Stories tagged “Joyce”
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Defiance and Lack of Reason
“I lo…” He tried to force the words out but amidst the gale they were lost. To be honest, they were weak to begin with, his lungs struggling in their frailty against the already clawing effects of exposure. Again he tried to call out,...
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I'm Still Here
Well, after that, the once-disinterested crowd was interested again. You can believe that! Jolted out of a stupefied state by the sound of her sister Shirley’s banana bustle knocking off one of the few remaining shards of glass in the now-less-th...
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Joyce: Overwhelemed
Overwhelmed by the cosmic implications of what had appeared to occur, Joyce turned toward Mr. Carps and began to walk slowly in his direction, her face reflecting the confused inner situation of her thoughts and also of her feelings. She didn’t n...
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Oh, no!
Joyce took a moment to ponder Mr. Carps’s warning about the dreaded Equatorial Banana Peel, which lay on the floor between them. “Thank you for the warning!” she cried, speaking aloud since she was as yet unfamiliar with the details o...