Short Stories
Summer, the Beach Horse - July 22, 2010
I looked at Summer, my white and majestic horse, as he galloped with his freedom throughout the crowded... beach. Everyone was staring directly at Summer, the horse that roamed around the beach, but Summer and i stared right back at their astonished faces. To them, it was an awkward thing. To...
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Maggie's Discovery - July 22, 2010
Maggie stared at me in dismay, "How can you believe in that?"
"Believe in what?" I replied.
"In heaven. You said my mom's in heaven, but how do you even know that there is a heaven?"
Maggie's dark brown...
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Acquaintance - July 21, 2010
I met you at a dinner party, she was my best friend and she loved you; she wanted me to meet you. I thought you were pretentious and I didn’t like you or the way you talked about the world. I would never confess this though, my opinion mattered so much to her and she was...
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The Bench - July 21, 2010
It's the first day of Freshman year. She walks through the school doors, and looks around at the endless number of people. She begins panicking on the inside. She doesn't know these people. She's afraid. She finds her way into the bathroom. She looks at herself in the mirror. An expression of...
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The Ashes beneath the Green - July 15, 2010
I traveled this road once before, but it was not so kind in appearance then as it now is. When I last walked this road, it was in the dead of night and upon my back I carried the ashes of my father. My father, killed by the murderous monsters who once haunted...
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To Lie is to Betray - July 3, 2010
My footsteps echoed against the slick train station floor. My breathing beat an uneven desperate rhythm as I frantically sprinted across the abandoned place. Ten paces behind me, I could hear other footsteps gaining and slowly advancing on me. I was scared out of my wits and...
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Light and Dark - June 18, 2010
This was my realm. This place of gray and darkness. I had always belonged there. It was a place where I would always retreat to when things didn't go my way, as they never did. It was a place where no one was. It was a place where not a single living thing was allowed...
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Alone - June 16, 2010
When I opened my eyes, everything around me was a blury blue and white. My eyes finally dialated, and I saw the pure white sand and clear blue water in front of me. I looked in all other directions and saw that I was in a valley, surronded by...
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Samantha and Me - June 6, 2010
I looked at Samantha, sitting next to me in my BMW, while we waited at the red light. She was tall, with olive skin and dark brown hair that was almost black. She had been my best friend ever since kindergarten.
"What ya...
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My Mother's Necklace - March 17, 2010
“Amber,” my mother said, looking right into my eyes, “I need to give you something.”
“Sure, mom. One second,” I replied, as I started to text back my friend....
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The Boy on the Trike- March 11, 2010
I stared in dismay at my older brother. He had just thrown me into the wall while saying words I would never dare say. My head was throbbing. Why did he always have to be such a jerk? I stormed out of the house, not that I had...
