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Death by Water
“Will this wailing ever stop?” I tried to scream over the noise. Lester just looked blankly at me, both hands firmly wedged against his ears. It was no good of course; the ultrasonic squeals could penetrate flesh as easily as metal or plast...
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amaz(ing)offs
lame, no one thing can progress the total knowledge available to Men." well if anything could it would be society. it would be the assemblage of institutions whose aims dont sway or change over the course of a thousand years, i cant keep my shit s...
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amaz(ing)ons
dude i’m so hetero. yea, so hetero you dated a lesbian for a year." i have dated several lesbians for several years!" and?" and i like to imagine is it as my small part of courtship or courtesy with the amazons." the amazons?&...
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yesterday, and tomorrow.
give it up already, there is no way a man can calm himself, that is why there are women, and that is why women rule. could you imagine what this world would be like with men all riled up?" i dont know, really. the world certainly doesnt seem chill...
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yesterday, and the day before.
this room is stale. its like that pond in the middle of belle isle. there might be a pump in there somewhere, the geese drop in to forage and bathe, but i wouldnt stick my toe in it." I have this incense." Dont bother, there is a get together...
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Reluctant Captor
Eileen could not move; she could not scream. For all her efforts she only managed to squirm and dart her eyes around a room that was either cramped and poorly lit, or infinite in its darkness. A swaying figure lurched into view, a staid smile of welcom...
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All Sides Contact
I crushed the detonator in my fist, feeling the distant crump of the mines going off. Picking up my weapon and charging back towards Lasky’s position, I met him coming the other way. We half-turned and arrested momentum against each other, back-t...
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War
Her older brother, Dash, always helped her when she was confused or scared. And the twins were the sweetest little beings. The twins,they could be anywhere now. Silly boys, they had decided to be heroes. At 15, Ryder&Zayn joined the war. Her mother...
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one day!
One day, Parker wanted to kill Sally who owed him 50 dollars.Therefore,Parker schemed to celebrate to hold celebrations at Parker’s wreckage for Sally’s birthday with his classmates John,Mary,Ken.etc. He put sleeping pills on Sally’s drin...
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Hunt.
I have watched my friends and loved ones die over the course of the last three days. Before now, I might have been tempted to call their killer a madman. He’d killed sixteen people to get at me! How could he be anything but a psychopath? I know, ...
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Recovery
Armored black figures move with silent purpose through the ruins of the past. Goggle-eyed, seeing far more than visible light, they stalk down the corridors of dead and dying machinery. At last, in the corner of the hall, they come to one monolith of b...
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Texas morning
There was a misty and cold morning in a Texas rural village. Three cowboys entered a soup kitchen and slowly sat down.
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Dear God (prospect)
(On the phone to prospective employee for the position of God.) Employer: “Dear God, I pray that you indulge me in the following request. If you are able to comply, then I will believe that the position you are hoping to fill in this company is c...
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How to Steal Hearts and Get Away with It
I hope you’re not expecting for some guide to love. Cause this is not that. Now that we’ve cleared that up, let’s get started. Step 1: Cut their chest open. Step 2: Don’t follow step 1. Step 3: You’re not actually going to...
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Dinner with a splash of death
Julie’s heart was pounding a frenzied beat against her ribcage while rivulets of sweat collected in the deep canyons that now marred her once beautiful face, but her hazel eyes were fixed upon the child standing mere feet away. The child was screamin...
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The Ocean
Leo had already rented his tuxedo. And of course, the corsage had been picked out. It was a beach pea flower, plucked from the shore of their beach. He had given her the same flowers when they got their acceptance letters to Duke earlier in the spring....
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The pain
The pain. The pain was simply unbearable. The tears were hot, flowing, a torrent of water. It burned my eyes, turned my skin sticky and red. I couldn’t stand it. If only there was a way to end the pain. But then the pain was gone, just as suddenl...
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Airships: Five Minutes to Midnight
Hawkeye’s mind flashed through the possibilities, eyes flicking across the map. “These devices are detonated in these cities. No doubt, there will be panic and accusations. Some strings will be pulled, ears whispered into – before lon...
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Prized Collection
He stepped back from installing the newest containment units which he had ordered from Russia. His hands covered in oil and grease, he couldn’t help but tingle with anticipation as to how he was going to fill the new containment units. He loved t...
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prequels from Linda(04)
Parker and Anna have been seeing each other for half a year, but somehow they became less and less interested in each other. They decided to go over this relationship. To Parker’s sadness, he found out that Anna was dating the other guy and chea...
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Precocious Cook and His Audience
“And so you see,” The teen aged boy said as he stirred the pot of caramelized onions, carrots, beans, potatoes, beef, and vegetable stock, “That is why parallel worlds are not only possible but actually exist. It’s the only thin...
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prequels from Una
After Anna broke up with Parker, he cried every night. Then, he swore that he will never trust girl and believe true love. He went to pub to chat up girls and had many affairs. By doing those things, he felt he can filled up the emptiness of his heart....
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idk
I. rekindle projection a meeting between ships and seafloor long-lost relatives coming together all stuck together in a foreign land freezing like antarctica introversion, extroversion, inhale, exhale none of us matter, blend and mesh, mix and mash non...
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Splinters?
The mirror cracks. Her breathing stops. In disbelief, she sees that one half of the mirror shows her face in surprise, while the other is smiling. Suddenly, somebody grabs, covers her mouth, and just as she begins to struggle, she wakes up, perfectly s...
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Three Word Prompt INTERWRIT1 Jessie Tang: Time, memory, sand
I write my memories in the sand By the seashore where I’m spending my last days The stories live forever in my mind Until the waves wash me away Memory stays with me Love stays with me Time stays with me All will wash away. That sand is falling, ...
