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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Looking out the kitchen window‚ the snow was just beginning to fall‚ a light dust covered the roof of the car that sat on the side street. She had hoped that today it would snow‚ it was surely a good day to wish for it. Thanksgiving only comes once a year‚ and this year she had so many things to be thankful for. It had been a nail biting year at times‚ but it was time to start making new memories‚ fresh memories‚ ones that would last for a lifetime. Smiling‚ Kelli daydreamed about what those memories
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The younger man‚ by now‚ had learned that the older man had lost his wife 2 years ago. The thick-necked‚ sun-burned redneck had had no children and basically no one would miss him. He (the redneck) would be an easy mark. Time now for the redneck to use direct deposit for his monthly Social Security check‚ monthly pension from the railroad‚ and his monthly military stipend. That way‚ the younger man could score. Feeding the redneck’s different farm animals in the barn was a lot more palatable to
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A new dawn arose over Mount Harrison a few hours later. And‚ with Abellona’s curse having been lifted from the village‚ a new sense of hope and well-being emerged along with it among the villagers. For many it was like awakening from a long slumber and knowing that you’ve had a nightmare about something‚ but not for the life of you remembering what it was. Later that morning we had buried Casper’s body in the backyard along with the remains of Midnight and Popsicle. I had said a little prayer
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Cato leaned further back into his chair‚ the faux leather covering said chair groaned in retaliation at the movement. His glasses gleamed as if an lightbulb had glowed in front them‚ his thoughts halted as an idea for his current case had just transpired in his head. His sharp smirk at the idea looked deadly. He would win this case now. He walked back into the courtroom ready to win "Is it true that you claim to have been touched inappropriately by this man?" Cato questioned the clearly drug addicted
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Anzlee is a sixteen year old girl with hair the color of midnight that cascades down her back. Her skin a russet‚ reddish-brown with freckles painted across her face‚ showing her liveliness‚ while on the other hand‚ her eyes posses a sense of lifelessness. She always had exceptional grades‚ but this year in high school something changed. Her motivation to try and do well in school began to fade away. Her A´s went to B´s and shortly after those B´s turned to C´s‚ she no longer cared. Anzlee began
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Chatter. Chatter. Chatter. I heard my mom’s teeth chattering from my room. I walked into the living room to see my mom laying on the couch. Her face was as pale as a ghost. My mom was wrapped in a blanket and still shivering. I’ve never experienced anything like this before. My mom is usually the backbone of my family and she is never sick on the couch like this. I had just started kindergarten when this all unfolded. We had just gotten a new house and my mom had just gotten a new job. She was
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Distortion. If I could put that moment into one word that would be it. Everything in my mind was racing‚ as if my thoughts were on a high speed merry go round that was no longer full of merriment‚ but filled with a feeling of disaster. Drowning in a vast sea of uncertainty‚ the light shining from above was slowly vanishing from sight. I no longer had hope. I remember just wanting to sleep. To drift away and have all my pain and worries leave my body. I never wanted to wake up and feel the agony
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The future was very different. People transported in quadrapods and didn’t go hungry anymore. It was a happy life‚ except for a guy named Vanderhoof‚ who was in jail. Vanderhoof was powerful. Everyone worried that one day he would break out of jail‚ and he did‚ one sunny hot day in the spring of 3059. Dianna was on her way home from school when she saw him. She ran home as fast as she could. She opened the door of her house and ran in to tell her mom. Only her older brother‚ Calvin‚ was home. Dianna
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The minibus jolted to a halt. Taking a step down‚ I tried to piece everything that had happened. Aunt Adeline‚ Ava‚ the man – strangely by the name of Dimitri Viavondachi… Mama. The gap between the last step and the molten coloured dusty earth‚ was wide and as big as the fissure of weariness‚ agony‚ and hurt‚ swirling deep in the empty depths. Ten years‚ and I had lived on a cloud of lies‚ as each day had passed‚ I had turned with a sense of direction – a future. Now all there had been was shattered
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