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“Friends to the Bone (based on true events)” by Orwel Heavy Leads

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Juan and I have been friends since we were 8. We met while taking English lessons in Jardín América, a small town of the beautiful Misiones Province in Northeast Argentina. The afternoon of the first class, I arrived early and when Ángel, the English teacher, saw my brand new books covered with paper full of dinosaurs, he asked me:– "Do you like dinosaurs? Then I'm sure you'll get along well with Juan Martín." And so we did.Like many children of the '90s, the dinomania hit us both pretty hard. We went to the Jurassic Park premiere together. ...

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“Ghosted” by Michelle Oliver

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When Marnie stopped talking to me for absolutely no reason, I thought my life had ended. We’d been friends since childhood, done everything together, two peas in a pod, the yin to the other’s yang. I had believed that we would be friends forever. Obviously, she didn’t feel the same way.I remember waking up on Monday, was it last week, the week before? Well, it was a Monday because I was headed to the gym before work, and we always meet up on a Monday for our weekly training session. No, it’s not a perve session, we d...

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“A Rock to Guide Me” by Robert Egan

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My best friend is a rock, and I don't mean a shoulder to lean on: He's a rock, a stone, a solid mass of mineral material that resides within that broad spectrum between pebble and boulder. I've had other, human friends over the years, but none compare to the 65-gram supernova that is Noah. That's right, my rock's name is Noah and he's been my constant companion for 37 years. I met him on my eighth birthday. It was a small birthday, just my parents, my Uncle Stan, my sister, and some kid from school whose nose bled all the time. Uncle S...

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“Jackie Lope and Mattie Real Robber” by Graham Kinross

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TW: Unsolicited relationship advice and swearing. “Living within your means isn’t really living at all is it? By that I mean, you’re about to be boarded, raise your hands and play nice.” That transmission gave Captain John Brown and First Mate Jane Door just long enough to exchange raised eyebrows before their freighter’s lights went out. “I love you, gorgeous,” said Jackie Lope Robber of the goodish ship Codependent-Codefendent. “I love you more, sexy. Let’s fill our pockets.” Mattie Real Robber hit the reset button, restarting al...

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“Into the Nineties” by Mary Bendickson

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Into the NinetiesMarie and Gertie grew up within miles of each other but never knew one another until they were in their teens.Marie was what someone may call 'white trash'. Her family was the poorest of the poor when everybody in their neck of the woods was poor. They had little to no money for common necessities because her father was a drunk. He drank up any income he managed to take in.He was not an ordinary falling-down-drunken-sop but a mean drunk. Marie and her older brother, Henry, would hide in the woods behind their house until he ...

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“The Advantages of Decorum and Good Breeding” by Delbert Griffith

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2002Marjory stared at the gargantuan painting, unimpressed. She stepped backwards over the dead body to inspect it from a greater distance. She was still unimpressed, even when Lillian told her that it was an original Rothko, worth upwards of seventy million dollars.“It looks like a very tall elementary school child did this,” Marjory said, shaking her head slightly. “Or...

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“The Vengeful Haunting of Ernest by Best-Friend Ivan” by Tom Skye

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I put sensitive content to play it safe, but that warning is a stretch. Just some ghostly stuff. The Vengeful Haunting of Ernest by Best-Friend Ivan Autumn had begun browning the hedge much earlier that year. This captured Ernest’s attention, as he meticulously hosed his lawn from corner to corner, and was the first fresh thought to interrupt his graft since he had found Ivan motionless on his potato patch next door two weeks prior. The days since had been tough, but the variegated darkening of the leaves offered a timely distraction f...

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“I'll Always Pick Up the Phone for You” by Myranda Marie

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“I’m sorry to call so late, I really need to talk.” “Never apologize. You know I’ll always answer the phone for you. What’s up?” “It’s my daughter. She has the absolute worst judgment when it comes to choosing friends. You know her “bestie”, you’ve met her. She’s nothing but trouble and I have had enough.” “I have met her and…” “My daughter is nothing more than her servant, always running to be at her side like some obsessed fangirl.” “Ok, but why is this, …..” “It’s been annoying me for years, but somehow, the situations a...

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“When Insects were as Big as Birds” by Robert McDermott

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SENSITIVE CONTENT: Death, alcohol abuse, mental health. I was in work when my brother called to tell me Willo Hicks had died. It was a cold Tuesday in early March. I thought of the joke. What did Willo Hicks die of? He died of a Tuesday. 'Ray, are you there?' said my brother. 'Yeah,' I said, 'sorry, I zoned out for a moment.' 'I did the same when I heard,' he said. A pause followed like the space between scenes of a movie. Finally, my brother spoke. 'No details yet about a funeral or anything. I'll keep you posted.' I thanked him and hung...

