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Rosie and her Mum have a day at the beach.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
4 Stars
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A tourist couple stray from the beaten track and find themselves out of their depth.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
4 Stars
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On two couples' trip to the seaside a long-held wish is finally fulfilled.
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
4 Stars
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A man describes the most frightening night of his life.
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Horror
4 Stars
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Jonte has spent his whole life in a radiation shelter, but the arrival of eight strangers is the start of an adventure that will change his life forever.
- Length: 20 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Sci-Fi
4 Stars
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A man tells a friend about a disturbing recurring dream.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
4 Stars
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The mysterious reappearances of Howard Cosell.
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Humor
4 Stars
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Vi and Sam learn about life on the farm.
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Genre: Fiction
4 Stars
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A camping holiday with the family takes an unexpected turn.
- Length: 16 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Genre: Fiction
4 Stars
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A little girl introduces herself and her family.
- Length: 2 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
4 Stars
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A family reunion from the perspective of a granny with attitude.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Genre: Fiction
4 Stars
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A man has a day out with the young son of a woman he is seeing.
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Genre: Fiction
4 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
- Genre: Fiction
4 Stars
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A boy goes on a camping trip with his estranged father.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
4 Stars
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In the mosh pit at a Tricky Woo gig, a confession concerning a young man's adventure with Lisa the Buzz Cut. Contains strong language.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Genre: Fiction
4 Stars
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A game of Scrabble has serious consequences.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Crime, Humor
5 Stars
“Go to Goldman’s Greenhouses. Joseph … will start you … at a buck sixty an hour.” His lungs empty of smoke, “Go talk to him. He’s your uncle. He’ll hire you.
- Length: 15 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
5 Stars
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.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction, Humor
5 Stars
My mum is the undisputed tea-drinking heavyweight champion of the world… or at least the whole of South Lexington Avenue.
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Humor
5 Stars
Shepherd's family made money by being outlaws. Well, outlaws in the governments' eyes.
- Length: 16 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Crime
5 Stars
"Damn thing," old Ernie muttered, glancing up from his laptop. He reached out to shut off the annoying noise but noticed the call was from his area. This was unusual.
- Length: 13 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Crime
5 Stars
The cozy brick bungalow stood on a short lane of similarly modest houses with a small, mostly overgrown park at the far end and an intersection leading to Darlington High Street.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: U
- Genre: Fiction
5 Stars
The spark of his life was fading, but his mind was still sharp, and his memories cocooned him.
- Length: 2 pages
- Age Rating: U
- Genre: Humor
5 Stars
Dessie O'Connell was 6 feet 3, thick of bone, and naturally muscular. Unlike almost all of the actors with whom he'd first competed for parts, he hardly needed to work out in order to resemble a Hellenic god.
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Humor
5 Stars
"It's at the ranch, on the other side of the farm, in those mountains. All we need to do is catch it. Can you imagine how much we can sell it for?
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Horror
5 Stars
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