Tag: fiction
group name: theopenjournal
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August 28, 2007 02:27 AM EDT --
“I can’t believe that old alley cat survived surgery,” said Professor Marx.
“We have removed a cat’s head,” said Professor Masters, “connected it to a runt piglet, . . . more
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August 27, 2007 05:53 PM EDT --
Carolyn stepped back onto the cool grass. The black silk of her skirt swished against the blades.
“Mommy…can we go now?” came a quiet voice. . . . more
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January 26, 2008 02:52 PM EST --
400 miles away, my friend was talking to me online. Trying to give me a shoulder to lean on. Trying to help me with my insecurities and problems, trying to help me with my feelings of loneliness . . . more
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September 12, 2007 07:00 AM EDT --
"O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?"
-Edgar Allan Poe
She awoke abruptly . . . more
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October 11, 2006 09:09 PM EDT --
She polished each baseball trophy before placing it in the cardboard box. Her only respite cleaning and soon the job would be done. Her next task was dismantling his entertainment center. She couldn't . . . more
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December 21, 2006 08:38 PM EST --
Grey clouds drifted over the town. Snow clouds it seemed. If the temperature dropped a few degrees the town folk could be looking at a . . . more
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August 27, 2007 11:45 PM EDT --
In Rattlesnake City
The moonlight had never shined
Poison reigned supreme
A small lamb offered his life
Bitten in his heart
Leaving a bloody red scar
The rattlesnakes mocked his tomb
A lion appeared
With . . . more
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May 21, 2007 03:55 PM EDT --
By Desiré Hendricks
She began writing the letter on the back of a flyer, a yellow piece of printer paper, screaming, COME GET CRUNKED! The bright missal invited the city to attend the Hip Hop . . . more
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January 11, 2007 03:06 AM EST --
In the sixth month, on the sixth day, of every sixth year, ol’ Satan plays his meanest trick on the unfortunate people of Gaska. This one day of Panaricka Month, as it was . . . more
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April 11, 2007 04:52 PM EDT --
The cab driver knew exactly how to find it. He said everyone in San Juan knew about the tree man.
“But, señora, how did you know about him?” he asked . . . more
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October 13, 2006 06:17 PM EDT --
Streamers strewn about the walls screamed "Happy Birthday". Collapsed stacks of party hats pointed to the ceiling. Confetti covered every inch of the dingy beige carpet. All was in order for . . . more
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April 16, 2008 11:00 PM EDT --
Welcome to everyone who is joining or thinking of joining. This group, Tall Tales was an inspiration born out of my love of the tale. The space that holds such diametrically opposed authors as Twain and . . . more
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August 30, 2007 11:44 PM EDT --
Fifty
Yellow balloons
Drifting by my window
Waking I wonder if it was
A dream
This is a Cinquian. Syllable count is 2-4-6-8-2. When writing this I thought about that song in eighties . . . more
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February 28, 2007 12:54 AM EST --
It was a Sunday when I began to show signs of the Gather-glitch. I’d spent the previous night chatting to new online buddies, posting a couple of articles and commenting on a few interesting photos. . . . more
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December 13, 2007 01:04 AM EST --
Ok writers, let's have some fun. I just had a random wild thought and I've decided to run with it. I want to write a cliffhanger series here on gather. It will be about a pair . . . more
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December 30, 2007 05:09 AM EST --
"Have you ever wished you could go back and change an event in your past" Corey asked with a cocked eyebrow.
Jerry the bartender at the White Horse Inn wiped glasses as he listened to the stranger. . . . more
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June 19, 2008 11:44 PM EDT --
Tact wasn't her strong suit, but it didn't much matter these days. She did what she wanted and no one stood in her way. If they tried to stop her she threw "it" in their faces. "It" . . . more
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April 16, 2007 08:31 PM EDT --
Today I am feeling extremely low. I became addicted to Gather and at the start I loved it. I tried to keep up with all my contacts, (108 ) and apart from a select few (About 10 of them) a lot have . . . more
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April 07, 2007 12:03 PM EDT --
Conclusion . . . more
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April 17, 2007 08:42 AM EDT --
I lie here wondering where I am. These thoughts empower my mind; make me think that I should be in my happy place as I stare up at the ceiling. I hear a faint noise, but I ignore this . . . more
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