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Emily J
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Emily's Stories
Trunk Club
Despite the fact that it was a rainy, freezing fall day, Lyla decided to go for a walk. She stopped suddenly at the Delgado's house ...
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Love Stinks
"You like ginger ale, too?" Zuzka asked Binh. "Sprite's too sweet," he answered. Zuzka was a mail order bride & Binh was a mail order ...
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Bobby, Gramps, & the Jalapeño Sheriff
Do not go gentle into that good night. Do not go violent into that bad day. Do not run in the halls. Do not eat toothpaste. Do not ...
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M’omelette for One
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You wake up to find yourself shrunken down to one inch tall. You look up and see your mother towering above you. She bends over and ...
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Mr. Ellis And The Flaming Disinfectant Disk
I stared down at the paper I had been handed, incredulous. It read as follows: Dear Mr. Ellis: This notice is to inform you that your ...
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Fly to Die for a Fond MEPhone: Part II
You were out of time. You were chasing that bomb. But you WERE miguided. By who? Your iPhone. How? Right as I was given the mission ...
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Vanishing
Rusty glanced up at the sky. Yep, the spaceship was still there. He lowered his head and trudged down the abandoned road. The spaceship ...
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Ursula goes rogue
The Council of Elders were meeting for the third time in a month. “Is this really necessary?” Ursula the witch asked. The head werewolf ...
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Showdown in Lobster Town
The man with the marble carried his marble wherever he went. In times of stress, or boredom, he would reach into his pocket and swirl ...
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Journey to the Center of Self
Through no fault of my own (those stupid orcs!) I’d somehow ended up in a glittering cavern. At the far end was a fireplace roaring ...
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Not with a bang but with a mew
I was 12 years old when the ants rebelled against humanity. I remember how simple and easy life was, before. TV, internet, grocery ...
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Shrunken
You wake up in your room to find that you have been shrunken down to one inch tall. You jump up and run to the edge of your bed. Booming ...
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The Tidy Ghost in the Dairy Queen
Suzie loves Rob, but Rob has a crush on Lois. Lois isn't interested in Rob; Jessi has caught her eye. Jessi has adored Sam ever since ...
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Moon Clown Town
The deafening roar of a man being launched across a field by a singular punch was familiar, yet shocking.
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UGLY PUMPKIN TAKES OVER OFFICE
Rhonda was having a bad day. Woke up late. Spilled the coffee. And here she was, chasing her dog down the street. In her pajamas. “What ...
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Stalled
Though it was a thick, muggy day in August when Makenzie ventured outside, she could feel Autumn in her bones. Everything was beginning ...
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Interview with the Hampire
Madison and Franklin was picking blackberries around their grandparents house. Madison picked the berries and Franklin held her little ...
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Double Dog Dared to Disappear
"Whatever happened to Doug?", read the sandwich board. The man wearing it was visibly bored, and making only a cursory attempt to hand ...
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When Life Gives You Lemons, Harmonize
Why did you buy so many lemons? I mean, yes, we needed some, but so many? Where are we going to put all these lemons? There's only ...
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Food Face
The face paint artist looked up at the detective and continued giving her side of the story. “He asked for something strange,” she ...
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Daisies for Francis
Her home was perched on the peak of a hill that happened to hold the very last patch of daisies in the entire world. Nonetheless, she ...
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One Snack Can't Hurt
I write this letter hoping that its confession will be apology enough. Although my fame has brought wealth & romance, it's also burdened ...
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The Once & Future Beaver King
Dabney saw the river and tightened his grip on the bottle. Water burbled in the morning sun and tall pines swayed in the breeze. In ...
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Artificial Sardonic
ok this isn’t really a story but JUST MAKE THE PHONE EVIL
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Tea for Teddy, Too
“Young man, you need a lot of things. But what you need most right now is a cup of tea.” She gestured at the cabinet as she filled ...
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Out of Season
It was a brisk fall day in New England. School buses all over town, crossing guards on every corner. Scarlet, uncharacteristically ...
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Some of them want to blue you
The acrylic painting of the English countryside hung crooked above the fireplace mantle. Beautiful, he thought, staring at her unfinished ...
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Fly to Die for a Fond MEPhone
The phone, now mad, sits next to you at the theater
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Who Trolls the Trolls?: Part II
Orcs and Ogres hated each other. They hadn’t cooperated in over 700 years. They fought bitterly for a few hundred years, and avoided ...
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Flip Your Phones in the Air
The phone, with the app open, sees the poisoning from the front row. The app thinks (How is she flying) The app
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