A Bed Of Roses

…laid down gazing up at the stars. It was a really beautiful night and I reveled in it as the cool breeze blew my short night gown around me. I felt blessed as peace filled my heart. It’s been six months since my parents died and now I’ve accepted it but I still missed them and what could a sixteen year old girl do without her parents? I was grateful for my Uncle Tobi though. He has been here for me since their death and he is the…

By Elizabeth Adedokun

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Inka’s Curse Part 36: Return

…lush forest ended at a crossroads she stood at ease carefully looking at a stone post. Farther on there was a vacant clearing. The gloomy forest had enormous ghastly trees. She searches actively through the magnificent trees until she properly discovers something she genuinely desires to gift me before generously helping me return to Freymoor. Mother nature eagerly surveys the horizon, gently lifting her kind eyes…

By Cristina Collazo

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Solution

Love and Hate? What's the answer?

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…her was the easy part. The hard part was explaining why he did it. Perhaps the simple answer was they disagreed. If he said, ”yes,” she said, “no.” If he said, “up,” she said, “down.” And that’s how it always went. Yet, she always got her…

By Robert L. Scarry

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The Good Old Days

Today's Youth benefits from the events of the past

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…a different time ... neighborhoods were established, everyone knew the kids playing in the yards, and their parents. Kids knew to return home when the street-lights came on, and young lovers walked hand-in-hand on sidewalks after dark. Most people didn’t even lock their doors at…

By Robert L. Scarry

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Diana's Bridal and Pie Shop

I sat there in my desk, just starring into my paperwork until everything started to disappear. I told my manager I had to leave and was on my way to be with my love.

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…get out of here." "Right now?" Adrenaline was pulsing through my body, I left work early to see her. She worked at a diner, back of the house, all the kitchen guys were dying to have her. "Yes, let's…

By Victoria Blanco

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