Tag: fiction
group name: jestervengeance
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February 12, 2008 12:29 PM EST --
I love good short stories. I love to read them and I love to write them. But I am puzzled. Is there anyone elso out there in Gatherland who reads short stories and posts critial comments . . .
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May 22, 2008 06:04 PM EDT --
She knew she was in trouble the day her husband died. She hadn't planned on that unexpected twist. If anyone knew her life, REALLY knew her life...on first observation they would see his . . .
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August 02, 2007 05:01 PM EDT --
There's so much to say; yet, so little we've said.
We do not talk, you and I. There's that hush, the chill that surrounds the air we breathe. It used to be different, so very long ago. . . .
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April 11, 2007 05:36 AM EDT --
Comments and critiques to this story are eagerly sought and warmly welcomed.
Good afternoon gentlemen. How can I help you?
We would like to purchase two ice cream cones please. . . .
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February 18, 2008 09:25 AM EST --
Kathy wrapped her arms around herself in a much-needed embrace. In this embrace she was holding both herself and Heidi, who she could only bring herself to steal furtive glances at over her shoulder . . .
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December 30, 2007 05:09 AM EST --
"Have you ever wished you could go back and change an event in your past" Corey asked with a cocked eyebrow.
Jerry the bartender at the White Horse Inn wiped glasses as he listened to the stranger. . . .
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May 21, 2008 02:00 PM EDT --
One whole year after the outbreak and the doctors are still watching us. They live apart, even posting guards. What are they afraid of? Only half of them survived their vaccine. . . .
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August 12, 2007 02:53 AM EDT --
A plate crashed to the floor. Karen looked down. Like a bunch of lemmings jumping over a cliff, the rest of the dishes on her tray slid over the side. She had buried Q yesterday. Today she was working. . . .
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August 13, 2007 09:16 PM EDT --
The table was piled high with all the foods that Karen shouldn't eat--roast beef, onion gravy, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob. And, wait--vegetables. Sauteed to perfection in half a stick of butter. . . .
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August 10, 2007 12:37 AM EDT --
"Watch out!"
Karen jerked her head up. She cringed when the driver of the car yelled at her again, called her stupid. Tears brimmed in her eyes and spilled onto her cheeks. She knew she shouldn't . . .
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March 17, 2008 09:22 PM EDT --
I do not know much about writing. I like to write, and I like to learn. The one thing I do know, however, is that if you want to learn, it's best to do it from the best. I'm taking a break . . .
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May 14, 2008 05:37 PM EDT --
"Now what I want is, Facts." Dr. Norman said to the team of specialists. "What do we know about this virus?
"Very little Doctor," Selma Young responded. We . . .
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June 14, 2007 08:15 AM EDT --
The phone company used to give phone books away free. People think I'm kidding when I say they delivered thirty big boxes full of phone books to my apartment door. All four hundred . . .
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June 21, 2007 09:01 AM EDT --
Shafts of June sun peeked through the clouds. It was a day created for being outdoors because the wind diminished the heat. The weather had been unspeakably beautiful since my grandmother's funeral, . . .
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February 18, 2008 01:08 PM EST --
Good afternoon gentlemen. How can I help you?
We would like to purchase two ice cream cones please.
Certainly. What flavors would you like?
Walnut. You like walnut, don't . . .
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January 11, 2008 08:08 PM EST --
She sits at the stop light, lost in thought, completely unaware of the stares of the man in the turning lane. She thinks of all the things she should do, the same things she thought of yesterday . . .
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August 28, 2008 02:37 AM EDT --
“My first name is Daniel. I am unable to remember my last name. I am 12 years old. When I was 2 – so I was told – my mother sold me and my twin sister to the Master. I have a very ugly upper lip and he . . .
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May 16, 2007 02:05 AM EDT --
A man.
A Christmas gift of a man wrapped in a rumpled Armani suit, tie loosened, hair ruffled, eyes lost far away.
Sometimes he seems to be too much-too big of a presence, filling too . . .
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February 17, 2008 01:32 PM EST --
Good morning madam, how may I help you today.
Good morning. I'd like to see what you have in children.
Certainly, madam. We have European, Chinese and African varieties in both . . .
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February 18, 2008 03:10 PM EST --
Bonjour, Gauche. Qu'est-ce que tu fais ici au bord de la voie feree?
Bonjour, Droit. I'm waiting for the raisin train to come in. I'm going to need beaucoup de raisins. . . .
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