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    Stardust - Short Story

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    ENG4U Journals – April 2013 Jaymi B Stardust Emily woke up in the dark to an electronic beeping coming from her backyard. Tossing the blankets off her body‚ she quickly ran to the window and peered into the expansive garden. Among the rose and honeysuckle bushes‚ she could see two small spheres glistening softly in the moonlight. Each of the metallic balls had a small light‚ blinking in time with the strange noise. The lights were so bright that Emily could distinguish them from her bedroom

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    Boreas: A Short Story

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    One serene spring evening‚ the snow goddess Chione was helping her mother Orithyia grow trees in time for the season of winter. Chione was a wonderful young lady‚ she had long luxurious dark hair indistinguishable to that of a wolf‚ splendid cocoa eyes that mirrored the sap that is expelled from a Sycamore tree‚ and snow white skin. Being the daughter of Boreas‚ the Bringer of Winter and divine force of the North Wind‚ she had inherited her father’s forces of the cold. Moreover‚ she had been honored

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    Belonging: A Short Story

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    It has been just a few hours‚ but it was harsh to stay without any food or water. And I arrived in front of the hole when he day became night. Although I was dying‚ I felt like lying down for a few minutes on the desert land. The stars in the sky was magnificent bright and dazzling. I wanted to stay more‚ because of the star; I had to leave for at least one more chance to go back to home. I worried about my family and friends and others‚ I left the house more than a week and now‚ I might couldn’t

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    The Sniper: A Short Story

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    Alivah was running for her life through muddy fields and dense forest‚ attempting to evade the sniper who was on her tail. She’d been grounded by one of their anti aircraft missiles‚ and her parachute was kind enough to tangle itself into a chestnut tree‚ of all things. The spiky shells of the nuts had pierced the fabric of the chute and stuck as if they were deliberately trying to hinder her escape‚ and so she had to hurry to cut herself down. From her vantage point in the tree she couldn’t miss

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    Konekomaru: A Short Story

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    At last‚ another summer has gone by signaling that Bon‚ and the rest of his classmates‚ were now second years in high school. That did not mean that he completely agreed with the decision that each and every student in his class were eligible to moved on to the next grade‚ or even become an Exwire. But alas‚ no matter how hard he argued about the matter‚ it couldn’t change the fact that they had all passed. Nevertheless‚ the teenage boy didn’t let these small annoyances distract him from his studies

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    Essay and Short Story

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    HSC     STUDY     BUDDY   Belonging  Creative  Writing   Perfection?/Perfect  Chaos.     The  steel  door  slid  closed  behind  Jian  with  a  quiet  susurration‚  sealing  the  room  with  a  series  of   soft  mechanical  clicks.  The  hideous  moans  of  the  Misbegotten  that  perpetually  polluted  the  air   faded.  He  was  swallowed  by  sanctified

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    Illinois: A Short Story

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    Ella Wheeler Illinois It’s late at night and I’m running through the cotton fields of the slave plantation in Kentucky. Day after day I had been forced to endure working at this horrible place. Not anymore because I am going to finally escape. My friends all say that someday things will get better‚ but to me things won’t get better when nobody is willing to try. I am going to be that person who will change the thoughts of other people. Suddenly‚ I hear a shout behind me that brings me to the

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    Looking out the kitchen window‚ the snow was just beginning to fall‚ a light dust covered the roof of the car that sat on the side street. She had hoped that today it would snow‚ it was surely a good day to wish for it. Thanksgiving only comes once a year‚ and this year she had so many things to be thankful for. It had been a nail biting year at times‚ but it was time to start making new memories‚ fresh memories‚ ones that would last for a lifetime. Smiling‚ Kelli daydreamed about what those memories

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    The younger man‚ by now‚ had learned that the older man had lost his wife 2 years ago. The thick-necked‚ sun-burned redneck had had no children and basically no one would miss him. He (the redneck) would be an easy mark. Time now for the redneck to use direct deposit for his monthly Social Security check‚ monthly pension from the railroad‚ and his monthly military stipend. That way‚ the younger man could score. Feeding the redneck’s different farm animals in the barn was a lot more palatable to

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    Short Story On Abellona

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    A new dawn arose over Mount Harrison a few hours later. And‚ with Abellona’s curse having been lifted from the village‚ a new sense of hope and well-being emerged along with it among the villagers. For many it was like awakening from a long slumber and knowing that you’ve had a nightmare about something‚ but not for the life of you remembering what it was. Later that morning we had buried Casper’s body in the backyard along with the remains of Midnight and Popsicle. I had said a little prayer

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