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Poem / Non-Fiction

December 31, 1969

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Real life and real people struggle. Everybody says they’re okay, how many of us actually are? Read More

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Book / Literary Fiction

December 31, 1969

Reads: 250

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The Sons of Benjamin Patrick gather into the Bucket of Blood and a reunion reveals surprises not told in the Memoirs of the Yankee Cowboy. The pages reveal the story as seen by Stephen Patrick Janke. Read More
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Wrote this for AP Euro based off a prompt. Coketown is a reference to Charles Dickens' novel Hard Times This is the prompt my teacher gave me: You are a renowned political figure back in France, playing a prominent role in the Revolution of 1830 and the establishment of the… Read More

#pollution, #england, #industrial-revolution

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A reunion of a different proportion. History, news and science.tell of a future retold through the reunions of giants. Read More

#family, #gods, #reunions

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It was a story of happenings in my country. Read More

#wuruwuru, #bidubudi

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A story from the point of view of a savage fish protecting his young. Read More

#fish, #short, #story, #matthew, #bissonnette

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The story is about the political and social scenario about Pakistan. The grievances still exist because the justice and equality isn't entertained. Read More

#bingo, #punjabi, #sindhi, #pashtoon, #baloch

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A Shipwreck of a Southern Bell on the islands of Fiji during the 1800's while on her way to her mail order fiance in Australia Read More

#romance

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Connecting the dots between the classical and modern worlds. Read More

#children, #self-confidence, #history, #adversity

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It is 1969 and Joe Gallagher and the Red barn Commune, creating a new way of living, face hostility from the county sheriff and his deputies. Read More

#hippies, #sixties, #commune

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He was right when he called upon others not to mourn or pity him. Read More

#mourn, #pity, #dictator

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The Prince of the Empire acted as the real prince of the Empire and the son of the Emperor as well. Read More

#prince, #empire, #emperor, #sedition, #surrendered

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In the Middle Ages, Alchemy was an early form of chemistry with the main intention of turning base metals into gold. This is a story of the blending of spirituality and science, and immortality sought by one man... Read More

#life, #magic, #history, #spirit, #science

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Miners in Colorado in the early 1900's face hardship and animosity from mine guards. Read More

#history, #workers

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

April 20, 2019

Reads: 159

Comments: 4

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A short story of a Highwayman. Holding up a coach, Tom Kallis the Scarlet Rapier Highwayman, gets more than he bargained for during this robbery. Read More

#sabres, #highwayman, #flinlock, #hold-ups, #dragoons

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#freedom, #freedom-fighter, #civil-disobidience

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The long story of an old clock and its many owners. Read More

#drama, #short-story, #multiple-perspective

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

April 03, 2019

Reads: 116

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Story about explorers ending up on a tropical island. Read More

#exploration, #the-age-of-sail

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The Java Jive Café is based on the true story of the re settlement of Japanese people in 1940. The story tells the about how one man made his way through the maze of problems when 22,500 both Canadians of Japanese descent were rudely uprooted from their homes and their… Read More

#ww2

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#spring, #cherry-trees

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This is one large family's summer vacation to the Ocala National Forest in central Florida. Read More

#new-jersey, #fort-gates

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

March 17, 2019

Reads: 142

#jack-the-ripper

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How I met Steve a life long friend. Read More

#snow, #sled, #new-jersey

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

March 11, 2019

Reads: 164

Comments: 1

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A story about a whale named Tough Hide who has to protect his families from whalers. Read More

#whale, #squid, #short-story, #matthew-bissonnette, #tears-while-falling-into-the-abyss

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

March 11, 2019

Reads: 157

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A time, long, long, past sees a planet filled with people and animals; filled to the point that there is no more room for either. --- How did they cope and what happened because of it. Read More

#space, #animals, #transport, #overcrowding

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The development of a young man as he moves further into a world of addiction and the underground. The story is based on real people living in New Jersey and New York City. Read More

#heroin, #new-york, #new-jersey, #fentanyl

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

March 08, 2019

Reads: 167

Comments: 2

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A story told from the perspective of a mother polar bear that is about to drown. Read More

#arctic, #inuit, #polar-bear, #matthew-bissonnette, #a-chance-to-drown

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

March 05, 2019

Reads: 178

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

#loss, #war, #short-story

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

February 18, 2019

Reads: 355

Comments: 1

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A story about the leader of a pack of wolves, Fang, and a encounter with a man from ancient Sparta. Read More

#wolf, #spartan, #sparta, #matthew-bissonnette, #thrown-from-the-rock

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The first in a series of short stories about the legend of Marc Menzies. Read More

#mayhem, #marc, #menzies

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

February 07, 2019

Reads: 220

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A wartime encounter brings hope to a shopkeepers' heart. Read More

#drama, #youth, #wwii, #wartime, #world-war-2

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A young man continues his downward spiral into the world of drugs. Read More

#drugs, #addiction, #new-york

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A young boy gets taken to lunch by two Greek sailors while his mother worries. Read More

#greece, #lunchtime, #lost-child

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

January 13, 2019

Reads: 111

How long shall we go on kicking astrology in the backside? This ancient science has baffled the scientists. Read More

#dna, #scientists, #astrology

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#fantasy, #vikings, #historic-fiction

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This short story is a fictional account of Russian escape from Revolutionary Russia in the 1920's. For the most part they were hunted down and killed including the Czar. T he Czar's sister Olga did escape and moved to Denmark and to England . She took up residence in Canada… Read More

#courage, #historic-fiction, #escape-from-a-revolution

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

December 12, 2018

Reads: 228

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Story of a prince who lost his love and got back it. Read More

#love, #prince, #princess, #battle

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#family, #heartache

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The prompt for this one was to write a prequel or sequel to Erin Fisher's "Valley Floor" from her short story collection "That Tiny Life." I wrote a prequel and I think it's pretty standalone. Just know the main story is about an unnamed man watching his partner, Roy get… Read More

#the-toughest-decision, #valley-floor, #that-tiny-life, #erin-frances-fisher

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Three ghosts from King Henry viii's past come back to haunt him during the twelve day Christmas festival at court. Read More

#history, #christmas, #king, #royalty, #tudor

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