Tag: stories
group name: firstwriteit
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January 19, 2008 03:42 PM EST --
I just got the book "encyclopedia of urban legends" and it made me curious how many people in different areas would hear the same stories.
I know I heard the one about the man getting picked . . . more
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January 31, 2008 02:42 PM EST --
This showed up in my email. With superbowl coming up, I thought y'all might get a kick out of it.
An old married couple no sooner hit the pillows when the old man
passes . . . more
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January 31, 2008 05:31 PM EST --
My tire was thumping.
I thought it was flat.
When I looked at the tire,
I noticed your cat.
Sorry!
Heard your wife left you;
How upset you must be.
But don't fret about it...
She . . . more
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February 01, 2008 07:32 PM EST --
In light of the holiday season, I am passing along some advice from Dr.
Phil -
I am passing this on to you because it definitely worked for me and we all
could use a little more calmness in our . . . more
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February 02, 2008 12:06 PM EST --
A little old lady answered a knock on the door one day, only to be
confronted by a well-dressed young man carrying a vacuum cleaner.
"Good morning, said the young man. "If I could . . . more
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January 07, 2007 06:50 PM EST --
After dabbling around the outskirts of Gather for almost a year, I had enough points to cash in for quite a few gift cards which made excellent stocking stuffers.
But then I began to wonder, how . . . more
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July 31, 2008 10:20 PM EDT --
I missed the deadline for the drabble, but decided to write one anyway as a non-challenge. The drabble should begin with "If only".
************************************************** . . . more
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November 01, 2007 10:03 AM EDT --
Two summers had passed, and Adele had chosen to spend both of them in their special place. She had met Tom nineteen years ago while she was vacationing on the Outer banks of North Carolina. He was attending . . . more
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June 28, 2008 08:36 PM EDT --
Everyday the kids would stare at the house when passing by for school. Some say it was haunted. Others would say Mr. Whitley was pure evil. The curtains were always drawn and the sun . . . more
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October 27, 2007 08:18 PM EDT --
Sometimes a person will put his writing on hold, thinking "I'm too old. If I wanted to be a writer, I should have started when I was young. My best days are behind me."
The truth of the . . . more
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July 20, 2007 11:10 PM EDT --
I stood still as I held the postcard in my hand. I didn't have to flip it over, I knew exactly who it was from. Just by the sunny ocean view on the front of it, and the saying Life's a Beach in . . . more
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July 22, 2007 02:44 PM EDT --
July 11 - PM
My work day sucked, and I was glad to be going home for the night. I made more mistakes in today alone, than I did in the last six months. I couldn't focus though. My mind was on Johnny, . . . more
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March 23, 2007 12:21 PM EDT --
I discovered a great new writer on Gather, if you’re in the mood for some fun short stories check out Donna’s articles
Judged by Cats
Menace
. . . more
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March 01, 2008 09:42 AM EST --
There was music, the kind that never went away: the Stones and the Doors, Janis Joplin, very early Pink Floyd. It was one of those evenings that could stretch to days. Adam's father . . . more
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July 05, 2007 12:40 PM EDT --
Beautiful Bonita blessed by bountiful big busts, benefited by benefactors
buying bras belying bouncing, brought by being big and bountiful bent on
blaming Bonita by belittling . . . more
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July 21, 2007 01:58 PM EDT --
Tuesday, July 11
It was as if he meant to make me miss him. I stared at the postcard as I ate my breakfast. I didn't know how to respond. Not that I really could I suppose, but… I also . . . more
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August 02, 2007 12:55 PM EDT --
We are allowed one chance in this life to do things that make our time
spent here on hallowed ground worth while. Willow was young
and wanted very much to follow her dream . . . more
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August 06, 2008 11:47 PM EDT --
Sound Mind (war)
"Where is that jacket? I know I hung it in here. Did you move it? No, I didn't take it out. Well it couldn't get up and walk by itself. . . . more
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June 27, 2007 02:58 AM EDT --
Just wondered.
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June 18, 2007 12:41 PM EDT --
Where do I begin?? Well, I first encountered this mysterious person the first few weeks or months when I first moved in to this house. I was walking into the room and I was laughing with my ex. Suddenly, . . . more
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