Bryan's boat

I think we were both stunned for a few moments as we went about straightening clothes and setting hair back into place. I put my glasses back on, twisted my hair into a hasty bun[…]

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The new boy

I live in a small cul-de-sac. One of the ones where everyone knows each other, all the kids are best friends, barbeques in the summer, those kinds. The road was a long road of just[…]

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Cheerleading practice

It was my first cheerleading practice since I had made the squad.  It was a new school, and I didn't really know many people, but the cheerleaders seemed very friendly.  In fact, they were the[…]

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Luck and love: xii

Facing his father, Michael nearly fainted. He felt his vision start to go black and fought it. He lost for a moment, but he remembered to breath as his father patted the chair next to[…]

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Fallen fruit – the first

Author’s Note: The purpose of this series is to establish a vehicle through which to explore some far darker themes than I normally do through a series of short individual chapters. Some suspension of disbelief[…]

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Mountain misery

Twenty year old Kelly Carlquist stood at the bottom of a mountain with her best friend and personal trainer Tom, ready for their hike up. Being an avid hiker, she had scaled the mountain several[…]

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Happy

Everyone wants to be happy! It’s not just a daily goal, it’s a lifetime one. But do we really know what it means to be happy? And do we have unrealistic expectations of happiness? Energy[…]

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