Tag: short story
group name: yourownwork
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March 06, 2008 02:24 PM EST --
I guess you might say I was a drifter. After my tour of overseas Army duty, I went back to my old neighborhood, but things had changed. My first day back should have certainly been a clue. There was no . . .
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May 22, 2008 03:55 PM EDT --
The flag d anced in the brisk breeze to the accompaniment of hardware tattooing against the metal pole. Wind whipped through the thin material of Charlotte's coat as she clung to her husband's . . .
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March 17, 2008 12:38 PM EDT --
You'd think I'd be happy to finally be home, but the silence was uncomfortable. I sat down at the kitchen table in sort of a daze. A siren in the distance brought me to my senses and I noticed . . .
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February 10, 2008 03:48 AM EST --
A old dusty typewriter I bought at a yard sale had a half page letter titled 'Pigtail Legend: 1976 USA Olympic Team.' An injured weight lifter discovered Wilma needed no assistance lifting him . . .
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March 07, 2008 02:50 PM EST --
I felt relieved to be home. I was a bit surprised my parent's had put up new awnings and it looked like my dad hadn't mowed the grass for weeks. There were a bunch of newspapers still neatly wrapped . . .
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March 24, 2008 06:28 PM EDT --
I stood watching Peggy Sue walk home. Maybe I was a bit too infatuated with her. I had to remind myself she was only 16. There were things to do. I showered, shaved, put on jeans and a T-shirt, then started . . .
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July 16, 2008 05:32 PM EDT --
A man I had never met had died and left me a house in the middle of nowhere. I drove up north to find this property. Strangely street signs led me to this property. I was amazed to see a stately Victorian . . .
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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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November 09, 2007 02:08 PM EST --
The shadow of a man slid across the wall. Donna caught it out of the
corner of her eye. She glanced across the hall and saw Jack, still
sitting at his desk, his head bowed, reading . . .
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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. . . .
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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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May 28, 2007 09:41 PM EDT --
The names have been changed to protect the stupid.
Chloe was feeling more than a little uncomfortable with her surroundings being as the strip bar scene was new to her. After . . .
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October 16, 2007 12:08 AM EDT --
I only have one complaint about Gather....I joined different groups to be able to write articles, stories, or related material pertaining to a specific group. I want to be able to read and comment on Childhood . . .
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April 10, 2008 10:03 AM EDT --
I did not sleep well and woke up quite early coughing and sneezing and feeling chills come and go throughout my body. I found my mom's old thermometer. I was just a tad over 102. I definitely had . . .
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May 12, 2008 06:11 PM EDT --
One of my first sensory memories is waking on a cold, dark winter morning to the smell of freshly brewing coffee. I don't remember my age, but I know I was younger than four since . . .
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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 . . .
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September 28, 2007 11:24 PM EDT --
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. All day long that line kept running through Catherine's head. She had just gotten that big promotion. It . . .
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January 19, 2008 06:28 PM EST --
Nature Girl- AKA my first rejection!
Carolyn Barnes dumped the bucket of sludge into her compost heap with late June sunlight beating down on her exposed neck. The pink scarf wrapped around her hair . . .
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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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March 29, 2008 05:58 PM EDT --
It was a nice Spring day with no cloud dandruff in sight, as Bhawana sat watching Sally Fields on TV. Of course she strictly watched Sally Fields only once a month and often wondered if Nuns could fly. . . .
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