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    Ecstasy: A Short Story

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    Oz used to have a problem with putting liquid ecstasy into children’s drinks. He used to work in the custodial department at a school. During the lower school lunch hour his job was to set out the milk for all the children. Every carton of milk he put out‚ he would put a teaspoon of liquid ecstasy into it. These were little kids‚ so no one would ever notice if they were acting out of the ordinary. Two months later his friend Tido went to his house. Tido: Hey man what you been up to? Oz: Great

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    Probity: A Short Story

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    As I was watching the news this weekend‚ I was also thinking of the short story I had to write using one of my vocabulary lists. I kept thinking of my words and watching the news and all I could think about was how all of the stories seemed to be spurious. It also appeared certain stations were in collusion in order to belie the truth. Probity is something that was taught in our home. I was raised to believe police officers were scrupulous in their actions. I was taught and believe police officers

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    The Elevator Short Story

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    The Elevator Believe it or not‚ many people have a phobia for elevators. In the short story “The Elevator” Martin has a huge fear of elevators especially the one they use in his apartment. In the story his phobia got worse and worse because of the mysterious obese woman who would come with him every time. She would mostly increase in fear by giving him a strange stare. Martin has a great big phobia for elevators. “He was always uncomfortable in elevators‚ afraid that they would fall”(31). this shows

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    Wonwoo: A Short Story

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    then shut down from the multiple beeps after returning from a party in the early days of

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    Short Story Essay

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    Power One theme among five stories included in chapter eleven was the power struggle between characters‚ either within themselves or among other characters. Power is somewhat of an elusive concept in which it can take many forms. The characters within this chapter exhibit a wide spectrum of power including the power achieved through independence and feelings of empowerment‚ the corruption that may coincide in great power‚ or the illusion of power. In the first story‚ titled Sweat‚ the character

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    Adoption: A Short Story

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    Turning to talk to the lady now sitting behind a table I asked‚ “Can we take him‚ and after a few days.” if we see it will not work out cam we bring him back “Sure‚ you can‚” the lady answered. "But‚ it‘s always hard on the animals‚ and we cannot return the adoption fee." “Done‚” my wife said‚ "we’ll take him for a trial spin.” After filling out the papers‚ and paying the fee‚ we took Bobo to the grooming salon inside the store. “For ten dollar extra‚” the groomer said‚ “We will trim his nails

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    Nero's Short Story

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    the ground‚’ Nero observes to SH as they are being bundled ever further down a winding tunnel. From somewhere the MC’s voice‚ ‘Look‚ we wanted some razz-matazz out there tonight‚ but things are not really working out. You’ve at least discovered that Story Hunter is not dead meat.’ With frustration shining through in voice SH complains‚ ‘Yeah‚ it is all well and good to have found me‚ but now we have lost Buiteboer to the netherworld‚ it seems.’ The MC sounds unconcerned about Buiteboer’s whereabouts

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    Lifeguard: A Short Story

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    hope. Eventually after what seems to be an eternity we can hear the sirens from an ambulance

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    Sodalite: A Short Story

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    tendencies ever again.” Whats a steven? Soda thought. Is it some type of earth thing? Soda never really… studied Earth. She just learned some of it from Homeworld‚ like what trees are‚ whats a human‚ how a human can harm you‚ what the earth would look like after homeworld colonized it‚ etc. The voices got closer‚ and soda could start to see what the things in the distance were. Humans. Ugh. Soda squinted to get a better look at the humans‚ her visor identify who they were. Oh. Oh. They werent humans. They

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    Five (Short Story)

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    condition and she’s dead wrong; I know myself more than everybody does. After that check-up‚ I never came to her clinic again. It’s Sunday night and everyone is gathered in the dining room. My mom who always looks like‚ well‚ a mother is sitting between Cessi and Gary. Staring at the vegetable salad‚ Gary didn’t make a single move. Cessi is smiling at me. She’s the cool kid between them and among all normal six years olds. She looks horrible now but always happy. Poor kid‚ she doesn’t even

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