Tag: storytelling
member name: maria (lurking in the shadows of the night) B.
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September 07, 2006 06:43 AM EDT --
Thomas's eyes were bright and clear as he sat near the pond and a gentle breeze tussled his blond hair. He played in the garden everyday and the pond was his favourite place. He would sit and watch . . .
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December 30, 2007 05:09 AM EST --
"Have you ever wished you could go back and change an event in your past" Corey asked with a cocked eyebrow.
Jerry the bartender at the White Horse Inn wiped glasses as he listened to the stranger. . . .
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October 21, 2008 08:17 AM EDT --
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The old wooden gates creaked eerily in the wind and the old grey stone mansion looked bleak in the late afternoon as it was shrouded by a light drizzle of rain.
"Doesn't . . .
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September 20, 2006 02:58 AM EDT --
It was dark and raining hard when Elspeth Sanders pulled into the driveway. The old house stood and looked menacing in the shadows of the lightning that flashed constantly, casting an eerie look about . . .
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September 10, 2007 09:25 PM EDT --
She woke abruptly from the dream, the images vivid in her mind’s eye. It was something she desperately wanted to forget. She wanted to get on with her life without having to worry about the same . . .
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February 10, 2007 10:57 PM EST --
Annie Black was six years old. A pretty girl with dark black hair that sat on her shoulders, a rosy pink complexion and deep blue eyes. She was the youngest of six children. She lived in a housing commission . . .
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October 12, 2008 10:03 PM EDT --
The flowers lay spread on the table. Ted knew they were Elaine's favourites. She had always had a love for daffodils, snowdrops and bluebells and he added tulips and roses as well. How else was he . . .
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December 04, 2008 08:44 PM EST --
Three days after opening the envelope, the man my sister had been dating called into the shop where I worked wanting to know where she was. He said that she had invited him around for coffee but when . . .
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October 08, 2007 03:25 AM EDT --
Mmm. okay. I don't write romance, come to think of it, i try not to read romance either. I would much rather something with BITE! hope you enjoy this little tale I wrote just for . . .
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September 15, 2008 02:08 AM EDT --
Slipping silently through the outstretched branches, he hugged the rough bark. Taking deep breaths, he kept a wary eye while he reloaded the gun. Twigs snapped somewhere in the distance and . . .
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April 17, 2007 07:46 PM EDT --
Thomas's mother decided to take him to the doctor the next day and have him checked out even though he seemed to be fine in the morning. She had sat and watched him the rest of the night. It was the . . .
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January 09, 2007 06:23 AM EST --
Imagination is one of the greatest gifts a child could have. Here is a short piece that I have written as I remember when I was a child.
“Goodnight”my mother whispered as she put me . . .
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February 06, 2007 06:26 PM EST --
Anna and Hans Schmidt sat in the small lounge room of their flat going over the plans they had made. The news they had received a couple of weeks before had bowled them over. It wasn’t supposed to . . .
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July 30, 2008 10:49 PM EDT --
Winston inhaled deeply, trying to identify the scent tickling his senses. His mind was still numbed by the effects of the empty whisky bottle that lay beside him. It had become a ritual, hunting by day . . .
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January 21, 2008 06:27 AM EST --
Sam's shadow fell silently across the gravestone. His usually bright blue eyes were dulled by the pain behind them and a sorrow which he never believed possible tore deep into his heart. They had . . .
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September 28, 2008 04:12 AM EDT --
Sounds of muffled laughter came from behind the closed doors. Susannah placed her brief case beside the coat stand in the hallway and made her way towards the living room. She was exhausted and tired . . .
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