Tag: short story
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Kidnapping
He crept up on me like a ghost. I never saw him and I didn’t hear him until it was too late. Now I was stuck and didn’t know if I could get out of this situation easily. And I really wanted out. Mainly because he wasn’t talking. I knew he was shy, but he…
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The Locked Door
I didn’t know what I was getting into when I moved in with Mary. Never before had I ever considered or encountered a locked door in any place I had ever lived. Even growing up in my family, that was saying something. With my parents, I never knew what their moods would be from day…
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Breaking the Neighborhood
The neighborhood started going downhill the day after I moved in. And I knew it was all my fault. I wasn’t entirely sure if my neighbors knew I brought the problems with me and I wasn’t sure if I was going to fix the problems. I wondered how long I could get away with bringing down…
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The Temptress
She was a temptress who didn’t know how much power she held over the rest of us. If she said jump, we all waited for her tell us how high. Every time I tried to remember how she came into my life it was a blur. One day she was just there. She was there,…
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The Bride
“I thought you would like to visit. To see everything new since the last time we were there.” Jessica was practically jumping out of her skin to get in the car and go. I knew gardens would spark her interest, but I didn’t know she would be this excited. “I don’t have to work this…
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Final Explosion
“All he wanted to know was if the plan was successful. He didn’t ask how I was, how you were, how the family was. Why do you continue to let him return? Why is he always coming back?” I wanted to scream. To shout. “Sam, I’m not sure why you ever thought Dad was…
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Freedom
“It’s my last night of freedom,” I said to myself. Then I said it out loud. To my friends. I knew they didn’t have any idea as to what I was talking about. They didn’t know what I knew. The next day I was supposed to marry New York’s newest millionaire. I knew the life…
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Spring Cleanup
PHOTO PROMPT © Carole Erdman-Grant I knew the building would be my greatest triumph. I knew I could bring life back to this sleepy town and I knew this was just the building. My soon-to-be art studio was just on the edge of town and everyone had to drive by on the way to and…
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The Surprise
“He might not have understood what he was seeing. I barely understood it and I am not even ten years old.” I pleaded with my brother to let our nephew go and let him go immediately. “How could he not understand?” Jack said, practically yelling. “Because he is ten, he wasn’t in on the secret. …
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