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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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    Short English Story

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    is like hell. After my family past away‚ i got moved to a foster home it was far away from everything and everyone. The owner was a complete bitch‚ we’d wake up every morning at six to help clean and start cooking‚ we showered once a week in a shared bathroom. I was so quiet no-one even knew what i sounded like‚ sometimes i even forgot what my own voice sounds like. Here i am writing in this diary‚ letting all my emotions and expressions out‚ it was the only thing i ever told my story to. I cut every

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    Ayala Short Stories

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    It was true. Several of the maidens and their families left the compound as soon as the food supply became scarce. Her Master had not been outside of the home in months as his appearance became increasingly unrecognizable—even to her. It made her sad to see the man she’d grown to admire succumb to such an unexplainable illness and tragedies that surpassed human limitations. Ayala always thought that one day she would marry herself a man much like her Master… someone rich‚ handsome‚ and who

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    Short Story Outline

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    the one person I could talk without being judged. I was definitely the adventurous type and when I would decide it was time for an adventure. I would never forget to have my comrade by my side. PLOT Exposition: This story was some of the best times during the first five years of my life. It took place at the first place I ever called home. There I lived with my aunt‚ my uncle‚ and their child. There was also my mom‚ my brother‚ me‚ and lucky. Most of mine and Lucky’s adventures took place in

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    Potato-Short Story

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    He stands on line‚ waiting for roll call to be over. He shivers slightly‚ both from cold and from fear. He knows‚ beyond a shadow of doubt‚ that if the guards find his hidden treasure‚ that’s it. His life is over. After all‚ he’s smuggling some contraband into his barracks. And what is this item‚ a treasure to him‚ and contraband to the Germans‚ימ’’ש ? What is this that’s worth his whole life? A potato. Not even a whole one‚ but half of a potato‚ smuggled out of the kitchen. He had risked his life

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    “Trash!!” the middle-aged man exclaimed suddenly as he threw the stone against the floor‚ breaking the former into pieces. “Absolute trash!! What the hell are you puffing your chest out for‚ trash?!! You’re even worse trash than what my son shits out after eating pig crap for weeks!!” the middle-aged man was completely

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    Halfway: A Short Story

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    body. Everything‚ yet nothing was possible. Life was so clear‚ yet I was more confused than I’d ever been. I was in the state of waking up where you have to remind yourself that it had only been a dream‚ except I was still uncertain about that. After a while‚ or maybe it was only a few minutes - time was irrelevant - we somehow made the decision to continue walking to the river.I couldn’t imagine trying to walk in the state I was in‚ but once I had started‚ I was Casper floating to my destination

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    Gothic Short Story

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    Harry wasn ’t satisfied‚ he wanted more. He put a gun up against my head and said‚ "Go to the bank and give me all of your money!" Harry forced me into my own car and made me drive to the closest bank. After we emptied my bank account I drove back to my house. When we arrived at my house‚ there was a short stubby man named George waiting on my porch. Harry called George the previous night because he needed a place to stay. George was furious with Harry for calling him during the night. Harry tried to

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    A Gothic Short Story

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    floors high with little towers coming out above the main roof‚ the other half is lower down‚ only about 5 stories high‚ with a large watch tower in the middle of that section. It houses my aunt‚ uncle and their daughter‚ my cousin and a few other families. For the last few days I’ve been walking to their estate as I am moving there to live with them because my

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    The Deagle: A Short Story

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    walking it was waiting to see what would happen if it flapped it’s wings. It looked very proud while it was walking. After a while the creature goes over to Dr. Scooter and tries to get her to pet it. She decided to pet it and decided it needed a new name since it wasn’t a deer or eagle anymore. She tried to come up with a name that was a mixture of both. She came up with the name Deagle. After a few days cooped up in the safe room she finally went up to the outside

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