Tag: short
group name: flashandshine
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March 29, 2008 09:40 PM EDT --
The mantel clock did its dirty work: each beat struck Shirley's worried heart.
Where was Doctor Gill?
Tick tock.
Oh, Jason, be okay! Shirley prayed.
Tick tock.
Dread. Would . . . more
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March 30, 2008 02:55 PM EDT --
Sampson watched the top scoop wobble on his rocky road ice cream creation. Whoa!
Wordless, the ice cream man reached over and patted it down.
Relieved, Sampson nodded and ran off.
Mom waited . . . more
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April 05, 2008 10:10 PM EDT --
Eventually I venture into the world and get involved—I am human! It always leads to tears because I always die and renascence leaves me with living memories.
So many loves I've lost! I . . . more
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January 21, 2007 11:14 PM EST --
She walked into the room and heaved a sigh as tears rolled gently down her face. So many memories. Sports trophies. Graduation pictures. An old Boy Scout uniform still hanging in the . . . more
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July 07, 2008 06:58 PM EDT --
Most of you will know me as writer of somewhat dark and speculative works, the following piece is a real departure from that genre. Before you read I would like to give you some insight into my inspiration . . . more
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March 01, 2008 01:30 PM EST --
"There was music, the kind that never went away: the Stones and the Doors, Janis Joplin, very early Pink Floyd. It was one of those evenings."
Thanks, Ian Rankin! Mr. Tartan Noir. His . . . more
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March 02, 2008 09:47 PM EST --
"There was music, the kind that never went away: the Stones and the Doors, Janis Joplin, very early Pink Floyd. It was one of those evenings."
Max tore his favorite page from Rankin's . . . more
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June 28, 2007 02:07 PM EDT --
"What's taking so long?"
That's me, waiting my turn in this bum human line of depressed and weary souls in this bum and godforsaken drugstore. I look back and there are ten faces, . . . more
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March 03, 2007 05:01 PM EST --
Edward sat at the dinner table wondering how to present this to Marian.
Time was of the essence for he knew that she would be home soon
And she would know by the look on his face that . . . more
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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. . . . more
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January 21, 2007 11:28 AM EST --
“Elusive Shadow”
Time lurks in shadows.
Portraying itself as elusive
Hard to find, track down
And limited!
Like my own shadow.
Hard to catch!
I turn around
It’s . . . more
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June 21, 2007 07:29 PM EDT --
Sandy is an octopus and not. She was born with seven arms, and in the eyes of the cephalopod world this fact alone disqualifies her from being considered a true octopus. (After all, only males . . . more
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May 09, 2007 12:53 PM EDT --
Congratulations!
Congratulations! You are the 1,000,000th visitor to this article which means by simply clicking on this ad you will become eligible to receive a special prize in a box professionally . . . more
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April 16, 2007 04:45 PM EDT --
Beginning back in May 2004 and ending a little over a year later, Dave Eggers published short short stories for Guardian Weekend Magazine every week - a project I only recently stumbled upon several . . . more
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April 07, 2008 06:02 AM EDT --
The sparkling flow of water drew Bill like a magnet. The snow capped mountain and the kaleidoscope of trees in all their autumn glory reflecting in the crystal clear water. This had always been home to . . . more
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March 28, 2007 07:45 PM EDT --
The Gifted Citizens of Pearl City - Episode #01
Presenting Our Hero
By Charles Lennox
It is our honor to present to you our hero: Bill Macy.
Bill, by some miraculous accident, found . . . more
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April 30, 2007 05:47 PM EDT --
“Suspended Arrest”
“Okay! Stick ’em up, Fred! said the assailant.
The feisty little man lifted his hands above his shoulders. He felt the elasticity of his . . . more
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September 03, 2007 02:02 PM EDT --
“One Down - 2 To Go!”
Carelessly roaming amidst the emerald colored bushes, Jake stumbled and fell upon a mound of squishy ickiness! The nighttime . . . more
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February 19, 2007 06:09 PM EST --
Outside Vanessa’s window, heaps of snow smiled back at her while ice covered power lines loomed overhead with daunting threats of severing the comforts of home. Sunday . . . more
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December 31, 2007 06:59 PM EST --
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