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    Ecstasy: A Short Story

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    Oz used to have a problem with putting liquid ecstasy into children’s drinks. He used to work in the custodial department at a school. During the lower school lunch hour his job was to set out the milk for all the children. Every carton of milk he put out‚ he would put a teaspoon of liquid ecstasy into it. These were little kids‚ so no one would ever notice if they were acting out of the ordinary. Two months later his friend Tido went to his house. Tido: Hey man what you been up to? Oz: Great

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    The Short Story. Basic Literary Elements of The Short Story. 1.1.History of The Development of The Short Story. 1.1.1.Early Forms.Origins. The short story refers to a work of fiction that is usually written in prose‚ usually in narrative format. This format or medium tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction‚ such as novellas (in the 20th and 21st century sense) and novels or books. Short story definitions based upon length differ somewhat even among professional writers

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    Socrates: A Short Story

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    some obcenity... But before you could turn to confront your assailant‚ he landed a mighty blow from behind... Striking you on the back of your head with what you assumed to be a large club... Naturally this was sufficient to dispatch you‚ and send you here... It is as I remembered... Now son‚ had you enemies in

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    Hemingway`s short stories “Indian Camp” and “The End of Something” are very similar in terms of writing technique and meaning. Both of them are short episodes from the life of a character called Nick and both of them involve Nick (and us‚ the readers) being taught lessons about life. Hemingway uses a narrative technique called “in media res”‚ opening the story from the midpoint of events with dramatic action‚ grabbing the readers curiosity‚ provoking intrigue and making us to wish to know what

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    The Crash: A Short Story

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    Every once in awhile I started crying then all of the sudden it stopped. After about thirty minutes of this the left and then the Metcalfs. When they all left my family came over and we all cried with each other and eventually talked about random things. “So

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    Short Story on Morals

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    mistakes‚ remember what your Dad used to say...” Wendy paused “Never let the fear of striking out‚ keep you from playing the game” Stevie finished her mums sentence Stevie and her mum sat there for several hours talking and eating chocolate. “Thank you Mum‚ I feel much better now that I’ve talked about it.” Stevie said as she hugged her Mum “You’re most welcome‚ I’m always here for you no matter how far away I am‚ or when my time is up‚ I will always be here to support you. I’m so proud of you

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    Andrew R. Jacobs Fundamentals of Reading And Writing I 2/5/2014 Introduce Me to the Streets “Ricco Story” Introduce me to the streets is the way Roger G. Brooks gain his knowledge to this place we call life. Roger G. Brooks formally known in the streets as Ricco‚ Lil Ricco‚ or Ricco Smooth is a young man who grew up as a child with no father‚ and mother as a addict who couldn’t control here ways of drug usage around him. So‚ as the introduction continues every piece of knowledge and wisdom he

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    Lasting: A Short Story

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    church dressed for the occasion.This funeral was also one of which I was prepared to speak at. Not to people or to an audience‚ but to God. We were in a Holy Church honoring a corpse but that isn’t what I wanted. I wanted her and her spirit wasn’t here because she had turned into no more than a statue and the artist who created her was God himself. So‚ I turned to him for answers as to why she had to die. For what had she done to deserve her life being taken and what

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    stop talking to catch her breath I told her I was coming home. I went down the slide and walked towards my car. As I drove home I passed by the same bridge and remembered about being in conflict with my emotion doing that short time. But just like before I forgot all about it once I passed under it. When I finally walked inside the house which was greeted by yelling from my mother‚ I had an

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    Cooper's Short Story

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    "It’s long distance if we don’t both live on campus." Blaine nods‚ as though he’s agreeing with himself. "You don’t live on campus." "Right. We don’t both live on campus‚ so it’s long distance." Cooper rolls his eyes. "You two are both helpless. So‚ you’re at the off-Broadway production...." "Yes." Kurt tries to remember what made-up story he’s telling. "So‚ I had just come out with the rest of the cast at the back of the theater‚ and Blaine thrusts his playbill at me and asks for my autograph

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