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    Elthem: A Short Story

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    When a door opened nearly an hour later‚ the paneled door curved inward to allow in a clergyman. The shuffling clergyman‚ who looked closer to his last breath than his first‚ wore the red and white liturgical vestments of the Emperor’s Church. A sun symbol dangling from a rosary around his neck swayed as his voice rasped‚ "The emperor sent me here to extend a welcome." A series of faint popping noises emitted from the man’s joints each time he moved and his fingers were broken many times over. Shiny

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    Grace: A Short Story

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    to be rough with her jack.” a women says grabbing Grace by the arms and pulling her away. Grace’s father frowns “I was not being ruff just playing around Jesse.” jack said in an annoyed tone You see young Grace’s parents have split up when she was only one because of reasons she

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    Duluth: A Short Story

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    have no idea how they managed to create a massive stack but weren’t able to put it on the scoring platform. Whatever the reason I looked to the other side and the other team was ahead of us but only by a few points. The stack of totes already made but not on the stack was more than enough to get us ahead. Ten seconds left. DNA was ever-so-slowly pushing it towards the scoring platform. They reached it with time to spare‚ but as they pushed it up the slight incline there was a wobble. Then it became

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    Belonging - Short Story

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    formulated‚ grazing the grade 1 seven stripes that were sewn on. Stripes of courage‚ rank and acknowledgement. *** My father slowly wiped down the Lee-Enfield while I filled up the metal canteen. “Father‚ is it going to hurt the rabbit?” He let out a short laughter‚ finished with a smirk and a smile offering me to polish the .303 that he was wiping. “Come on son‚ if you have a mind as weak as that‚ you won’t make it past a private.” *** Taking a sip from the warm scented cup‚ the cross dangled down

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    Divorce in Short Stories

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    divorce was never established it would have been for the better. Also another reason why Shoba planned on leaving Shukumar was the fact of being the sole supporter of the household. Failure can be considered as a loss of something or someone. In the story “A Temporary Matter” Shobar and Shukumar experience the loss of their child and the inability to love is triggered by this serious impact on their relationship. Within the failure to love Shobar and Shukumar ended up with a lot of difficulties coping

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    Immigrant: A Short Story

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    Nevertheless‚ as we kept talking I could only listen in fascination‚ our lives seemed so similar to each others. Our conversations were long‚ and laughter filled. We talked about our family and personal lives. We both became pretty close over the short amount of time that we had been talking. When it came to a more in depth conversation about of family‚ we both fell silent. “I used to have a father and mother‚ but they aren’t in the picture now” she explained as her eyes slowly teared up. After

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    Antigone: A Short Story

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    opinion‚ and he grudgingly agreed‚ at which point I set upon him with a vengeance. "You claim it is shameful‚" I said‚ "to stand up against the majority when in reality it is just the opposite. Antigone believes her actions to be just‚ so it is nothing short of a requirement for her to support them‚ no matter the unpopularity it may bring." He responded one must obey the law‚ with no special permission or treatment granted to anyone regardless of status (497-99‚ 539-40). "The law must be observed‚" I agreed

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    Bokoblins: A Short Story

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    It was an arctic morning when Link Ryan’s‚ a boy only seventeen‚ awoke engulfed in a pain that permeated throughout his body and left him breathless. Wincing in pain‚ the boy tried to hoist himself out of the low bed he had found himself in but it was to no avail. With a loud crash‚ that alerted the entire household that the once sleeping Link was now conscious‚ he fell to the ground landing sorely on his knees. His mother‚ a wispy woman of thirty-five‚ rushed into Links bedroom‚ her eyes wide

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    The Odyssey: A Short Story

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    Odysseus and his tired men land upon a barren island‚ surrounded by crystal waters. They anchored their ship and shuffled off‚ in weary silence. The island was only a raised chunk of smooth white rock‚ with an igloo shaped cave. “We have learned our lesson with Polyphemus‚ we must stay clear of that cave.” Shouted Odysseus. Some men agreed with him‚ but others muttered in disagreement. They group decided to settle down for the night‚ as they longed to sleep on solid land once again‚ even for just

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    the drive-thru line moving too slow to no fault of my own. Yet‚ despite all this‚ I was happy at the change of pace. I think it must have been being poor that has made me love philosophy because I can more easily see how all of our lives are so short that it becomes absurd to care about many material things. I suppose that my love for thinking about living and how to act merited me to become a Telluride Association Summer Program finalist among the hundreds that have applied and had made me want

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