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    Bulldogs: A Short Story

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    “Are you awake?” my mother’s frantic voice startles me. “Yes‚ of course‚” I respond while wiping the rheum from the corner of my eyes. “Our witless dog ate rat poisoning. We have to drive her to the hospital‚” she says while ripping the warm duvet off of me. I don’t ask questions and stumble to the car in my nightgown. Bella‚ our family dog‚ walks with her head down towards the car‚ clearly regretting her appetite. My mom lifts her into the car and Bella lays on my lap tentatively. Bella is usually

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    Paid: A Short Story

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    My six year old self was wearing a pink velvet hello kitty long sleeve shirt and jeans that had embroidered sparkles and butterfly designs. Obviously I was dressed to impress. After visiting with my parents for a couple weeks I was about to spend my first night with my new family. My mom is a petite Asian women but despite her small frame she is exerts confidence and has a Type A personality while my dad is a big white guy who is kind and is perfect for my mom because he is Type B personality. Upon

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    Short Story On Smackle

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    Dropping his hand he clenches and unclenches it over the strap of his bag. He turns on his heel determination. He doesn’t know what he’s going to do. All he knows is that he has to do something. He misses the peculiar look Lucas is giving him having seen the entire exchange in the hallway. The concern‚ the tension‚ the way Smackle fled. Zay doesn’t see Lucas but Lucas see’s it all. Including the way he looks now. A look that Zay has described to him so many times. The look he gets when he’s about

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    Channing: A Short Story

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    I had just got back from dinner when I got a text message that made my heart race. It said “Come to the health center right now! It’s Channing. Hurry it’s urgent.” The message was from my good friend Nick So. I didn’t know it then‚ but that Monday would be the last time I would see my best friend at NMH. I raced to the health center with a million thoughts running in and out of my mind. “I just hope he’s not hurt.”‚ was at the front of my mind. I was greeted by one of the health staff who already

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    Cael: A Short Story

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    Maybe the voice in Cael’s head was his own. Wake up‚ kid. And he did jerk awake upon hearing this echo through his mind. For a moment he forgot where he was‚ even though he was at home in his own bed. Faint laughter from a corner startled him back to reality and cleared his thoughts. Other voices surrounded him. Pleading‚ weeping‚ screaming. A voice whispered directly into his ear‚ sending chills down his spine. Anyone else might go to a doctor‚ and Cael had in the past‚ but no amount of medicine

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    Hershey: A Short Story

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    Madison woke up this morning and felt a little dizzy. She figured she just needed something to eat and she would be fine. Robert‚ her dad‚ was just coming up the stairs to wake her up. He is a news reporter so he has to leave early. Normally he wakes her up about the time he is leaving. Every day after school‚ Madison goes home and watch my dad on tv. Today’s show was weird. You could tell they were concerned about something. They were talking about the differences in the rotation of the earth. Madison

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    Montresor: A Short Story

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    More success‚ more triumph. Why not? There isn’t a man‚ nay a soul‚ that could best me. But it is with wine that I celebrate my glory. The more the better‚ as wine is my source of comfort. I indeed celebrate with my trusted friend Montresor‚ who had accompanied me during the carnival season. Dusk lay across the land‚ and while the people cheered and laughed‚ I was mesmerized my what my friend had to tell me. “A pipe” I stumbled a bit by the news‚ unsure if I’d even heard it right. “Impossible! And

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    Mittens: A Short Story

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    “Mittens!” Amy said angrily and Mittens glanced up at her. “Why are you doing this?” Amy questioned Mittens like she would answer her. Then Amy rushed to get the broom and dust pan. Amy swept up all the glass. She walked carefully back to the kitchen to the trash can then set the broom and dust pan down. As soon as she walked into the room- screech-screech - Amy ran back to the room once again. Then she grabbed the glass that Mittens was pushing to the edge of the table and set it in the middle of

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    Tifa Short Stories

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    SELPHIE: *phew* This one will take a while to type. Cloud grew up in a town called "Nibelheim". He was a loner; he had no friends. Even if Tifa was in the same hometown as his‚ they like never really hung out with each other as kids. She’d just always hang out with these 3 guys. One day‚ she like went to Mt. Nibel (that big scary mountain behind Nibelheim) because she wanted to find her dead mother’s soul (has to do with some superstitious belief). Her 3 friends went with her‚ but soon got scared

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    A Humorous: A Short Story

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    I did ask for a microphone for today but was told that one wasn’t obtainable. So if you can’t hear me in the back‚ just know that the silence from the people in the front should re-assure you that you’re not missing out on anything. What an exciting and happy day it is today. Earlier this afternoon we were trying to get all the beautiful bridesmaids and handsome groomsmen‚ and the lovely bride and dapper groom‚ ready for this day of festivity. I must admit though that Connor was surprisingly calm

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