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Knocks, Cassandara Dings
The River, Erin A. Hopkins
The River, Erin A. Hopkins
The Angle
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"Ho Ho Ho, Christmas is over. She was standing by the river looking at the stepping stones and remembering each one. The first, a cool, dark rock, was always a test of fate as a small child. She wished her legs were longer, feet were bigger so that in one giant leap she could make it over the last fish-belly stone and safe on shore."
Dc, Jennifer Robinson
The Fatal Ingredient, Suzanne M. Wood
The Fatal Ingredient, Suzanne M. Wood
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"Slowly, I push around the thick bowl of stew. Its delicious smell is wafting toward my nose, but my anticipation is dampened by the cruel fact that, hidden underneath the scrumptious brown liquid, lurks about fifteen green olives. Worse, they have pits and these remnants of consumption are to be placed ceremoniously on a small dish for this purpose. I can't even pretend to eat them, unless I say I swallow olive pits. It's a sticky situation."
An Elevator Ride, Jennifer Jonaitis
An Elevator Ride, Jennifer Jonaitis
The Angle
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"Clarissa watched from her wheelchair in the corner of the lobby at the spectacle in the center of the room between the red faced spunky girl and Fred. Fred was one of the day doormen at 1600 Beechwood Terrace, the elderly care facility that Clarissa lived in. The southern gentleman was currently responsible for the rise in the girl's voice level, as she hostily directed her question to him once more, 'So you mean to tell me that ALL the stairways are being painted and I HAVE to take …
The Garden, Suzanne M. Wood
Johnny Jumper, Heather Ruffalo
Within These Walls, Theresa Keenan
Within These Walls, Theresa Keenan
The Angle
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"I layed motionless on my parents'bed so I would not disturb my mother as she tried to sleep. I quietly looked around the room at the flat yellow paint on the walls. They had been that buttercup-yellow color for as long as I could remember, and yet, they had not faded. The creamy color brought out the yellow specks in the puff balloon valances that hung, dusty, above the windows. It was an ugly color yellow, but that's what mom and dad had wanted. They didn't need to change …
Undo The Mind, Amanuel M. Wolde
A Realization, Jennifer Robinson
Preliminary Pages, No Author
Old Girl, Anne Steger
Drowning, Amanda Lysy
Untitled, Katie Mcnamara
Planet Earth: Take A Number, Heather Ruffalo
Low Down Joyride, Tomeka L. Love
Haikus (2), Katharine D. Farnam
Do You Ever Dream?, Jodi Crocker
Untitled, Veronica Mcglynn
A Day In The Mind Of A Child, Heather Ruffalo
Colors, Anonymous
Boys And Indians, Anne Steger
Boys And Indians, Anne Steger
The Angle
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"Turtles are not benevolent creatures, not to me, not anymore, not after that day in our backyard. Now, when someone recalls the tale of the tortoise who won the race, I am certain the turtle cheated. If I happen upon a documentary explaining how a mother turtle lays and buries her eggs in the sand, I secretly hope the tide takes her back to sea before she finishes her task. Turtles scare me, and I have my brother Jim to thank for that fear."
Monsters In The Dark, Cassandara Dings
Control, Veronica Mcglynn
A Forest Nap, Anne Steger
Haikus (2), Heather Ruffalo
Untitled, Veronica Mcglynn
On The Consternation Of Mother Nature, Paul T. Keppler
On The Consternation Of Mother Nature, Paul T. Keppler
The Angle
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Wondering, David Mauro
Haikus (3), Monica J. Bradbury