Tag: fiction
member name: Serina Matteson
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May 25, 2006 11:44 AM EDT --
"Tink, Tink"
"Tink, tink." It began like a whisper one morning after my husband jetted off to work. I assumed the idiot had left the shower faucet leaking. I slid into my . . .
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July 05, 2006 08:01 PM EDT --
Seven days ago I married a nerd. Now, nobody will talk to me. It all started off as a bet. Destiny has a strange way of changing people.
It happened one night at the Sea Breeze Bar where my friends and . . .
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October 07, 2006 04:08 PM EDT --
Elevator Shake-Up
The gargantuan clock on the main wall at America Perfidy Bank showed 4:55 pm. This left personnel with five . . .
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May 05, 2006 02:41 PM EDT --
Poor Kitty - Fiftyworder
Mr. Clean, the automatic pool cleaner, glided along the bottom of the pool. The long hose dragged behind broke through the top of the water sporadically spraying water. The . . .
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May 26, 2006 12:56 PM EDT --
Operation Santa Claus
My family has always lived in the country. We grew up out in the sticks, spitting tobacco, drinking beer, hunting and fishing, and driving four wheel trucks. We get along with . . .
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June 27, 2006 10:05 AM EDT --
Agent George Stone
Agent George Stone had been driving all day in the sweltering heat of the Arizona sun. Night had finally came and without warning a thick fog had descended down upon the road and . . .
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August 10, 2006 10:24 PM EDT --
Jaclyn's Decision
"Welcome home. I hope you enjoyed your flight with Fly Like A Rock Express. Have an enjoyable day."
"Huh! Hell with all that turbulence I kept spilling my drinks! . . .
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January 30, 2007 04:47 AM EST --
Writing Exercise #1 – Wedding Picture
Only minutes had passed after saying, “I do,” when my mother and the photographer rescued us from the onslaught of sweaty palmed exchanges. . . .
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May 28, 2006 07:57 PM EDT --
Sheila's Night Out On The Town
This was not going to be another lonely Saturday night for Sheila. She had finally summoned up the nerve and decided after eight years to take the plunge. She was . . .
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June 24, 2006 04:37 PM EDT --
Help! Donate Your Gather Points To A New Charity!
Now that you Gatherholics are gathering more points than ever, I image you sit there and scratch you chins wandering what to do with your new earned . . .
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July 07, 2006 10:04 AM EDT --
Camp Caffeine
The Outsider
"Lieutenant Dan, after an ongoing investigation and receiving information from reliable sources, we have reason to believe that a resort near Nowhere called Camp Caffeine . . .
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August 05, 2006 05:43 PM EDT --
Fred In Suburbia - Mad Bees Two Word Challenge
At the end of the cul-de-sac in the suburbs of Personal lived Fred Fry. Fred was a 55 year old production of no other kind. His neighbors ostracized him . . .
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May 04, 2006 09:10 PM EDT --
Peculiar Prelude - Ms. Everett's Grandson - Two Word Challenge
Ms. Everett wobbled up the cracking steps to her front porch lagging bags from the corner grocery. "Justin, come help me," . . .
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June 14, 2006 02:03 PM EDT --
What's Wrong With Poppy
Charlie's Coffee and Café was the bustling hot spot of the block on the corner of first and main. The establishment had been there since the beginning of . . .
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June 06, 2006 04:02 AM EDT --
Pure Evil - Stalking Lizzeth
They had a deep seated desire to see her suffer. They malingered at first. They harbored feelings of ill will and sought satisfaction. They carried on secretly, . . .
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June 21, 2006 09:08 PM EDT --
Love Lies…Lelo
Through the luscious green valleys they bolted on their two majestic horses. Coming to a pond, shimmering in the brilliant sunlight, they came to an abrupt halt. Camellia and . . .
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December 10, 2006 06:23 PM EST --
I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A CALGON CHRISTMAS
Shopping has never been my forte. Needless to say, Christmas shopping literally . . .
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January 27, 2007 09:35 AM EST --
THE FRONT PORCH
At the sound of the roosters shrilling crow she arises to put on her clothes. Shuffling her feet, she struggles through the chilled house. On the front porch she sits, bones cracking . . .
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January 26, 2007 03:21 AM EST --
VIVIE AND THE COP
The disdain that Vivie held onto for cops left an acrid taste in her mouth. Since the Christmas party at town hall, they had made it a point to harass her. Regardless, the fact . . .
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October 19, 2006 04:29 AM EDT --
Obituary, Tiberius Clapp, 1903 – 2006
Tiberius Clapp was Hogjaw's most famous man. He was a man of integrity, honesty, and knew what it meant to put in a day of hard work. Tiberius Clapp . . .
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