It's not possible. The odds are immensely against it and yet here I'm faced with this reality. As I sit here alone, my thoughts search for answers to no avail. How could this be? Processing the pros and cons, I imagine lists with no rhythm or reason to hierarchy. Acknowledging such an opportunity will never occur [...]
Category: Short Stories
Hornswoggled
Smiling for the first time in a long while, Captain Nicosia Musing gloated about her victory. "It's been weeks since we've laid eyes on that ship and now finally she's ours for the taken. That stow-a-way boy had better be right in his claim about a treasure map be aboard." First mate, Grigori, indulged the captain even though [...]
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Regression
Where am I? I don't understand. Is this a dream? Why is that woman singing my name? “Sweet Angeline I loved you much more than poets say in rhyme, waaaakkkke up punkin." "Mom?" The sound of my childlike voice alarmed me to the point of tears. In a futile attempt to assess the situation, I [...]
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Unlike Nothing I Have Heard
The rage is so intense that I dare not move. Hatred saved for him grows with each passing moment and I no longer have the will to contain it. A caged monster is inside me and will no longer be imprisoned. My hands are shaking, and suddenly I am wet from sweat making my hair [...]
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First Movement
Since the age of three, Jackie has always been a girl with unfailing determination to become the best figure skater in the world. Awestruck as Tara Lipinski won the 1999 Metabolife World Professional Figure Skating Championship, the toddler sat in the middle of a soft shaggy carpet contemplating her future as professional figure skater. In a [...]
Shell de Toni 