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11 Nov 2019 3 minute read 4 comments mgaft1
“Again you were sitting like a Stonehenge idol at the table. Why didn't you talk to anybody?” “About what?” “About what? What difference does it make about what? Just make small talk, maintain a conversation.Talk about whatever… Weather for example.”...
3 Oct 2019 9 minute read 0 comments mgaft1
Hello Friends, While being in one of the Yahoo writing groups, I participated in literary contests. The group owner came up with the writing prompt (the title of the story) and all the participants wrote the story, which title was the owner's prompt....
2 Oct 2019 5 minute read 2 comments mgaft1
"Ok. Let's get the next caller. That's Jerome from Inglewood. Jerome, you're on Tom Linquist show." "Hey, Tom, how're ya doing?" "Doing great." "Tom, I wanna tell ya. Love your show. I think you're the best." "Thanks, Jerome. Appreciate that. What...
30 Sep 2019 7 minute read 2 comments mgaft1
The day before Thanksgiving, Grace Loren sat at a table with planted elbows and head rested on the palm of her hands. The table stood in the middle of the small studio apartment that she rented with her son Leslie. A foul smell from a leaky sewer pi...
26 Sep 2019 2 minute read 0 comments mgaft1
It was a beautiful winter day at about 3:30 p.m. Sun was shining on houses decorated for Christmas. Snow crunched under my ski boots indicating the temperature about -15 degrees Celsius. The forest started right next to the hotel where I stayed duri...
29 Aug 2019 2 minute read 0 comments thestorychaser
(WP) A Royal Command Magic was an art that came easily to Lenora, ever since her powers had manifested when she was a child. But having such an affinity for the magical arts came with a price that grew ever steeper. Sn...
19 Jul 2019 7 minute read 1 comment mgaft1
A hotel clerk scanned Vera’s reservation with her eyes and quickly looked Vera up from under curved eyebrows. She literally darted a glance and again buried her face in documents. In this look, Vera noticed the hidden sneer. As though the girl wanted...
16 Jul 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Luz
Hearts full of passion, hearts full of hate, hearts full of happiness and hearts full of pain. Overwhelming feelings bouncing all over the place like rubber balls filled with grace. Helium, we all have helium hearts. Our hearts float with every...
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25 Jun 2019 2 minute read 0 comments thestorychaser
The End and the Beginning You stand in the king’s throne room, beaten and bruised and coughing up blood. Spitefully, you’re glad that your blood is staining his fine, expensive carpets. You should regret all this, but you can’t, you d...
25 Jun 2019 2 minute read 0 comments thestorychaser
No Such Thing Everyone knows that there isn’t such a thing like a happy ending, not in real life. If my life were different, if I still believed in magic and happily ever after, I’d have told you that I had my very own...
