1515 2 0
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A universe, all of it, was encased in glass.
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1576 0 0
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Calmly I rang the bell for Mrs. Madison and sank with some relief onto the ottoman. In a crisis, a calm head and decisive action are called for. The housekeeper would surely know what to do.
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981 0 0
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Their laughter is of a tiny world that knows nothing of taxes or lost loves, or news reports of flag-draped coffins filled with limbs.
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1042 0 0
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It's a funny thing, watching a Snowman shiver
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1449 0 0
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Caroline smiles before reaching out to touch a shapeless shadow dancing on the wall, closing her eyes as the bumps in the primer serve brail to oncoming dreams.
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43 17 5
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Yeah, I guess I fell in love with Marilyn, just like everybody, everybody. She was the essence of something, vulnerability, maybe, and some indefinable or unutterable other thing.
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171 2 0
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In this old costume store, a shrine of a mannequin with old fashioned clothing stands hidden in the very back, away from anyone who might show interest. At one point in time…
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903 0 0
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We're all just meat and atoms who can no more sense into the great beyond than a horse can fly a plane.
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22 2 0
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. . . They found The Fort Lee Arms, which advertised a " acancy" on its electric sign. It become a little less " acant" after Jean Maria and Hodge checked in.
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1265 0 0
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Even if you're doing it together, there's no unity when everyone's dancing to their own tune.
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1163 5 0
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The room smelled of an old rank basement. Boys and girls of all ages crowded the stage. The room was dark with only a few lights that hung from above keeping the crowd dark and silhouetting Chris on drums.
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1056 3 0
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Something reached into Avi and took his voice, turning his volume to zero....
A short story of one day. A man going to work, a little magic, a car crash, and a wedding.
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58 15 5
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Sure, he tried to get up, but he had that look in his eye. Something happens. The body knows what the mind does not.
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1273 2 2
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“You own your own burial plot, but you don't own your home,” he'd said, and I couldn't help but agree.
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968 0 0
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Many men ran about, some retreating fully and others digging in along side of me. Some of them without a shirt or helmet, but all with blood shot eyes. My brothers and I dug in hard and set our sights on our enemies.
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