Tag: short story
group name: themeltingpot
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October 11, 2007 02:23 PM EDT --
Certainly it was him, the man that I came to talk to. His posture was almost dignified despite his shabby tee-shirt and grubby jeans. His sandy blond hair was long and unkempt yet his face was surprisingly . . . more
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January 26, 2008 02:52 PM EST --
400 miles away, my friend was talking to me online. Trying to give me a shoulder to lean on. Trying to help me with my insecurities and problems, trying to help me with my feelings of loneliness . . . more
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December 10, 2006 11:59 PM EST --
There it goes again. That wonderful cart being pulled by that beautiful horse. Its muscles are big and strong, and its walk is full of pride . . . more
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January 11, 2007 03:06 AM EST --
In the sixth month, on the sixth day, of every sixth year, ol’ Satan plays his meanest trick on the unfortunate people of Gaska. This one day of Panaricka Month, as it was . . . more
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November 13, 2007 07:56 PM EST --
This is a long short story I wrote so I am qoing to break it down into parts.
Carole Shukle
Copyright 1999
The Horsehair Brush
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October 17, 2007 11:01 AM EDT --
I awoke the night before last when I felt a cat jump up on my bed and felt the warm nuzzle of fur against my hand. Still leaden from sleep I reached up to pet the cat but she’d moved . . . more
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December 31, 2007 06:59 PM EST --
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May 05, 2007 09:24 PM EDT --
Proloque
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November 21, 2007 06:50 PM EST --
*NOTE: I BACKED UP A LITTLE TO GIVE YOU A GOOD STARTING POINT. PARTS ONE AND TWO WILL BE POSTED AT THE BOTTOM FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE. I AM COMBINING THEM IN ONE POST.
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December 08, 2006 09:44 PM EST --
Bridget said, "Do it."
Do what?
She often confused me that way. Giving orders, making assertions, delivering pronouncements with no clear beginning. Or end for that matter. They arrived . . . more
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January 11, 2007 03:53 AM EST --
“John, do we have to answer it? It could possibly be…well, you know!”
John Garris’s wife held him by the arm, gripping it for support, but there . . . more
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January 11, 2007 02:59 PM EST --
“What was that? I thought I heard something.”
Lydia Jaspa jerked herself out of the bed and put on her slippers. She shook her husband until he almost fell off the . . . more
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February 23, 2008 09:03 AM EST --
From behind stage, the noise inside the club seemed oddly restrained. In all of the concert footage that Brad had seen, the crowd was always screaming, pumping, and anticipating. They were like the backup . . . more
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July 11, 2008 10:13 AM EDT --
It was her silent affirmations that kept her from going completely insane. This was the third time this week that she was making this drive, and each time seemed to get worse.
"You never used . . . more
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December 11, 2007 08:56 AM EST --
[Author's note: As requested, I've reposted the story rather than link to the original.
Part 2 will post at lunch today 12.11.07 EST and Part 3 at lunch tomorrow 12.12.07.]
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December 11, 2007 12:02 PM EST --
[ Read PART 1 first ]
Ryan’s lips slowly turned into a smile of remembrance of their first meeting.
In order to pay for his car expenses, Ryan worked a part-time early morning . . . more
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August 04, 2008 03:56 PM EDT --
*Rough Draft
Eighty years had he but vitality he had not. Early mornings were troublesome and melancholy. It became laborious each morning to heave his decomposing body from the . . . more
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August 03, 2007 10:23 AM EDT --
Flashing emergency lights reflected off the windows of the surrounding buildings, created the illusion there were more vehicles on the scene then were actually present. Chris was long past caring now. . . . more
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October 08, 2007 07:07 PM EDT --
My new short story, Unraveled, is now viewable online at flash fiction magazine Vestal Review. This is just a preview of their online edition, but Unraveled will remain available in both the final . . . more
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May 07, 2008 10:38 PM EDT --
Only thirteen were there that day. Was it an omen? All we knew was that there was only enough of the new vaccine for us. No one else besides the doctors would be saved. . . . more
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