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basically - I write stuff. Some of it might even be good. Or not. But god knows I'd like for it to be.

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@authorofthings Feb 22, 2018, 6:20 AM UTC

A Swansong - The Impact Challenge Contest

They say real girls wear pearls and polka dot skirts. They speak in whispers and seldom make noise. They walk softly, on tippy toes Softly, too, in just the right heels appropriately lady-like and no…

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@authorofthings Feb 21, 2018, 11:24 PM UTC

The Custodian, Chapter 5

I know it's been a few months since I posted the last of these, but such is the life of a writer, one as disorganized and at times, lazy as this one. But be that as it may, here is the next chapter o…

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@authorofthings Feb 14, 2018, 3:51 PM UTC

Unafraid - a Love Poem

#Unafraid It is only melting away And into Deep, deep, deep Your wings Folded into mine, A perfect fit We will fly High but slow As if in deep sleep We will drip Into each other's pores Drop by drop…

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@authorofthings Feb 12, 2018, 3:50 AM UTC

Unraveling - a weird journey I’m on…

(me skiing in the tundra at about 40 below) # Unraveling My grandmother died of a broken arm. Not technically, but that’s how I remember it. She’d been in a bad motorcycle accident; suffered a severe…

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@authorofthings Feb 11, 2018, 3:47 PM UTC

The Making of a Reb, Part 3

# The Making of a Reb, Part 3 “When was your last test, Carter?” He stills, stares at me, uncomprehending. “Your balance test, Carter, the last one, when?” My voice is loud now, demanding. Carter doe…

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@authorofthings Feb 7, 2018, 11:03 PM UTC

How to Make a Kickass Borscht

First - a caveat. While I use ‘Borsht’ in the title, no self-respecting Russian would either spell or pronounce it this way. It really should be “Borsh” and so that’s what I’m going to call it. A few…

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@authorofthings Feb 5, 2018, 4:11 PM UTC

A Gift - Original Horror Story

image credit Pixabay # A Gift “I have a gift for you.” She turns, looks at him, the face she knows so well. He’s smiling at her one of his secret, soft smiles, not the stilted kind he usually has on.…

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@authorofthings Feb 3, 2018, 3:43 AM UTC

Rosewater - (150-word Flash Fiction; Entry for DHS 5SBD Contest)

The ancient sage was wrong. Hell is not other people. It’s the absence of the right ones. Or the one. She sat on the edge of a colossal tortoise-shaped rock, staring at the reflections of vivid pinks…

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@authorofthings Feb 1, 2018, 11:51 PM UTC

Un-Shattered - A Poem for a Friend.

#Un-Shattered# But what is a family but bundles of hurt silent or begging or stirring up dirt that you'd long since buried to save your heart only they own it and there isn't a safeguard of that old…

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@authorofthings Jan 29, 2018, 6:44 PM UTC

Shine

NOTE: This story was written for the Scribes and Scribblers Writing Competition. You can find them on Discord. Awesome group of people. The prompt for this was Not Quite Human with an idea of writing…

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