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    The Lottery: A Short Story

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    There’s always going to be a time where you feel like you don’t fit in. There will also be a point in your life when someone tells you they don’t like you because they feel you have changed. It’s not a bad thing to change who you are, buy do it in a good way. Always change for the greater good. Never change for the worse. Make sure that your change won’t really change who you are. I believe that people should learn to change their ways in order to adapt to something new. Take my family for…

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    Bridegroom Short Story

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    The story, Bridegroom, takes the cake. Ha Jin did a phenomenal job of providing a small picture into the culture in China. Two young individuals struggling with their own demons ridiculed and judged so quickly even by the ones who care for them the most. Cheng angered me by being so judgmental of his adopted daughter. In the big scheme of things, all 3 text represented some pretty important eye openers. The ideas spot on to what I think our society here in the states was back in the day. I'm…

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    The Slice: A Short Story

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    "It's an unpopular opinion," admitted the suited human, "But it's true." Taking his cigarette out of his mouth, he snuffed the butt of it out in a nearby ashtray. "There's only one way to the heart of furries, and you of all people know who it is." The two of them, a human and a chimera, had decided to meet at The Slice to discuss something of importance over dinner. Keeping their voices to a bare minimum, no one would notice their discussion. The badger chimera who sat across from him had her…

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    The Groceries Short Story

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    The author ment that his mother was not leateraly death or unable to speak but she was just as normal as other people, she baiscly didn’t had that opportunity.The laws of New Jersey were passed throught language requirems of forigen comeriaciales.Authors childhood was strating with an autorization of same pricing and the pover of word. In the begining of new life in America, his mother was able to speak on a few words. Because his family used to live in International business and marketing spot,…

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    Cornwall: A Short Story

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    A couple years ago, Cornwall was a little puppy that had a lot of energy. he would run, jump, and even went up the stairs. Cornwall could run a whole beach 10 times without stopping. Kevin, who was getting lazy had a bad habit dropping his leach and he would run like the wind took over him. Cornwall was also able to run though obstacles like a show dog to, but even more fast. One day Kevin had an idea. He thought that Cornwall could try out for a dog show. But a problem was that how was he…

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    Freckle: A Short Story

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    “Huh...not to be a Debby downer but could you hurry up Til?”, spoke a calm, cold, and monotone voice. The voice belong to a ten-year-old girl with a neat bob cut auburn hair sporting a light red dress. Freckles sprinkled across her face and Persian blue eyes that seemed to bore into whatever they were looking at. Charlotte Ray, better known as Lotte, the second youngest Ray turned the page of the book she was reading. “Lot, I’m just trying to remember! Honest! See, mom made us take those…

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    Short Story Of Sucker

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    Do you think Sucker was asking too much of pete?No because all he asked was did pete love him. He also, wanted someone to love him because his parents died in a car crash when he was very young. One night sucker asked pete “do you really love me like a brother?”.He just wanted to know if pete felt the same way towards him as he felt toward pete. Could you blame him he didn't know his parents because they died when he was very young and the could emotionally hurt a kid. I think all kids need…

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    The Pathway: A Short Story

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    Time is like a river. You cannot touch the same water twice, because the flow that has passed will never pass again. Childhood is the time in life where memories are forged yet they have do not really have a sentimental feeling. Now that those times are nearly gone, I begin to regret not cherishing them longer... Home is the starting place of love hope and dreams. "Run from the dragon mommy!! It's coming towards us!!" I hollered as loud as I could with my five-year-old…

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    Everyone has their own “Crucible” on this journey that we call life. Some are worse than others, but mine begins right around the last month of the 2015 school year. The genre of this story is romance. I got myself into a relationship, I wish I was more prepared for. I started dating this one girl, and we were together for quite a while. A lot of people would probably say we were too young for love, but trust me, it was real. I would say that some things may have been my fault, I was insecure. I…

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    The Raven Short Story

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    THE COMET The raven was soaring aimlessly high above the twinkling stars and below was a neighborhood as quiet as a cricket’s crick except for one. Residents were inside their gated community not giving a damn about what is outside. Well, the only things they care about are their luxurious homes and their platinum cards. If one was to take it, all hell would break lose but what if one were to give it all up? That late night something sparked in the middle of its streets and it produced lights so…

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