glimpses shared by our authors
  • The beginning of this task. I should begin by writing a synopsis, planning what is going to happen in this story. There is a girl. There is always a girl. ...
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  • Then there was a laugh. It wasn't like the one before, this one was solitary, but cold, almost hollow, Thomas shivered as he heard it. "Like I said", the voice ...
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  • I admit I was a little comforted by this. So I finally let go of the doorknob and straightened up. I continued on towards the kitchen with no more interruptions. ...
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  • The Epiphany: A Manifestation of Love Now that I am a high school graduate, I have come to a significant epiphany. Now that I exist in primarily atavistic form, I ...
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  • I took it too far, I guess. I can almos' see flashes of pain in them dark, dark eyes, jus' surrounded by mo' an' mo' dark skin. My heart pings, ...
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  • , and you don’t even talk.” Julius let out a low loud laugh. Lines around him curled for a second, but then untwisted. All around him the flock began to ...
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  • I've seen you in your bathing suit with that so and so who I may or may not have gone to school with and I think you work at Starbucks ...
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  • brick without any paint or wallpaper and looked relatively new. A door was built in at the end of the hallway, and two other doors headed right and left on ...
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  • "Hey. Hey!" She shouted louder. Then she heard a faint snoring sound, and saw his chest move slowly up and down. She stared down at him with a look of ...
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  • So, here it starts. The blank page beckons - uninviting yet full of potential. To fill with purple prose, taut poetry or a shopping list? To send others to sleep, ...
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