Cherrypicked stories
Medusa
Medusa sat silently by the pool, gazing at her reflection in the still water. When the gorgon subsided she took on the appearance of a normal, mortal...
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- 7418 reads
V: 10/8/02
Work Diary, 10/8/02 The Scars of Allen's Body: 1. Left eye: Just above the upper lid; barely noticeable unless you look at me full on and try to even...
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- 782 reads
Breathe
The inner thoughts of a drug smuggler. A short piece.
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- 562 reads
Sparkling Emily
About a circus child.
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- 649 reads
Write for Your Audience: Write for You
Writing for your intended audience.
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- 766 reads
A Poem That's Short And Sweet
I want to write a poem that's short and sweet, that doesn't necessarily rhyme, have metre, ring or time. I'd like it to be beautiful, To speak of...
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- 485 reads
Ode to a Stop Sign
Ode to a Stop Sign It's hard to admit how much I need you, Because I really hate you. I hate your shape, I hate your color, I hate the price I have...
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- 765 reads
Still
Still Walking along that familiar beach, feet in the familiar sand, waves crashing on the familiar shore. I'm alone now, at home, all the time it...
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- 765 reads
S: 10/4/02
Work Diary Before I entered high school, and just before my mother's death, I had the braces on my teeth removed. "It's time," the orthodontist said...
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- 758 reads
Hail
Hail Hail to the Chief, that hails the flag, that hails the land, that hails the bullets and bones, upon those native bones, that hail allegiance to...
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- 714 reads
Globe*
Stand still And stretch out your arms To feel the silken skirts of countless days gone by Each performance has left an image An impression That is...
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- 936 reads
Q: 10/1/02
Work Diary, 10/1/02 It's ten o'clock in the morning and I'm sitting in a motorhome on a campsite in Wyoming. It's an odd time to be camping: the end...
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- 924 reads
Bye Bye Baby
Friendship not up for renewal - lease expired!
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- 635 reads
Not In The Office
Mr Brick looked perfectly normal that morning. He entered via the same door, wiped his feet in the same brisk manner, nodded his familiar greeting to...
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- 1290 reads
Separate
We cannot meet again for obvious reasons but do you ever remember our first glance, when I heard whispering (sometimes this can happen in tunnels)...
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- 689 reads
C Cities of Wonder Wind #3
Imagine a book, an encyclopaedia, that held the information you needed to conduct all aspects of your life. A book that could instruct you on your health, your business, the food you ate and even your future ... History tends to repeat itself. Humans don't seem to learn.Through my escape, I was running away from it all.
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- 2809 reads
B To Be Or Not to be in Vienna Wind #2
Collector of Throwaway Glances
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- 2313 reads
A World Apart - Vienna Wind # 1
On 7 July 1980 I became the enemy of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic ...
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- 2518 reads
P: 9/27/02
Work Diary, 9/27/02 A friend I've known since the age of twelve visited yesterday. After he left, it occurred to me that my mother has been dead for...
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- 876 reads