared. Taking a few deep breaths‚ I begi feeling my way around my prison. There seemed to be no hope‚ until there was a huge explosion. The explosion punched a big hole in the prison wall. Smoke and dust rushed and filled the whole room which knocked me unconscious.I revived in some time and I saw my body with protective metal gear. I was shocked when I heard a voice from the sky. I couldn’t believe my ears. The

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    Macbeth: A Short Story

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    The night was dark and the sky stormed as if it were a fragment of hell itself. Cold rain cut through any layers of warmth that were left in Macduff. Macbeth’s castle could be seen in the distance by the light it cast on the horizon. “I don’t believe in spirits much‚ but a night like this could bring out the foulest of creatures.” Macduff thought to himself. His horse had been spooked by the storm‚ but they trudged along. Macduff had fought harder battles against real enemies‚ no storm‚ no matter

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    Vanderhoof: A Short Story

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    The future was very different. People transported in quadrapods and didn’t go hungry anymore. It was a happy life‚ except for a guy named Vanderhoof‚ who was in jail. Vanderhoof was powerful. Everyone worried that one day he would break out of jail‚ and he did‚ one sunny hot day in the spring of 3059. Dianna was on her way home from school when she saw him. She ran home as fast as she could. She opened the door of her house and ran in to tell her mom. Only her older brother‚ Calvin‚ was home. Dianna

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    The Chase Short Story

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    Reading the story “The Chase” took me back to an event I feel if I had to judge anything that grossly affected my life this event without a dough takes the cake. Picture this am twelve years old and it is the first day of summer. It is the day my friends and I waited for all winter‚ opening season for swimming. Each day my friends and I took the long anticipated walk to the local swimming area “Lake Sona Vista”. This was the recreation area the black families who lived in Hartsville‚ South Carolina

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    Leland: A Short Story

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    history‚ what you’ve been taught growing up and in school‚ from teachers and adults‚ your parents‚ from anyone and everyone… was that the world around the first quarter of the twenty-first century had faced several great conflicts—The Great Wars—is that true?” Phillip nodded in agreement while sucking on the containers straw. “Okay‚ during these great wars the planet was said to have been virtually destroyed‚ bombed and polluted‚ the animal and human populations practically exterminated‚ correct?” Phillip

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    Scary Short Story

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    Scary Story “Come you have to see this!” screamed Doobie. “What is it?” asked Kavid. “I really don’t know. Never mind. Forget about it. Do you ever feel that something bad is about to happen to us?” “No not really.” The Island of Nesis had many mysterious things about it and on it. Nobody ever knew about it since it was far out in the ocean. On the island‚ a house stood. Some said that the doors had blood dripping off of it. Others told that the bathtub flowed with blood once. One person exclaimed

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    Pearls: A Short Story

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    I don’t think I liked any of the chapters but of course the one that drew the most attention to me was number 4. Nobody choses to be born in a rich family and trust me nobody choses to be born a poor family. It’s all based on pure luck. It is such a shame that Tammy has such little support from her own family‚ society has created useless labels that we seem to must have‚ in order to live a decent life. Why is Tammy’s son so ashamed of their humble home? Why is he ashamed of how Tammy dresses? Because

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    Auror A Short Story

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    for their daughter for a long time. Estevan was an English teacher who lived in Guatemala with his wife and child‚ up until fifteen years ago. The reason for the sudden move was far harsher than Aurora would’ve liked. The letter continues with the story of how the government had persecuted their family because they had been part of a teachers union. The next part of this letter began to turn Aurora’s stomach. Their three year old child had been taken from them by kidnappers. This child’s name was

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