My Stories 21
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Bubble Bath Therapy
It's been a while since I've let the water run, taken my large bottle of soap down from the closet, poured the fluid into the tub, let it suds up. There was a time I'd take bubble baths all the time. It's been six months since I stopped. I'm okay now, but I needed a lot of baths, and then six months without them, to figure out where things went wrong and to rethink my naïveté.
Fiction: Romance, T, English, Romance & Hurt/Comfort, words: 3k+, 6/17/2013
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One Way to Get Out of Gym »
Detective Charley Gallagher is used to solving cases about cheating spouses. So he is completely unprepared when he is assigned the case of a high school gym teacher who was found beaten to death and wrapped in a volleyball net. Written for NaNoWriMo '09.
Fiction: Mystery, K+, English, Mystery & Humor, chapters: 18, words: 52k+, favs: 13, follows: 4, updated: 1/1/2011 published: 9/6/2010
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I'll Try
Grandma, I know that Alzheimer's has eaten away at your mind, but I'll try to remember you as you once were.
Poetry: Family, K, English, Hurt/Comfort & Family, words: 237, 11/27/2010
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The Song of the Fire
Sizzle! Crackle! Snap! Snap! Listen to the song of the fire!
Poetry: Nature, K, English, Poetry, words: 103, 9/28/2010
17Slices of Life »
A collection of short memoirs about my life.
Fiction: General, K+, English, chapters: 4, words: 1k+, favs: 2, follows: 2, updated: 9/17/2010 published: 9/10/2010
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Silly No More
"Silly Rabbit, Trix are for kids!" is a slogan that many children can recognize. They laugh with glee as the children in the Trix commercial grab a box of cereal away from the oversized bunny. This is a story about that oversized bunny finally snapping.
Fiction: Humor, T, English, Parody & Humor, words: 3k+, favs: 4, follows: 1, 7/4/2010
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He Felt It All
In just one moment he could feel everything: the trees, the animals, the insects. He felt it all.
Fiction: General, K, English, Poetry & Spiritual, words: 287, favs: 1, 6/9/2010
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Harry McGilligan
Harry McGilligan loves his job at Hindson's Deli Extraordinaire, but when his boss, Mr. Hindson, who is also Harry's best friend, is mysteriously murdered, Harry's life is turned upside down. Should he make an effort to solve the Hindson murder? COMPLETE.
Fiction: Mystery, T, English, Mystery & Crime, words: 188, favs: 9, follows: 6, updated: 4/4/2010 published: 8/24/2009
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Seahorse Love
Betty and Gerald were seahorses. They had their individual aquariums, their individual lives. But as soon as their paths crossed, everything changed. One-shot. Written by Morine and RentBoheme.
Fiction: Romance, T, English, Humor & Romance, words: 3k+, favs: 4, follows: 1, 3/14/2010
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Collard Greens
Mike's grandfather died, and his entire family was left in tears... except for Mike. He can't cry.
Fiction: General, K, English, Hurt/Comfort & Family, words: 1k+, favs: 4, 2/20/2010
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Skulls in the Closet
Winner of the first ever SKoW prompt contest! It's New Year's Eve, and Ralph has made a resolution: he's going to stop digging up skulls from graves. Will he be able to do this? Written by Morine and RentBoheme
Fiction: Romance, T, English, Hurt/Comfort, words: 5k+, favs: 25, follows: 5, 1/22/2010
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The Statues Speak to Me
WINNER OF THE DECEMBER 2009 CAMPANELLA AWARD. It is Christmas, and as a disease ravages through my mind, I am left in the presence of three dragons-three hallucinations.
Fiction: General, T, English, Hurt/Comfort & Family, words: 1k+, favs: 5, 12/19/2009
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Who I Am
I'm just who I am. No one can change that.
Fiction: General, K, English, words: 1k+, 10/13/2009
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I'm Leaving
I can't take you any more . . . I'm gone.
Poetry: Love, K+, English, Hurt/Comfort, words: 189, favs: 1, 10/6/2009
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Autumn Breeze
The forest is silent in Autumn.
Poetry: Nature, K, English, Poetry, words: 87, 9/29/2009
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Nutella
A guy uses Nutella to pull him from depression.
Poetry: Humor, K, English, Humor & Poetry, words: 183, favs: 5, 9/27/2009
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The Missing Rocking Chair
I woke up, and wanted to sit on my rocking chair . . . but it was gone.
Poetry: Humor, K, English, Humor & Poetry, words: 33, favs: 3, follows: 1, 9/3/2009
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Hunting for the Stars of Gemini
Looking at the old parchment, he sighed in relief. This was the place. If he made the proper decisions and incisions, he would be all-powerful.
Fiction: General, T, English, words: 586, 9/1/2009
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The Purr of the Beast
A boy and his mother venture into the forest beyond their cabin and get lost. What kinds of creatures could be found lurking in the deepest parts of the forest? This is based on a dream I had.
Fiction: Young Adult, K, English, Family, words: 681, favs: 1, 8/29/2009
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The Last Thing He Heard
The only poetry I've ever written was for school, and I haven't done that for over a year and a half. So I guess this is my first real venture into poetry. I hope you enjoy! For some reason, FictionPress refuses to accept where I skipped lines in the poem
Poetry: General, K+, English, Poetry, words: 184, favs: 1, 8/24/2009