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The villagers smash in a garage door with their heads, causing some to bleed from the ears and mouth.
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172300
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“We all come out from Gogol's 'Overcoat'," said Dostoevsky. Well, sometimes, I think otherwise.
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172331
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At five a family relative took my life away from me and no one cared
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1723106
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Blending in at a rock concert in ballet flats was harder than I thought it would be. The heavy eye makeup and lit cigarette I never brought to my lips put me somewhere between “Trying Too Hard” and “Bless Her Heart.”
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172393
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During what's called "Children's time," one day at church Sarah slides her left foot halfway out of her tiny ballet slipper to show Davie her toenails are painted the same soft pink as the inside of her shoe. "Look," she says. "My…
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172387
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172364
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It was a lover’s dark. They had been talking for hours when daylight lost interest and had gone elsewhere for sport.
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172221
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An undercover agent posed as an Orthodox Jewish woman in a sting operation that led to the arrest of two rabbis for kidnapping men who refused to grant divorces to their wives.
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17221413
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My art teacher hated Salvador Dali.
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172265
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Nor woke, as always, to a dark room smelling of the lavender she kept in little bottles to perfume the otherwise stank air. Outside, she could still see the edge of the moon hanging there like a lopsided smile. The early summer wind blew in and stirred the faded floral…
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172210
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Lise started making up words when she lost her voice.
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It was not that he was boring – it’s just that he needed a lot of encouragement. When he came, he whispered to himself, ‘ohgodohgodohgod’ - like it was something to be ashamed of, to be sorry for. I wanted to hold him close against me but I also n
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Warning: reader beware, there's sex in the air.
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Sit back n enjoy the show in a puffy puffed-up chair
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Now comfy is as comfy does, but when sleeping strange, please accept a wide range of cradle, crib, cave.
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I walked to work back then...
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172165
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the names / she carried (within)
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Age Eight: Custody battle. Reassure your worried mother that it’s alright, this will give you something interesting to tell your children one day. Until now, life has been very vanilla.
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172100
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"Sorry, I need to confirm the results." Sal turned to Paul. "Is it true that you got stood up?"
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My banker said, "We've millions we can spare,
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172196
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One frozen hand protruded from the snow.
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172121
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I knew nothing about the letter at first. When I came in that morning and smiled and said good morning, it was a genuine smile and a heartfelt good morning. But the letter, which had arrived the previous afternoon, was already doing its corrosive work of
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172121
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The car has been parked there for slightly more than a day now, and nothing has occurred—there’s nothing “unusual,” nothing “amiss.” Except that it’s there, still, as he follows his boys to school.
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172175
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A performance is a series of situations. Each situation defines the characters that are in it.
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172110
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It's difficult to remember, much less write down, the hard times you thought were unforgettable when you have a full stomach. It's hard to remember that dirty little room you rented in that house, from a Bosnian landlord, on 27th avenue and Missouri. The…
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Uh oh, the dry cleaning ticket
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