Tag: short story
member name: Angela A.
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September 27, 2008 10:24 PM EDT --
In a major surprise announcement, a totally unknown incumbent entered the race for president. A Adam’s Apple from Missouri, addressed swarms of reporters in front of the state building, with his campaign . . .
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November 05, 2009 08:13 PM EST --
With shaking hands, Rodney loaded the bullet in the chamber. He scuffed his boots on the dusty road, and spat on the ground. His head rose slowly, he grimaced as his rival finished loading his own . . .
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December 06, 2009 07:15 PM EST --
This week’s genre is Nostalgia.
Your story may be serious or light hearted or as silly as you like as long as it is 100 words or less and written for the following prompt. Tell me . . .
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December 07, 2009 03:21 PM EST --
WWE, December 2, 2009
Use the following prompts:
Use an allusion .
Here is the definition that I found that I’d like to see.
Allusion: A figure of speech making casual reference to . . .
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August 01, 2008 05:52 PM EDT --
This is a short story that I wrote for a publication test. I wrote it to see if I had talent enough to write. You see, this creative writing place sent me a packet in the mail and inside you have . . .
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August 02, 2008 02:25 AM EDT --
This is a historical short story mystery I posted on helium.com. It doesn't have a clear ending. I wanted to post it on here, and see what all my friends think. It was voted at the bottom of the rankings . . .
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December 04, 2008 01:09 PM EST --
Here's a story I began working on for the Wednesday Writing Essentials that took on a life of its own. Instead of being 1500 words, like I had hoped, it has grown, and demands a little more than that. . . .
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April 28, 2009 08:21 PM EDT --
They say that time is relative, and I might agree. Then again, my agreeing power isn’t what it used to be. Let me explain by starting at the beginning when I was just a lowly schmuck sitting behind a . . .
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October 15, 2008 03:09 PM EDT --
The flowers lay spread on the table, Elaine sniffed them, making sure that they were real. Just yesterday, she swore that Ted had given them to her. Yesterday, he had laid in bed beside her. His breath . . .
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January 01, 2009 02:05 PM EST --
The flashing lights in his rear view mirror was the first sign of what kind of evening it would be. Thinking back, he could still hear the screeching of the tires, the crack of the glass, the . . .
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February 04, 2009 11:44 AM EST --
For Gather Writing Essential, Wednesday
When last we left things, Noah had kissed Denise and Sandra had walked in on them. Noah felt guilt and anguish as he ran to explain what had happened. Instead, . . .
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August 22, 2008 09:31 PM EDT --
This is the first posting in a series of drabbles that I wrote on the Eliosa James/ Julia Quinn Bulletin Board. Most of these drabbles, I co-authored with a friend named Dave from England. He gave me . . .
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September 28, 2008 11:00 PM EDT --
This is the fifth posting in a series of drabbles that I wrote on the Eliosa James/ Julia Quinn Bulletin Board. Most of these drabbles, I co-authored with a friend named Dave from England. He gave me . . .
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December 04, 2008 11:43 PM EST --
.....I posted this short story and asked for critique. Thanks to some very awesome ideas, I tweaked it here and there. And, realized that it's going to be a series. This is the first part, or first . . .
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December 30, 2008 12:04 PM EST --
This is the revised version I wrote, taking into account everyone's suggestions. Again, I ask for everyone's opinion. Tell me whether you could read it without hardship this time. Thanks to you . . .
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December 31, 2008 06:57 PM EST --
New Year’s Eve surprise
Gracie McKenna sipped her tropical Margarita. The yellow umbrella practically poked her lip, as she contemplated the office New Year’s party. Streamers filled the room, drinks . . .
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January 28, 2009 12:56 AM EST --
Part 4 for Wednesday's Gather Writing Essential.
The plot hatches
Sheryl ran her manicured fingernail along the tomes in Evan’s office. How brilliant she had been! Soon, she would get what . . .
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June 04, 2009 12:14 AM EDT --
The glowing television dared me to throw pudding at my brother at the dinner table that day, or it would give me a wedgie. Being scared and only nine, I obliged.
I threw . . .
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June 05, 2009 05:30 PM EDT --
Aubrie Wells always dreamed of champagne, limousines, and roses blooming on a neatly trimmed, manicured lawn. Instead, she grew up with meat, potatoes and a cramped room shared with her bratty younger . . .
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June 18, 2009 02:46 AM EDT --
They say that beauty without virtue is like a flower without perfume . In my opinion, I hate flowers!
Flowers tend to have weeds and make you sneeze. Fail to tend to them and they die within a week. . . .
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