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“None of it Was Accidental” by Molly Kwest

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Dad doesn’t like me being out late, but I’m not afraid. So, here I am in the middle of the woods, surrounded by towering trees that block out the shining white light of the moon, making it hard to see my own nose, never mind the path to our destination. “God!” I groan, wishing I could take a minute to crack my spine and relieve the pain a bit. “How much does this thing weigh?” “We’re almost there,” Finn replies with a moan of equal discomfort to mine. I waddle like a constipated duck, carrying one end of what feels like a bag ...

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“Through The Eyes of a Child” by Joe Smallwood

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Discussions of Hell. “Hell doesn’t exist, right?” “Why do you ask?” “I need to know.” With that my idyllic afternoon was shot, done for. Kaput. Young Francis, my nephew was in a state. Or more correctly we were now in a state. Of something. It isn’t normal for people to ask questions that just hang there, like an unanswered cell phone or the insistent ringing of a microwave. I’m done or I’m beginning, do something, these things say to us. Worse than Amazon Alexa talking for no reason, was how this question sounded. I stopped on the path we...

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“Trigger” by Sherri Moorer

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This is how it ends. In silence. Senara roamed up the empty street, the shotgun slung over her shoulder. Would she be able to use it when the time came? Would it matter? Was there enough of her left to do what must be done? A hot wind blew through the street, spreading dust across the broken pavement. At least they weren’t littered with bodies this time. She still didn’t know how she survived that awful, rotting stench four years ago. I’ve never been so sorry to be right. They thought they had come so far. The brave survivors of the 2...

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“Friends of the Time/Light Continuum” by Johanna Parry

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Kaden calmly plucked his ukelele. Each reverberating note started sounding all around them - suddenly - ZAP! An electric snap hit the air and another fly dropped out of the room. The sound of giant bowling balls rolling across the sky shook the windows. “Jack loves thunder.” He thought to himself. What he wasn’t thinking is how stunned Jack would be to witness him killing bugs with just the sound of his ukelele.Lightning flashed outside the window like burning plasma in space. Too bright to comprehend. A loud pounding on the ...

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“MISSED OPPORTUNITY” by Charles Corkery

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MISSED OPPORTUNITY In September, 1913, at the age of eighteen, I left home to study art in Vienna. Ah, Vienna! Looking back now, decades later, it’s almost impossible to describe just how joyous a city it was in those days and I thrilled to be a part of it though my very meagre budget made it difficult to enjoy much of the delights on offer. I had enrolled at Akademie Schulz and, initially, I was intimidated, believing that my work inferior to my fellow classmates but, during intervals, I was able to sneak glances at their works and disc...

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“Donkey and Rabbit” by Dan Foster

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“I’m so bored, Rabbit,” said Donkey, munching on the orange bits with much bliss.The mellow Donkey and the grumpy Bunny wandered the forest without worry; Sharing a batch of carrots they yanked from Mrs. Elmira’s orchard before running like leopards.“I don’t know,” groaned Rabbit. “I figure we could play some prank on the big bad wolf.”“Not that again, Rabbit,” said Donkey. “I still have a wound on my posterior from the last occasion.”“Well, how about we sing a song?”“A song?”“Yah, you know. Like the huntsmen sometimes do,” said Rabbit, spit...

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✍️ 60 stories

“Friends to the Bone (based on true events)” by Orwel Heavy Leads

“Ghosted” by Michelle Oliver

“A Rock to Guide Me” by Robert Egan

“Jackie Lope and Mattie Real Robber” by Graham Kinross

“Into the Nineties” by Mary Bendickson

“The Advantages of Decorum and Good Breeding” by Delbert Griffith

“The Vengeful Haunting of Ernest by Best-Friend Ivan” by Tom Skye

“I'll Always Pick Up the Phone for You” by Myranda Marie

“When Insects were as Big as Birds” by Robert McDermott

“None of it Was Accidental” by Molly Kwest

“Through The Eyes of a Child” by Joe Smallwood

“Trigger” by Sherri Moorer

“Friends of the Time/Light Continuum” by Johanna Parry

“MISSED OPPORTUNITY” by Charles Corkery

“Donkey and Rabbit” by Dan Foster

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