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    Pukalani: A Short Story

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    asked if I could talk to him about when he realized he wanted to go to college. My dad usually never talked about school especially High School. I guess he never thought i’d ask him about college because it wasn’t to long ago. “Sure why not”. We began talking about why he wanted to finish college. “I got to warn you this is going to be some boring answers”. As I laughed i asked him questions about his college experience. Additionally

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    Mccarthy: A Short Story

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    It was a quiet Monday morning‚ I was getting ready for another day at school. I had walked downstairs to hear Mother and Father talking about something that I didn’t understand. They were talking about something with the African American students. I never really understood why we all didn’t go to the same school‚ they’re just like us. I had finally gotten to school‚ i was a little late but Mrs. McCarthy didn’t care. She was a close friend of my Mother and Father’s. I was going to take a seat but

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    Klara: A Short Story

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    grimaced at the fact the townspeople were the ones to worry about. He was concerned‚ rightfully so‚ about her when Orin should be focused on them. “Well‚ the local farms would say that I am very helpful and a hard working. The Mayor would say I am studious and keep my nose in too many books. The Innkeeper would say I can handle my alcohol.” A cheeky grin spread across her pale face. “As for everyone else? Well‚ contrary to what myths about psychics say‚ I am not a mind reader‚ sir.” She shrugged

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    We asked what was wrong and she said they killed her husband. Because early that day‚ when he found me and karl‚ he screamed because he was so angry about them killing our moms and dads. It was just going to be me and Karl and the janitor’s wife from now on. I knew she would keep us safe no matter what. The janitor’s wife was a very nice lady and was so nice to take us in. we went outside to see a

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    Goldfish: A Short Story

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    really mad and thinking that it was some killer fish or something so I didn’t really care about the fish anymore and just fed them‚ watch them as I eat breakfast‚ etc. A few weeks later‚ there were only 2 fish left. The black one‚ and the other one (which was a complete blur to me)‚ I forgot about the color. However‚ I could tell you that I was getting really frustrated to the point where I didn’t even care about the fish. I just looked at them and minded my own beeswax. They didn’t look as happy as

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    Ziplining: A Short Story

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    About two years ago i was in branson with a friend she really wanted to go ziplining and i was ok with that so we were all hyped up. We signed in and payed a whole lot of money to do it . about 30 minutes later the lady told us it was our turn to strap up! My heart was racing and i had butterflies in my stomach i was horrified. I knew this wasn’t going to turn out well . I had been Ziplining before but‚ First it wasn’t at night and second it was 100 feet in the air! I was very scared we got in

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    Lily: A Short Story

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    Why does T-Ray care if Lily lives at August’s house for the rest of her life? He has never cared about Lily before. First‚ T-Ray treats Lily like a bag of garbage. He yells at her for the silliest reasons. One time her yelled at her for reading her book while she was working his peach stand. He said he wanted her to just sit all day and sell peaches but no one even came to buy them. Another cruel thing T-Ray did to Lily is slap her. When T-Ray found Lily at August’s house‚ Lily refused to go home

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    Lesley: A Short Story

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    Lesley‚ What was the all about? Stu‚ Oh‚ you mean me thanks audience and you for such a great opportunity? Hey I might just have the acting bug. Lesley‚ That was no bug‚ that was just fucking stupid. In all my life‚ you have to the dumbest person I know. When have you ever seen a cast member of a play stop the freaking audience as they head toward the door. Only you would think to do that in the theater. Stu‚ Wow‚ you arrogance artist liberal. That’s what wrong with you artist fuckers. Just like

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    a gothic short story

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    Blanche is already in a nervous breakdown as she was drinking wine that she found in Stella’s house. She was using it to calm her nerves. When Stanley came home from his bowling game‚ he had a conversation with her. At the end of the scene‚ he asks her about her husband. She started to break apart as she says “The boy – the boy died; [She sinks back down] I’m afraid I‘m - going to be sick! [Her head falls on her arms]‚” (p. 31). This represents that her husband’s death has resulted her to go into a depression

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    Charlie: A Short Story

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    way to line up the machines in the factory. Donnegan was overjoyed because Charlie just saved him thousands of dollars and gave Charlie a bonus. All the guys at the factory and I felt weird and maybe a little afraid of Charlie. We had a bad feeling about Charlie because there is no way that someone like him could all of a sudden be this smart. Even though he seemed smarter‚ he still saw us as his friends and invited us out to lunch in celebration. Frank and I declined the invitation by giving really

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