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He wasn’t wanted in this country. But as a volunteer in the hospital, he could serve and he could belong.
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
It was the fifth day at her new school and ten-year-old Buseje hung her head as she settled down into her desk.
Anthony blinked and looked up in a vague haze. A face was staring down at him. It was a face he didn’t know.
I never wanted to be a hitman. To take lives for money.
Then I met Frank.
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Genre:
A man prepares to propose to a woman he considers hopelessly out of his league.
A first person account of a man's torture at the hands of The Spanish Inquisition.
It all began the day that Martin Jenkins decided to start a new religion.
Pandemic, protests, and presidency. But here it was, the countdown to New Year. New Year in New York. Times Square at New Year.
- Length: 13 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
Dear Mrs. Machiavelli:
My reason for this letter is to relay an incident that occurred with your boy, Niccolò, today in class.
His mind was a spring that was rapidly unwinding. As it spun, the only thoughts Chip had, involved ways to get more pills.
A game of Scrabble has serious consequences.
A semi-barbaric king devises a semi-barabaric (but entirely fair) method of criminal trial involving two doors, a beautiful lady and a very hungry tiger.
Aside from that Glaswegian Friend of the Earth, Dougie Macleod didn’t have a lot of time for the other men on the rig. He kept his head down and got his work done.
When I was younger I fell in love with a performance artist. During these last decades, the interest in this particular performance art has drastically decreased.
Hoover had been the runt of his mother’s fourth litter. He was so small and weak at birth his parents worried he would not get enough to eat or would be smushed by the other babies as they slept, but Mama Muridae had faith in her little pup.
Melissa believed the human race could be divided into two groups. Those who have an innate desire to explore, and those who are anchored to a specific place from birth until death.
It was Zach's idea to start a Beatles cover band in high school. Zach, you see, was a dead ringer for Paul McCartney.
The end of the world tends to have a negative impact on the motivation to complete one’s daily chores.
Anthony blinked and looked up in a vague haze. A face was staring down at him. It was a face he didn’t know.
“Jonah, are you with us?” Ms. Turner calls, her voice strained despite herself. She knows how hard it is for me. I know she’s trying. I know I’ve disappointed her. Again.
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