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    Konekomaru: A Short Story

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    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. In fact‚he used it as motivation and remained at

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    Short Story Essay

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    Writers use techniques to position the audience to compare the responses of the characters to convey the guilt and innocence. In ‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson and ‘The Wife’s Story’ by Ursula Le Guin‚ both authors use situational irony‚ point of view and setting to carry the innocence of the characters to the readers‚ displaying the emotions being exposed. Both authors have used situational irony in their texts to lead the readers to an unexpected ending and to display the innocence and or

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    Belonging - Short Story

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    formulated‚ grazing the grade 1 seven stripes that were sewn on. Stripes of courage‚ rank and acknowledgement. *** My father slowly wiped down the Lee-Enfield while I filled up the metal canteen. “Father‚ is it going to hurt the rabbit?” He let out a short laughter‚ finished with a smirk and a smile offering me to polish the .303 that he was wiping. “Come on son‚ if you have a mind as weak as that‚ you won’t make it past a private.” *** Taking a sip from the warm scented cup‚ the cross dangled down

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    Zeus Short Story

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    Lavatinos. He was a very curious boy‚ as he grew older he asked more and more questions about where his dad was and why his mom wouldn’t tell him. Eventually his mom became frustrated with all of the questions being asked‚ and told him that he was a Demigod‚ son of Zeus. The boy then wanted to meet his father Zeus‚ so after much convincing Lavatinos received Zeus’s permission and was sent to Mount Olympus to meet his father. After meeting his father and living at Olympus‚ Lavatinos became jealous of his

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    Once there was an alligator named Tippens. He lived in a cage in a dusty old zoo‚ with nothing to do except entertain the audience of sweaty people that crowded his enclosure everyday. Despite being lionized day after day‚ Tippens began to conspire a plan to escape from the shackles of the zoo. Tippens planned meticulously‚ of course. He wouldn’t want to rush in and ruin his one chance at freedom. It was a bizarre plan‚ but Tippens felt as though it would prove to be successful as long as he followed

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    Terito Short Story

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    The first anti-hero Our story starts in an ancient village a very long time ago there lived a young man by the name of Terito‚ he was given a blessing by an ancient being of great power‚ but there was a price for the power. Terito had to give the being two things for the power. The first thing he had to give the being was his looks for which he was forever scarred on his entire head so he donned a mask. The second item was a gift and a curse he had to give the being all of his memories of

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    Halloween short story

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    A little girl wandered through the child-filled streets in her fairy costume. Her short dirty blonde hair fell on either side of her rosy cheeks which showed the purest of innocence. Just like every other Halloween night her green eyes sparked with excitement. Her name was Bianca‚ Halloween is the one thing she looked forward to all year round‚ seeing the houses decorated‚ feeling the breeze of fall brushing against her body and the wondrous scent of candy‚ all these things brought joy to her. Every

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    I recognized Francis by three things‚ her strong southern accent‚ her rich intoxicating perfume‚ and the color of her skin. She was my “Black Grandmama.” When I was a little kid‚ my family would drive down to my father’s hometown of New Orleans Louisiana‚ and stay with his parents for months at a time. My grandparents‚ very wealthy‚ had an ensemble of workers. Maids‚ butlers‚ cooks‚ all of which had one thing in common; they were black. Growing up in Dubuque I had very few encounters with people

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    Seeing as how we were currently down a shaman since no one had been given the job after the last one died that meant I got to go through his cave and loot any of the stuff that was left. Best job in the world I’d reckon if it wasn’t for the fact that anything the adventurers didn’t want probably meant that I wouldn’t want it either. Regardless

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    Castiel: A Short Story

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    Though‚ Castiel had never seen the man reading a book‚ it was odd to say the least; coming to a place made for books but not read a book. Castiel didn’t think much about the issue‚ he was usually daydreaming about how it would feel to touch that honey like hair or how it would be the man’s reaction if he ever caught him staring. Castiel presumed that the man only accompanied someone to the library and was always waiting for them to comeback‚ and Castiel never stuck around to see who it may be. Perhaps

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