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The Important Story

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The best thing about being a cowboy is the cows.

Doctor Eyepatch

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That contraption he’d invited her to pedal, somebody oughta market one of those. The closer you got the harder it got, and her feet kept slipping off the pedals. It was maddening.

Fun Times at the Memorial Park

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Good times, underground.

Joking

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I don't care much for Joking, which is not to say that I don't care at all for Joking, just that I don't care much. I would say, if I had to say, that I care for Joking about as much as I care for a cousin, not a close cousin, one I have a genuine frien

Born to Be Alive

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When Mt. St. Helens erupted, I knew that was the end of Bigfoot.

The First Time

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Do you remember who I am yet? I remember the first time you made love to me. It appears I was one of the lucky ones … it wasn’t in a car, it wasn’t in your Dad’s boat, underwater, or any other weird place you've written about. It was actual

Five Million Yen: Chapter 6

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Sure my man. Show me the token I’ll show you the slice.

Sunday Service

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How they all beat the small drum/ of the word within the world

Longing For The Sea

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The sighs of the nearby shore came to me through an open window.Wave after gentle wave caressed her broad, sand crusted skin. Mesmerized, I lay still.The in out sound of breathing now filled the room.Your warmth enveloping me like the satin…

"Beautiful Boy! I am doomed"

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Beautiful boy! I am doomed / to have attended your presence; / time consumes us, but you / have changed so little...

Pop Bottle?

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Who ever saw an open upright pop bottle on the street?

Alarming Apples

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I struck up a conversation with the cricket. We talked about Super Nintendo and cookies and we fell asleep on the boulder. The next morning, I woke up and offered the cricket a donut. He enjoyed the donut thoroughly...

I May be Dried Up -- But I can Make You Breakfast in the Morning

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Our dinner was over and we regretfully had to leave the restaurant. She leaves with enough shopping money for a few weeks. He, getting the rough end of the deal, has charged more money to his credit card at 19% plus cash withdrawal fees. So I ask myself

Valentine

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"His middle name is Valentine, and when asked about it, he isn't sure why."

Placeholders

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Everyone falls,

Expiration Date

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Ever since they switched from paper scripts to the little rubber balls branded with code I have been inundated with sickness.

The Faraday Effect

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Because he tells her to, she puts on a vintage Easter dress one size too small and sprawls in a circle of light on the dusty floor...

The Stranger I : Vic's

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The location : Vic's Seedy Space Bar. No, that's not just a description, that's the real name.

U R Doomed

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the swarthy terror network

clutter

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am i a coin

I Was a Cat Once

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This is a 50-word story.

Fumes

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He was choking on the fumes.

Thalassophobia

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Except where its waves break gently,/ white frothed and reassuring along the shore,

Kate

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It’s that laugh of hers that gets me...

Shut Up and Dance or "Greensleeves", In Its Way, Was Once a Pop Song

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The catchy tune and cloying lyrics/ nonetheless etch their patterns

The 5 Senses of the Apocalypse

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The Rapture comes and goes unannounced in carbonated soda bubbles spicing the air.

Call the Cultbusters!

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My twin sister Ilene has recently taken up with a man named “Darrell,” who is a member of the Shriner's Fun Korps, a motorized paramilitary group.

Arrivals

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The poppers, the Viagra, the chorizo – all had been ordered and all had arrived.

chicken coup

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" I have no idea what's goin on out here, and I'm gonna find out one way or another."

Chatter

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The night before his mother's teeth began chattering.