Kyle and kat

Before the story begins, let's get to know the characters. Kyle, at age 14, was about 5'7" and weighed around 125 pounds. He had a slightly athletic body, because he spent his weekends playing sports[…]

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A long story

The rain drops tipped and tapped relentlessly against my window, I looked out of it with a grimace on my face, the clouds were dark and ominous and they were arguing incandescently with one another.[…]

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Sonya' siren song

It was late summer, on a Friday afternoon, after a long week, as I turned into my driveway, and there was Sonya, playing a solo game of basketball with the hoop over the garage door.[…]

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The fog – chapter 2

A snake wiggled frantically, trying to cross a large area of open water before jaws could swallow it from beneath the still water. A mayfly fluttered over the surface, dipping and dancing, courting death like[…]

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Benjamin

1. Night is a silent partner Benjamin’s mother died well before midnight. All the fuss with the doctors, the confirmation, the papers, the transport of the body lasted only a couple of hours. When everybody[…]

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Big surprise

Big Surprise Last week my wife gave me a wonderful surprise. I had been feeling run down, because of work, and in my personal life nothing seemed to be going my way. I couldn't even[…]

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