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Kara S
@karas
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Kara's Stories
Put the Key Lime in the Coconut
A palm tree was standing alone in the sand. A blow of wind moved it enough for a coconut to get loose. It snapped off the tree, rolled ...
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Jack and the Ennui
A tremendous vortex appeared in the sky. Thunder cracked and gray clouds emerged. The change of weather was faster than seen before ...
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Insanely Awesome
Soft swaying. A warm breeze. Rustling leaves. When the eyes open the surprise is big - the scenery is upside down and the ground is ...
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Transported by the sound
I pressed play on the tape recorder then waited. A white noise filled the air for a few seconds, then shifted into a dull buzz as a ...
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Mooving On Up
Lifeline too be different or same, I asked Henry. Artist at heart he separated equally 4x4 then crossed out the different non-matching ...
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Be Your Most Authentic Shrub
When I looked in the mirror I knew the wig wouldn’t fool anyone. I looked at the plethora of makeup products strewn on the counter ...
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The Omega Emma
hi, my name is e-Emma. She said. she was really nervous
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Snickerdoodle
Most people don't know this, but the world's greatest cookie is housed in a special gallery in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna ...
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Dreams Wash Away: Part II
Or so I think my father thought. I wouldn't know exactly because that was the last time we all saw him. He knew he was risking his ...
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The Best-Laid Plans of Rats and Men
Clouds of dust plumed up as sheets of residue fell off the windowsills. Long abandoned, the house shuddered under the force of the ...
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Whose line is it Anyway !
Suddenly the room went dark. Sam, Miguel & Michael were all alone now. The visitors were gone. An eerie quiet settled in the bedchamber ...
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Realtors and spies
We are building a bridge...a new path to a new town. This area was recently bought by a big company and they want to develop a new ...
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Witches and Toothpaste and Cats, Oh My!
Never leave a container of mint balls next to a witch's cauldron. But the trick to this is, what exactly is a witch? When I first came ...
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On Second Thought, Let’s Just Eat Them
The men are afraid to ask you but “Do you not crave blood sir” ? Listen well lieutenant, I take no pleasure in feeding. All things ...
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In A Purple Haze at the Edge of Space
Maybe it was the length of time I’ve spent in the silence of space, but music has meant a lot to me these last 5 years. I’d gotten ...
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Putting the Mush in Mushroom
Once, I had read how the mushrooms we see in the forest are not individual organisms, but part of a much larger whole that exists underground ...
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Which Witch Doctor Doctored the Witch, Doctor?
Her hands trembled as she took the reigns, knowing what it meant to leave. She tapped Lancelot with her heel and he left the open door ...
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Fait Accompli Nonchalantly
“I’ll have you know ‘goblins,’ as you unenlightened savages call us, have been allowed to be employed and mingle in daylight hours ...
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The Doc Who Needed A Doc
Sunlight poured in through the grimy hotel window, rousing me from my slumber. I yawned and consulted the bedside alarm clock, which ...
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Alice and the Ogre
Alice's life changes on a Tuesday morning. The coffee shop she works at, close to campus, is crowded with professors and students getting ...
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Metaphors of Impressment
The children heard the sudden gritty rubbery traction sound of approaching tyres and leapt off the narrow woodland path with only a ...
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Cheaters Never Prosper
I took my sharpie and I wrote all over his car. I couldn’t believe that
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Too Many Legs
My partner and I pulled up outside the scene of the crime, annoyed to find the news crew had already beaten us there. It was the third ...
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The Last Time We Said Excuse Me
I took two weeks off of work and told everyone I was going to Mexico with my parents. The truth was that I was going to sit in my apartment ...
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A Voice In The Dark: Part II
Mitch and Mindy leapt up, terrified what lay beneath. They twirled around, examined the human remains occupying their chairs and, in ...
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Gilford, the Unnecessarily Magical
Where am I going to find a box of grits at this hour? It’s an unconventional ingredient, as far as magical components go, but Southern ...
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Advice From a Culinary Vampire:
It was a really hot day to be in the onion fields. The heat made the aroma of the onions strong and pungent. The citizens residing ...
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A Shell Unlike Any Other
The boy suddenly woke up on the shores of a beach. Bitter cold and the familiar stench of coastal decay overtook him. The deafening ...
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Emerald Eyes
Finally after 3 years of searching, I had found my little sister. There was only one problem, directly on top of the cage that she ...
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