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End Of My Days

By Jaymi K

One persons point of view when Death arrives at their door. - A short story inspired by an Alphabet writing prompt.

Short Story | Updated May 8, 2013 | Reads: 15 | Comments: 0 | Likes: 3
Tags: life, death

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The Dark

By Will Neill

Childiish fears return to haunt a man after his Mothers death from Cancer.

Short Story | Updated May 7, 2013 | Reads: 8 | Comments: 1 | Likes: 0
Tags: death, fiction, fear, regrets

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The Shot Down Song

By Raf

Stan is a guy with no family. They were murdered when he was at a young age. Now he's just started college. In the past he was bullied at school and a loner, but this seemed worse. He always had one dream, to sing in front of an audience. His first of many friends may help him with that.

Short Story | Updated May 5, 2013 | Reads: 29 | Comments: 0 | Likes: 0
Tags: fiction, sad, kill, song, music, dream, singing, drama, happy, depressed, depression, gun, trigger

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All Little Sun

By Colby Cotton

A young boy works for a butcher one summer in Boston. This is one chore, in one day in his youth.

Short Story | Updated May 2, 2013 | Reads: 4 | Comments: 0 | Likes: 0
Tags: butcher, slaughterhouse, boy, work, summer, short, fiction, boston, animals, knife

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Only Look Up When They Look Away

By Colby Cotton

This is a short piece using an unreliable narrator. A man becomes infatuated with a woman who lives in his building. He is suspicious of his landlords intentions with her.

Short Story | Updated May 2, 2013 | Reads: 7 | Comments: 1 | Likes: 1
Tags: short, fiction, psychological, new, york, city, dark

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My Name Is Reya

By Emilyynroses

A story based on a point in my childhood. Réya is entirely based on myself at that age. I wrote this because I read a story called 'My Name Is Alexander' on DeviantArt, and was inspired to write this. (Réya is obviously the same as the one in

Short Story | Updated May 2, 2013 | Reads: 7 | Comments: 1 | Likes: 1
Tags: dreaming, hope, bullying, school, hurt, pain, childhood, memories

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A Mother's Love

By Chantal Bellehumeur

(Short Story published in The Suburban Online Magazine-April 26 2013) 18 year old Emily finds out that she is pregnant and procrastinates to tell her divorces parents... She finds herself in denial about her unborn child at first, but eventually warms up to the idea of being a young mother. Eve...

Short Story | Updated May 1, 2013 | Reads: 18 | Comments: 0 | Likes: 0
Tags: fiction, short, story, motherhood, baby, pregnancy, birth, love

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Shaking Her Stick2

By Mikedown

I smell much better when soaked in the oils and hung out to dry in the cool dry sun.

Short Story | Updated Apr 29, 2013 | Reads: 181 | Comments: 4 | Likes: 3

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