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I have 138 stories published in
4 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 65469 times
and 13 of my stories have been cherry picked.
Alexis Bates
Artist. Sometimes the creator. Sometimes the appreciator.
My stories
My Brightest Smile
I swam in open water, my customary fear of drowning left somewhere in the hot sand. My thoughts turned still and, at ease with myself, I threw my...
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- 503 reads
The Devil's Mistress
The Devil is not a red-horned, fork-tongued demon. He does not spit fire from the darkness of your closet, nor does he hold you against your will,...
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- 363 reads
High School Sweethearts
They are 9th grade biologists playing with scalpels and curettes dissecting each other and shredding past relationships At the end of the year, they...
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- 607 reads
Love and Adoration
We are fragile people held up only by heavy words that make our stomach drop and the butterflies in our tummy soar We are weightless so light we...
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- 1166 reads
High School
Blood running down my leg on the way to school I pretend I didn't notice but I did The bit of drool dripping on his arm during physics class We...
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- 282 reads