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    Mabel: A Short Story

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    "Are you sure you’ll be fine without me?" Mabel asked‚ twiddling her numbs nervously as she sat on her bed in the room she shared with her brother in the Mystery Shack. Mabel was preparing to leave for a fun day with her friends‚ Candy and Grenda‚ as she planned to spend this summer more focused on friends and family more so than romance. In response to her question‚ Dipper gave a small nod‚ and coughed in between. Dipper gave her a weak smile‚ his voice cracked awkwardly even more than usual because

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    Seals: A Short Story

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    Today happened to be a cloudy‚ overcast day with an air temperature of six degrees Celsius and the water a few degrees warmer. The day held the promise of a winter storm approaching well before nightfall. The surf’s rough‚ but nothing a raft of Selkies or seals couldn’t handle. Now the local Selkie clan would meet the three male Leopard seal out in the ocean in their non-humanoid form. The Leopard seal shifters differ vastly from the Selkies. Selkies required their fur pelt to take on their Selkie

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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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    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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    Short Story On The Boardwalk

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    Detective Warren Gallagher arrived at the Santa Monica pier a little after eight that morning. He was feeling rather lively because last night his girlfriend Amanda had agreed to become his fiancé‚ and because the barista at Cultivar Coffee Bar had given him an extra shot of espresso on the house. It’s wasn’t every day that he got to report to his job as a crime scene detective looking forward to the day that lay ahead of him. As he stepped out of his Subaru and began to walk up the boardwalk his

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    Short Story on Adventure

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    Hanging by a thread “Alexa Mackenzie…the name known to all in our neighborhood. You galvanize our denizens that induce a jealousy in my heart‚ you bees knees! “Good Bellings finally assented after denying the same point for weeks in utter envy. I placed the teacup after drinking the rest of it. “I have been singing your praises and there you are decoding an antiquated Latin text!” She hollered. “Bell‚ you comprehend the fact that I detest being showered with praises‚ don’t you?” I threw a rhetorical

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    Convergence of the Twain

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    AP Literature and Comp The Convergence of the Twain The Convergence of the Twain‚ describes the event of the Titanic through the words of Thomas Hardy. He discusses the ship‚ and its history in detail. He uses strong diction‚ imagery‚ and his rhyme scheme in order to express the idea that fate is fixed‚ and the Titanic’s fate was sinking. He begins by using his title to start the idea off. The word Twain‚ stands for two; The Convergence of the Two. Right from the start‚ a reader gets that idea

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    In Mark Twain’s essay‚ he was aiming to show the faults that humans have acquired from their descent from the animal kingdom. Using the analogy of human traits to those of animals. Twain was writing towards a general audience‚ he believed had lost the instincts of animals and become lost individuals. Mark Twain was successful with his structure in “The Damned Human Race‚” however made illogical arguments to prove his point. Here are a few of the successful structures used in his essay. Pathos plays

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    Sometimes people’s overconfidence can cause them to lead to horrible things in their lives. According to the short story‚ “To Build a Fire”‚ it says “That man from Sulphur Creek had spoken the truth when telling how cold it sometimes got in the country. And he laughed at him at the time!” In other words‚ the main character in this story had lots of confidence throughout this story and faces a serious situation that leads him to lose his life. A man from a place where he is from‚ told him once

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    Trinity Grove‚ you wouldn’t find it on a map of any kind if you tried. It’s a small town secluded off from any large or noticeable cities. Surrounded by a forest‚ its hard to come across it unless you have directions‚ or good luck. The town’s records say that the small village was founded long ago by three friends‚ searching desperately for a new home after surviving through a long war. They headed off into the forest to hide there‚ hoping they might find something. While trekking through the forest

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