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To Pen or Not to Pen
Paula Louise Shene/Steven G. Shene, cover photo To Pen or Not to Pen

Four Jots to a Word

  • Essay
  • English
  • 178 Words
  • Ages 0 and up
  • 460
  • 4

The task set was to bang out a note with the use of only four ABC's in a word. One must also make the tome have gist not just an oleo mess of a mass. Put to the test, I did.

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Compromises
Alada Porter Compromises
  • Drama
  • English
  • 315 Words
  • Ages 0 and up
  • 512
  • 7

Everyone has needs, and in order to satisfy these needs we make compromises. Compromise love for safety, beauty for compliance, truth for piece of mind. Even if we are more miserable in the end, there are still things we cannot face, and things that we must have.

WINNER: Drabble Contest

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Jake and the Girl with the Pretty Legs
J.C. Laird Jake and the Girl with the Pretty Legs
  • Drama
  • English
  • 3054 Words
  • Ages 14 and up
  • 933
  • 30

The homeless, the beggars, the panhandlers. What were their stories; how did they come to be, how and why were they there? Rachel befriended one of them and found the answers, especially the why...

Keywords: Free, Short Reads, Drama, Free Drama, Free Short Stories, Fiction, Drama, homeless, begger, panhandler, violence, College, Short Story

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The Camera
J. C. Laird The Camera
  • Short Story
  • English
  • 3350 Words
  • Ages 14 and up
  • 1464
  • 48

Since the violent death of his wife, depression had pushed Justin to the edge of the abyss; insanity was calling from the darkness. Would finding an old camera and its images push him over the edge?

Keywords: Fiction, Romance, death, love, marriage, depression, insanity

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Amazing Grace
By: zzmbrashear Amazing Grace
  • Fiction
  • English
  • 9218 Words
  • Ages 0 and up
  • 593
  • 9

Blurb: Grace was the perfect daughter. The perfect sister. She got good grades and did what she was told. She was the quiet type. She didn’t like to draw attention to herself. Grace, even at an early age, had struggled with her weight. She didn’t mind it but others... Read more...

Keywords: love, death, surrering, bulling, Amazing Grace Project

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Jessica
Sabrina Crowder Jessica

The Ghost That Haunts Me

  • Mystery & Crime
  • English
  • 1139 Words
  • Ages 0 and up
  • 754
  • 12

I have been seeing a little girl named Jessica, and I'm not the only one who has seen her. My friends have seen her too. So this is my story about the past 2 years of meeting her.

Keywords: ghost, scary, scary, hatred

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Love Aches
Kalai Selvi Arivalagan Love Aches

feel the pain....

  • Romance
  • English
  • 1769 Words
  • Ages 0 and up
  • 441
  • 2

Though Charles handled such emotional situations delicately, Sharon refused to come out of the mind block she was in. He sensed something wrong.  Will he help her come out of that?

Keywords: #emotions, #hatred, #love, #kites

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Anna
Beth Stafford Anna
  • Short Story
  • English
  • 7102 Words
  • Ages 0 and up
  • 835
  • 33

Ezra's a shy freshman, Anna is anything but. When Ezra's diagnosed with a debilitating illness, Anna takes him traveling around the world to enjoy the time they have left.

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The Ghosts of Versailles
Yezall Strongheart The Ghosts of Versailles

How I spent my summer vacation :)

  • Biography & Autobiography
  • English
  • 1364 Words
  • Ages 0 and up
  • 896
  • 21

This is a real account of a summer vacation with my family when I was twelve. Strange happenings in a distant land, I still haven't figured out.

Keywords: Palace of Versailles, reincarnation, ghosts

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The Sanctuary of the Vampire Mosquitos
Lazarus The Sanctuary of the Vampire Mosquitos
  • Fantasy
  • English
  • 2 Words
  • Ages 0 and up
  • 417
  • 16

Not all vampires are what they seem to be. And not all vampires are scary and mean looking. Find out what our hero Vlad discovers when he goes back to Transylvania...to his roots.

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