My Stories 166
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Code of Ethics
An old man is convinced that his android nurse is trying to kill him. Signs of dementia - or something else?
Fiction: Sci-Fi, T, English, Sci-Fi & Crime, words: 2k+, favs: 1, follows: 1, 3/3/2019
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Our Worst Best Christmas
Unemployed dad. Anxious mom. Slacker millennial daughter. And a beeping alarm in the middle of the night ...
Fiction: General, K+, English, Family, words: 2k+, 12/28/2017
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The Glam
What if there was an app that could make a plain person beautiful? Would you wear it on a first date?
Fiction: Sci-Fi, T, English, Romance & Sci-Fi, words: 4k+, 8/16/2016
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As You See Me
Why is it so much easier for women to like each other than themselves?
Poetry: Friendship, K+, English, Hurt/Comfort & Friendship, words: 95, favs: 1, 2/8/2015
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Orchestra
My roommate has a laugh for just about every occasion.
Poetry: Life, K+, English, Hurt/Comfort, words: 112, favs: 1, 11/22/2014
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Unfinished Portrait
You can know a good many facts about someone without ever really knowing them. Especially if that person is an overworked dorm manager.
Poetry: Love, K, English, Romance & Angst, words: 140, 11/6/2014
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Home for Thanksgiving
Everything's different, but still the same.
Poetry: Family, K, English, words: 127, 10/17/2014
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The Anti Valentine
Out of season, I know, but I couldn't resist ...
Poetry: Love, K+, English, Romance & Humor, words: 120, 9/9/2014
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One Drop At A Time
The steps along the road to love are often subtle.
Poetry: Love, K, English, Friendship & Romance, words: 81, 4/30/2014
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In 27 Years
How did a wild, adventurous little girl become such a timid woman?
Poetry: Family, K, English, Family & Angst, words: 138, 2/24/2014
2Look Away
Growing up in an oppressive state is easier than you might think. All you have to do is look away ... until you can't. Five moments in the life of my East German mother.
Fiction: Biography, K+, English, Family & Hurt/Comfort, words: 1k+, 9/14/2013
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The Swing
It really wasn't built for someone my size.
Poetry: General, K, English, Hurt/Comfort & Humor, words: 197, 7/1/2013
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Spaces On The Wall
"You're the man of the house now."
Fiction: General, K+, English, Family & Angst, words: 376, favs: 1, 2/25/2013
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Departure
The first detail my father mentions when he talks about his parents' divorce.
Poetry: Haiku, K, English, Family & Angst, words: 14, favs: 1, 2/25/2013
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Anything To Say
The world looks entirely different from opposite sides of the law, even if it's only the law of high school.
Fiction: General, K+, English, Drama, words: 422, favs: 1, 1/27/2013
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The Vacuum Cleaner
Crossed wires occur between a German immigrant family and their French Canadian maid. Welcome to Montreal.
Fiction: General, K, English, Family & Hurt/Comfort, words: 1k+, 1/27/2013
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Kiss of the Dalek
A science fiction fan's blind date does not go as planned. No actual Daleks involved.
Fiction: Romance, K+, English, Humor & Romance, words: 1k+, favs: 1, 3/29/2012
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Bus Stop Summer
There's something surreal about public transportation, as if you belong neither to the start nor the end.
Poetry: General, K, English, words: 70, 8/13/2011
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Anthem
A modern German's take on World War II.
Poetry: War, K+, English, words: 191, favs: 3, 6/16/2011