glimpses shared by our authors
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Next thing Cheryl knew, her dad had come down to breakfast one time and not started reading the paper. Instead he'd spoken to Cheryl and her mom about the lawsuit. ... read more -
Frank started to bounce in his seat a little and his eyes glistened. "Here! Here!" He pointed to a warehouse that looked like all the others, and I pulled the ... read more -
warehouse, stepped back and once more we were being directed by a steel baton held by a mad conductor in a loud polyester suit. Inside the warehouse, a single lamp ... read more -
tonight is a long night. I'm listening to "Tighten Up" By The Black Keys in bed. I'm a 13 year old girl. I have a boyfriend named Nick. He's sexy, ... read more -
Autumn pauses and quivers in the cooling air, smells gunpowder and hears bird cries. She looks about herself and feels naked in the wavering dusk. She moves her muddied feet ... read more -
Well, let's start of the story by saying our protagonist wasn't always so bitter. Like the rest of us, Joshua had had good days and bad days, but sometime after ... read more -
My mother died the same day Martha Stewart went to prison. I remember it well, because I was sitting in my mother's hospital room, trying not to think about what ... read more -
This is a different tale. There are no sweet moments, no happy endings. Because in real life, living breathing life, there may seem to be a happy ending but its ... read more -
This is where things started getting interesting for Frank started to get up from the chair, only we realized that he was loosely holding a gun. But he looked straight ... read more -
Across the room, Laura Woodsong sat at a table with Shannon McCoy and some other squeaky-clean Mormon kids. Laura raised her hand and flapped it at Cheryl, who in turn ... read more
