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    Short Story: The Water

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    Shaking his head‚ Steve quickly glancing around. "What happened?" He asks‚ trying to pull his throbbing arms down to his side. Unable to move them‚ he looks up to find his hands were tied together above his head. Tracing the rope with his eyes‚ he sees it’s looped around a hook hanging down from a small ceiling rafter. Steve tried to wiggle free‚ but soon realizes the restraints tighten with every movement. Using all of his weight‚ he pulls down on the ropes‚ hoping he could break the small ceiling

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    Daegel's Short Story

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    He had been filled with rage for so long; it was the only thing he knew. His mother was dead‚ killed at the hands of Uther. Oh‚ the King may not have been the one to strike the fatal blow‚ but it was his men who had hunted the woman down and executed her for the crime of being a sorceress. Daegel had seen it all happen from his hiding place amongst the scrubby brush and fallen leaves. His mother’s cries for mercy were burned into his brain. And so he grew from a scared youth into a young man filled

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    Kaylen: A Short Story

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    Letitia looped Kaylen;’s music and Kaylen didn’t know how to react. She couldn’t move not even a bone‚ the same judge that coughed ‚ “He told Letitia to stop the music” and asked Kaylen “ that she was not ready and to come when she is”. Kaylen went off the stage and hugged Letitia and started crying Letitia told her “what happened you knew how to do the dance “‚ but she didn’t say anything. Another girl was right next to Kaylen ‚ she was shaking of being nervous ‚ but she went on stage with a brave

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    Short Story: Kingstown

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    I have no idea how I am going to escape! I don’t know what they want with me‚ but I’m scared. Taking a few deep breaths‚ I begi feeling my way around my prison. There seemed to be no hope‚ until there was a huge explosion. The explosion punched a big hole in the prison wall. Smoke and dust rushed and filled the whole room which knocked me unconscious.I revived in some time and I saw my body with protective metal gear. I was shocked when I heard a voice from the sky. I couldn’t believe my ears. The

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    Privilege: A Short Story

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    Privilege- a special right‚ advantage‚ or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people. Many people take life for granted and don’t realize the amount to privilege we do have. It all starts back in 2013 when you’re young and curious and don’t care what anyone says. “Patrick‚ Brandon‚ Matt; come here.” There was a different tone in my parents voices‚ one that isn’t comforting but you got the point that something was wrong. “Take a seat” mom says with a very uncomfortable

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    Carwash: A Short Story

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    Excuse me‚ ma’am. Excuse me!” a customer calls out‚ snatching me from the daze I’d drifted into. “Is it okay if I go through the wash again? My car’s still dirty and there’s some type of film on my windows. Do you see this?” she asks. Without even a glance at her car‚ I respond‚ “Of course‚” and guide her vehicle onto the track for a second time. A customer asking for a rewash is such a common occurrence that my coworkers and I don’t even think twice about giving them out. Moreover‚ it’s still

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    Aubrie: A Short Story

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    falls asleep with her head on Parker’s lap. Once the movie ends‚ he picks her up bridal style. “I’m going to take her to bed.” He whispers to her grandpa. Parker carries her to the bedroom and places in the bed‚ covering her with the blue blankets. He walks back out to the living room area to help her grandfather‚ who is putting out the fire. Parker helps him clean up a little before they both go to bed. As Parke walks towards the bedroom‚ Aubrie’s grandfather stops him. “Parker wait a minute.”

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    Marigold: A Short Story

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    After spending so much time cooped up in a cell with someone‚ their face and behaviour become normal to you but to any passing onlookers my cellmate is anything but normal. When I was first thrown into the cell‚ Marigold was the first thing I saw‚ it was kind of hard not to‚ she could be standing in a room full of diamonds and she would be the brightest thing there. This shine she possesses isn’t due to beauty but rather a peculiar mix of clashing features. She has a wrinkled forehead that always

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    Piggy: A Short Story

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    There were three pigs each wore a red checkered shirt‚ they all fancy a job‚ they live the modern life‚ except they all ‘act’ smart. So one little piggy walked to the street corner that is usually quite barren but today there was a person with a rugged outfit ripped and saggy but he was giving out exactly what the piggy needed. He walked to the man and asked‚ “Is there any jobs where I can help out people?” The strange man then said‚ “why of course‚ infact there is one near here called

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    Poor Rosie‚ she’s fat‚ she’s ugly‚ she’s alone‚ her kid hates her guts and she’s dumb as a stump. All she has left in life is be just as nasty on the inside as she is on the outside. It’s a good thing she’s dried up and menopausal. Because the slob who once showed her brilliance by announcing that "Fire can not melt metal" now is telling the world what she would do with her ‘flow’ if she wasn’t a dried up old prune. O’Donnell said she would like to do this to pro-lifers: “I’d like to take my

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