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A long way overhead a jet soared, like a gull on currents of air.
- Length: 2 pages
- Age Rating: PG
3 Stars
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She said she was crying tears of happiness. That’s when I learnt that happiness could make you cry too.
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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If you’re going to spend a lot of time with a woman before you put her behind bars, she might as well be a looker.
- Length: 12 pages
- Age Rating: PG
3 Stars
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He left at night, taking with him a change of clothes, a blanket, and a small bag of money which he found in his father’s room.
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
3 Stars
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"I watched as the man I saw so clearly disappeared into the endless white."
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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Memories of a house and a Grandma.
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: 18
3 Stars
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Grady drives out into the desert in search of gold.
- Length: 28 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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They live in the world's safest place, but are seized with an irrational fear. The locals begin to take drastic precautions to protect themselves.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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Sometimes everything depends on the odds.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: 15
3 Stars
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Kung fu dubbee and would-be actress, Ally gets one last chance.
- Length: 23 pages
- Age Rating: 15
5 Stars
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A story that explores a woman's restless childhood through the various types of bread she encountered.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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A forty-something wife and mother toys with the idea of having an affair.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: 15
5 Stars
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Two women are forced to come to terms with breast cancer.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
3 Stars
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A young boy talks about his grandfather.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
3 Stars
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An older woman tries to help a young drug addict.
- Length: 33 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars