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    Short Story Journey

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    One cold morning‚ just as the sun had risen above High Street‚ two men‚ both in black‚ dashed hurriedly out of the Merlin Bank. One of the men wore a beard‚ and both were trim and fit looking‚ in their late thirties or early forties. They both carried briefcases‚ from which large denominations of banknotes were poking out; the first man was also carrying a sack with rectangular shaped packets silhouetted against the side; he called out to the one following‚ “Get a move on‚ Gilbert; we will miss our

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    Mute: A Short Story

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    Mute “Deeeeeeeep” The heart minder screamed letting me know that cancer was winning “DOCTOR” I screamed at the top of my lungs. I took one last gazes into my sister’s eyes as the nurse pushed me out the room and all I witness was defeat and surrender. “ Myasia I’m sorry‚ I love you” she battled to pronounce. “ Taj don’t talk like that‚ I’m not letting you go… I can’t” I replied bursting into tears and pushing through the nurse into my sister’s arms . “Myasia listen‚ y-you can never t-talk…”

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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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    Yosemite: A Short Story

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    Isolated. How else was I supposed to feel? Lost maybe? How was I supposed to cope with a decision I knew I wasn’t a part of. The sound of the rolling tires against the highway asphalt fused with the sound of the humming from the car engine. I had just spent a week in Yosemite as part of an 8th grade trip and had come back to realize that my parents had bought a brand new house. It was all excitement and happy smiles until my dad told me the location of this new house... “Fremont.” The words rebounded

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    Gone: A Short Story

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    a statue; with so many emotions I was numb. I had always let myself believe that the virus took him. But In reality‚ he was reidentified‚ without me and forgotten. Before yesterday‚ I had been blinded by a mask of lies. I was surrounded by questions that had no real answers. But now it was time to find some real answers. Today was the day I busted my dad out. I made the plan last night in anger and frustration. Last night I snuck into mom’s room and “borrowed” her ID. The plan was: sneak

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    The night sky was clouded with a tired haze‚ sending the city into an emotional collapse of anything exciting. Even the typically wild taxi services buzzed with boredom‚ and the street lights sent any bystanders into a mental slumber. With bland weather‚ came bland people‚ who had many things to accomplish while the rest of the city folk were caught in the whirlwind of disinterest. Genevíve Luther was one of those bland people‚ and she indeed had many things to accomplish that evening. Though‚ those

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    Gwytheyrn: A Short Story

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    Clang! A mountain of falling goblets and dirty silver platters pierces my ear drums and I instantly wake. As the pungent odor of boar wafts through the air and my eye catches a beam of the mid-morning sun‚ I realize that I failed to return from the mead hall. That could prove to be a costly mistake. “This isn’t an inn‚ Cathasach‚” said Judoc‚ my friend‚ the hall’s keeper and‚ fortunately‚ Amoorhi’s finest chef. “Have clemency‚ brother! I am still weary from last evening’s battle against the

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    The Warrior: A Short Story

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    Though scorching‚ her hands did not react‚ the skull of her mate‚ her lover‚ her friend in life. His hand reached into the wicker basket removed two large red stones‚ placed a stone in each of the skull’s eye sockets. They began to glow‚ intensifying until they became fiery red staring into her eyes and soul. She breathes in the fragrance of incense and that of the cauldron’s brew‚ most pleasurable among fragrances her mate’s blood covering her body in its most natural state. She brought it to her

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    Carwash: A Short Story

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    How in the hell does he expect us to just figure something out? We were hired as cashiers and service attendants‚ NOT mechanics and electricians. After a long and unsuccessful round of troubleshooting‚ we are beyond frustrated. Just as I begin to question whether I truly need this job or not‚ my relief‚ Payton‚ walks in. “Maaaan‚ today has been a day from hell.” I say. “There’s this weird residue being left on all the cars and we can’t figure out what it is. Cars are leaving worse off than they

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    Kwakiutl Short Story

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    Spring. “I am Ala‚ daughter of the sun. I have come to help you.” The crowd stood in silence and awe. Her aura of power and beauty mesmerized the villagers. Then‚ like the deltas after rainfall‚ the Kwakiutl people flooded the sun daughter with questions. “What has happened to your father?” “Why did this happen?” “How come our prayers were never answered?” “What do we do

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