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Oct.08.2010
The People Wash by D. K. Christi, Copyright 2010 - Submission for the scandalously short story contest
On a typical, hot, humid Florida day, I hurried home from work and changed into my two-piece, black swimsuit and red cover-up, filled my bike’s tires with air, and started a two-hour...
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Oct.08.2010
Do something Special
-What do you mean you can´t see them? I know I have had them all my life,
everybody has them , what , I am a martian ?
He went to get a new passport and even thow someone help him push his finger over the small window made specially to get “ fingerprints” , it just didn...
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Oct.08.2010
GREAT FALLS, Montana – O_____ H_____ died peacefully in Community Hospital of Great Falls on Monday, June 21, 2010, from a little bit of everything.--The Great Falls Tribune, June 24, 2010
It wasn’t just that bitch Cancer or the chemo or the loss of the right breast or the swollen postulating...
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Oct.08.2010
Many years ago in a far distant land and in a time long since forgotten, there was a magical kingdom, and this kingdom was called Hootersville. It was a wonderful place to live, full of friendly people and always so much fun to be had, there were games for the children and plenty of entertainment...
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Oct.08.2010
The little nerd said a bright "hello," and I turned my head away so quickly that my ponytail swatted me in the face. I walked faster so he wouldn't think I had paid attention. Better yet, he should know that I had noticed, but that I had purposely ignored him. I wouldn't speak to a...
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Oct.08.2010
A scorching winter sun bore down on me. It roasted the sweat from my skin, while simultaneously searing UP at me, frying the inner membranes in my nose.
Beneath that sun, three friends and I skied up, into the California mountains just south of Yosemite. We sweated our way across...
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Oct.08.2010
With twelve weeks of vacation time to use and a bargain rental on a Spanish villa, I dug out my passport from my catch-all drawer filled with nuts and bolts, pens, old makeup and dusted off the Nars orgasm blush.My dreams of writing that best-selling novel and squeezing fresh orange juice every...
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Oct.08.2010
“It’s not just because of the Jewish tradition. Studies have shown that boys who aren’t circumcised…”
Andrew and I roll our eyes at each other as Linda’s booming voice attracts the attention of the other diners at Tra Vigne. She doesn’t notice, of course, and goes on citing pseudo-scientific...
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Oct.08.2010
In this one, you can't tell what's the matter. The woman is crying, but she's crying in a beautiful garden with jasmine trailing down the column behind her. You can just see a hummingbird, if you look carefully at that top right shadow. The woman is well dressed, the sky is blue, and it appears...
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Oct.08.2010
Day 148: Jonathan
I was lucky to get the first shift. It means I have a year to set up the ship exactly as I want. Of course, I have my own compartment, but the common areas of the ship are now also mine. We have all the comforts of home, with music, videos, a vast databank, all at our disposal. We...
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