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Promise Kept

David C RussellApril 4, 2020

Promise Kept written by: David C Russell “Dad, how come you're pulling in here? I thought we were going out for lunch.” “I just need to pick up a f...

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The Tempest

Ann Christine TabakaApril 2, 2020

The Tempest written by: Ann Christine Tabaka @TabakaChris The ocean slapped her in the face as large waves crested over the bow. Rocking side to si...

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The Flower and The Sun

Grace McHaleMarch 31, 2020

The Flower and The Sun written by: Grace McHale A daisy stood beside the sea. It looked out across the water and met the sun. “Good morning,” the dai...

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Guantanamera

James StraussMarch 29, 2020

Guantanamera written by: James Strauss @JStraussAuthor The winds off of Lake Eerie blew cold and hard through the streets of downtown Buffalo. New ...

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Agate Hunting

Jim BatesMarch 26, 2020

Agate Hunting written by: Jim Bates After we waved good-bye to the last of the guests, Janet turned to me and asked, "Where's Evan?" "I think he's ...

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The Traffic

Yogesh MaliMarch 25, 2020

The Traffic written by: Yogesh Mali @TennisCoaching2 “Get off my lane, you idiot” I said while accelerating my 2030 Toyota Camry. The man gave me a...

EnglishLiterature15 min read

The Boy Whose Mother Left

Mir-Yashar SeyedbagheriMarch 24, 2020

The Boy Whose Mother Left written by: Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri @dudesosad I’m the guy whose mother left. In gym, they remind me, their words a chant...

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Lock Down

Carmen BacaMarch 22, 2020

Lock Down written by: Carmen Baca @carmen_author “Lock down, lock down. We are now on lock down.” The receptionist’s voice came over the school int...

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She and The Beast

Sunita PaulMarch 18, 2020

She and The Beast written by: Sunita Paul Seema was doing her homework but was not at all attentive at her studies. She was just looking at the cloc...

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Coronavirus

Michal ReibenbachMarch 17, 2020

Coronavirus written by: Michal Reibenbach We are on our way home from a holiday in Cambodia, the plane is flying among the clouds. As it dips downwa...

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The Big Fish

John H PatersonMarch 15, 2020

The Big Fish written by: John H Paterson @j_paterson Have you ever heard of Benin? It’s a little country in West Africa about the size of Pennsylva...

EnglishLiterature14 min read

A Simple Act of Kindness

Dawn DeBraalMarch 14, 2020

A Simple Act of Kindness written by: Dawn DeBraal In her first year of teaching, Miss Racheal Mann had grown to love her third-grade students. She a...

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Regrets

Carl ParsonsMarch 12, 2020

Regrets written by: Carl Parsons He’d been away a long time. Now he was home again—in the same town where he’d been born decades ago. But why had he...

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Uncle George

Gary S. CrawfordMarch 10, 2020

Uncle George written by: Garry S. Crawford @crawsat October 1999 Here comes someone. Wonder who it is? Probably wants something. No one ever com...

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“Lock down, lock down. We are now on lock down.” The receptionist’s voice came over the school intercom over the incessant buzzing of the alarm bells located in every hall of every phase of the building. I thanked my lucky stars I wasn’t in my regular classroom with my fourth period of thirty-one freshmen. I was teaching my last class of the day in the computer lab of phase five, one of the more isolated wings of the large oddly-shaped school where I’d been teaching for years. There were only seven students in class that day, it being a Friday afternoon ...