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Nathan Bilancio
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Lessons Learned
You think you know me. But I’ve fooled you with my ordinary clothing and passive manner. I want you to think I’m weak, submissive ...
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11/21
Maraschino to Mars
Wheaties. Olives. Spaghetti. Garbanzo Beans. AAA batteries. All-purpose flour. Toilet paper. Scissors. Sugar cookies. Advil. Dishtowels ...
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11/1
Mini Mayor for President
It was a quarter to midnight and the fire raged at the old sawmill. The townspeople gathered along the Sequoia River, staring in disbelief ...
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10/31
Let’s Get Beached
I sidled up to the bar. "I'll take a Swollen Headbanger on the Beach." The bartender looked at me funny. It's not a complicated drink: ...
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10/31
Flat Earth Toothers
Our story starts, by a beaver being abducted by aliens. Yes, pretty WEIRD right? The aliens take this beaver to an earth... shaped ...
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10/31
Dancing Ghouls
Tony the dancer was very famous. He was a star, an inspiration for other dancers in the area. He moved with grace and agility, something ...
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10/31
Le Pump King
Everyone in the trailer lurched forward as the hay ride abruptly ended. The engine went silent just as the headlights shut off. Where ...
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10/22
Monster Daddy Issues
It was dark and the growling sound behind her was getting closer. The monster was hungry and she knew it. How to escape, she couldn’t ...
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10/5
Play/Paws
A gust of autumn wind shook the hull of the decrepit RV sitting immobile before them. Three interlopers had traveled to this particular ...
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9/25
From thunder to grandma
It was a rainy and stormy night. The wind was howling and the trees in the darkness looked alive. She was alone in the old wood house ...
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9/23
Ursine trouser troubles
A slow start to the day. Another mark made on a map that had been long forgotten, stored in the tiny chest of my grandma’s cabin up ...
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8/23
Scrambled eggs
contemplating on the meaning wherein the locus of “the meaned” is felt beyond the relation to only the object - that part - but in ...
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8/18
Forage Voyage
The weather was perfect and her bags were packed. She looked around the room. Yes! She thought. Today is the day. Once I make it to ...
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8/6
Far from the Tree
I’m a 175 year old Tribrid. My name is Nakkita. My mother was a Fairy/Witch and my father was a Vampire. Mother said father was killed ...
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7/27
What am I?
Tabitha silenced her alarm for the 10th time, flopped out of bed, and shuffled to the bathroom. She squinted, rubbed the sleep from ...
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7/25
When Greg met Greg
The air was warm and smelled sweetly of flowers, a rare treat so early in spring. Maggie looked around the yard. Would have been a ...
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7/20
Attack of the nanomuffins
UGH why do muffins smell so good, she thought as she passed through the kitchen. This diet was going to be the death of her. She looked ...
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7/6
Band Together
Each member of the Hayward household boarded the train in navy formalwear, and clutching a carefully chosen possession. Between the ...
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