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    Lannon: A Short Story

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    that their job is more important than my life. Since I was three‚ I have gone through about thirty babysitters and nannies because I keep trying to get them to answer for my parents. I have always wanted to be an orphan. You are lucky Mateo‚ your family loves you. My parents go everywhere together‚ but they never go anywhere with me. Usually when they are in town‚ it is to get their new assignment‚ to give me the stuff that they had brought back for me (which I don’t mind as much because it shows

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    In the early 1900s‚ there was a family of 3 who were The Robinsons. They were a very wealthy family who had everything you can think of‚ A nice house‚ a nice car‚ an adorable dog‚ a bunch of nice jewelry‚ etc. One fall afternoon The Robinsons had company over for dinner‚ the couple that lived next door. The young boy tommy was talking to mr.ferro about halloween. “Now tommy what is it you would like to be for halloween” ask Mr.Ferro ‘I was hoping to be a pirate‚ but thats what my friend is gonna

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    Anzlee: A Short Story

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    Anzlee is a sixteen year old girl with hair the color of midnight that cascades down her back. Her skin a russet‚ reddish-brown with freckles painted across her face‚ showing her liveliness‚ while on the other hand‚ her eyes posses a sense of lifelessness. She always had exceptional grades‚ but this year in high school something changed. Her motivation to try and do well in school began to fade away. Her A´s went to B´s and shortly after those B´s turned to C´s‚ she no longer cared. Anzlee began

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    War - short story

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    As I walked my fingers across the brown flimsy opening of the cardboard box my other hand reached for my tattered old teddy‚ I’d had him ever since I can remember – he was a gift from my aunt Elizabeth. While my hands were holding the bear a tidal wave of memories came rushing back into my mind of the moments that him and I shared‚ alas they are now just memories. I don’t recall why but ive always known my tattered teddy as peter‚ I guess I just thought he looked like a peter. His fur used to be

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    Goldfish: A Short Story

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    didn’t even care about the fish. I just looked at them and minded my own beeswax. They didn’t look as happy as before‚ and I thought that the black fish was a carnivore‚ not whatever‚ “vore” he/she was suppose to be (Do fish even have a gender?). Our family didn’t really even care about the fish anyway. At that time‚ 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

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    Daegel's Short Story

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    so he grew from a scared youth into a young man filled with a fiery hatred for the King and all he held dear. Daegel was a discontented and frustrated young man with no outlet for his rage‚ no way to get back at the man who had taken away his only family. That is‚ until he met another who felt as he

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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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    Divided: A Short Story

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    David: Welcome Thomas‚ we are very glad you came. Thomas: Thanks! I am happy to be here. David: We invited you here to ask you questions about your last several weeks during the trials. These trials must had been very hard on you and your friends. Thomas: Yes‚ those weeks were the hardest times of my life‚ and the only ones I can remember. David: Why is that? Thomas: When WICKED first gathered all of their test subjects‚ they erased most of our memories. We could remember the names of objects

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    Juanito: A Short Story

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    Juanito is my name‚ it’s been a lot of days without seen the sun‚ iwork alot.My mother is dead and my father said that he is to old and can’t visit me.My my time goes by‚ thinking of my family and the people that stayed in the desert and i think that i could have been one of them. Right now i’m in san diego california the closest place to mexico when i look i always think of heading back to mexico but i also think of getting caught and hold back for jail and it will be worst because i’ll lose

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    Weed: A Short Story

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    after that. She never worked cause unc paid everything. He still sent money but she would spend it on weed‚ then it was that dope. No one judged her. She and big Vic snorted and smoked together. Everybody had their own demons and we had close nit family. Nomatter what the situation was we held each other down. So while my nanny got her shit together amy mom picked up the slack‚ her being Vic’s god mom and all it was her responsibility and it was nothing since Vic had always been by us anyway‚ thats

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