glimpses shared by our authors
  • I don't know whether I should be honest or not. If I tell her about what I did, she will leave me, take away my house, my dreams, my plans. ...
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  • The sun shone through her window. It has been cloudy all week, and it was supposed to rain today. But it didn't. Sometimes life is as unpredictable as the weather. ...
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  • "Are you sure this is the best idea, Will?" Lena asked, a bushy black eyebrow higher than I had ever seen on her forehead. "What are you talking about?" I ...
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  • five person expedition to the archeological dig site. A massively tall senior with a metal head-esque appearance was leading the way. Blindly, I followed as we navigated the wooded paths ...
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  • so i am home from sed fucking regents class. i came home to my 80 year old grandfather who has decided i am not allowed to be friends with my ...
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  • She felt along the edge putting only the slightest amount of pressure with the very tips of her smooth fingers. Rough snags forced her to slow down and glide over ...
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  • However, its the questions that are going to be hardest to keep at bay. "What bar?," "Did you get his phone number?," "What's his name?," "What does he look like?" ...
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  • you offer no butterflies you offer no sweetness the tenderness you give is only illusion I'll have to leave you i care too much and too little you'll only be ...
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  • i've got this thing about names. mike, ryan, jake, alex, james, john.. j-names in particular. i've known too many of them to completely trust them at first. i've had too ...
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  • My tongue is stretched out of my mouth like a snail in a hurry. I’m staring at a single birthday candle on my second birthday cake. Fire hurts only if ...
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