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Though he would normally look away from such people, for some reason he kept examining them from the back of the elevator. Do I know these losers? He wondered.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: U
5 Stars
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On the first day of ninth grade, Fitzhugh Hardee Rainwater met the girl who immediately took up permanent residence deep in his heart.
- Length: 19 pages
- Age Rating: 15
5 Stars
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There was a lot at stake. Too much to lose. They reckon we all have our price, and Algy knew mine.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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‘Bloody hell!’ said Detective Constable Bright. ‘It’s a minefield!’ ‘There’s more …’ replied Detective Sergeant Dawes with a grimace.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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Aspiring writers are generally advised to ‘show’ not ‘tell’ and to minimise their use of adverbs. But where’s the fun in that?
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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Relaxing at home, Fernando spots an attractive young woman on the balcony opposite.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: 15
3 Stars
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An investigator is put on the case when a mad philologist steals a new weapon.
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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A travel guide to the little-known Eastern European destination of O.
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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Detailing Dr Ludwig Boitus' studies of the strangely charastmatic Caliguinas bird.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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Humorous fable about an honest beggar, a miserly Lady and an infatuated butler.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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A renegade experimental psycologist explains how to inflict his methods on the general public.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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When his key breaks off on the inside of his apartment, the narrator must fight bureaucracy and apathy in increasingly desperate attempts to escape.
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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A perfectly simple time travel experiment is made increasingly complex by the involvement of the inventor's other half.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars
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by Saki
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: PG
4 Stars
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Baggio discovers that becoming a philosopher isn’t as simple as he thought.
- Length: 12 pages
- Age Rating: PG
5 Stars