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Once upon a time, he was a heartthrob, on top of the world, finally with the woman he loved. Ever since he saw Joy across the street at 15, he couldn't take his eyes off her. Their fiery passion and attitude were a match for each other.
The hotel became a second home, a place of fights but also of discovery, of personality clashes that turned into friendships, of a fantasy life free from the stresses of the world. They may have fell in love in Queens,...
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He is a famous author, a man who has penned best sellers. He is a man with a wife and a safe, sedate life.
Then, what drives his inner sorrow? What fuels his hidden frustration?
Perhaps the answers start with the strange one-worded statements other people keep making at him. Maybe the truth lies in the reason why he is so extraordinarily afraid of answering those statements the wrong way.
In this modern world, he is beyond the modern man and understands...
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Tub the ogre is tired. Tired of the unfounded stereotypes placed upon ogres by humans. They parade around his woods, hunting his prey and gathering his berries, all the while assuming that ogres are a bunch of stupid, ugly, smelly (okay, maybe that one's not "unfounded", per se) human-eaters. He also happens to be bored. Bored of the same menial tasks day in and day out; hunting prey and gathering berries to help feed the village until they move on...
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Scandal forces Maria Posaltakis out of her job as a celebrity reporter. The paparazzi blacklists her, but media mogul Mark Bannerman takes her under his wing, intent on making Maria the newest addition to his politically charged network, AmeriPress News.
He brings her to Isla Loci, his private resort, to personally train her on sticking to the channel's message. Then Chester, Mark's youngest son from a failed marriage, comes to the island. He's...
5) Short Story Press Presents Blind Girl Meets a Ghost: How a Blind Girl Became Friends with a Ghost
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Blindness never stops a friendship; is not just about a friendship, but also other powerful themes.
The story centers around a girl named Katherine, 15 years of age
Recently blind in a car accident which killed her mother
Now is in the care of her estranged aunt, who is hiding secrets
Katherine tries her best to make a relationship with Morgan, only it is clear that the woman is hiding secrets
Starting school, Katherine finds it difficult to make...
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Jack has recently graduated from high school with his best friend Lilac. They go back a long ways, but they never imagined they'd be working at the same grocery store during the same shift. Guise Markets is not Jack's ideal choice for a job, but there is more to the store than there seems. What might have been a typical boring job proves more exciting than Jack has bargained for. The other night employees reported seeing strange things, objects falling...
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"Our Red Thread" is a story of love, depression, and finding happiness with the one you love. The red thread theory, or the red string of fate, is the belief that there is a red thread connecting two people who are destined to be together. That no matter what obstacles there are between them, nothing will keep them apart.
Cora and Lewis, two youths with seemingly nothing in common, come together in spite of their peers. Unlikely friends fall in love,...
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Michael is a professional photographer. He knows exactly how to take the best pictures and is desperate enough to accept any work when the rent comes due, which is slowly creeping up on him. When he's offered a new job opportunity from a high-end client, the last thing he expects is to be confronted with an abuse scandal in the midst of the cast.
He meets an extremely attractive model, someone he soon recognizes from his teenage past. To make things...
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An assassin is at the top of his field, and none of his kills are ever the same. In this way, he never leaves a signature, and that keeps the law two steps behind. It's a life full of turmoil and continuous travel, but it's the life he chose.
He gets a job that requires him to kill not only the mother and father, but also the heir apparent. The client wants this done so there will be no one to step in and take what's rightfully his.
The assassin...
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Detective Jeffrey Madison is known for bringing miscreants to justice but lately has found himself tired of the same petty crimes that never seem to end. First Bobby Rae steals from the convenience store and then tries to buy his freedom because he feels that he has done nothing wrong. Then Ms. Clayhorn needs him to rescue her Calico cat and grandson, who managed to end up at the top of the same oak tree, although the older lady seems more concerned...
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One of the most miserable and lonely places in the world is in a prison cell. The reason not being because you are locked away in a space the size of closet, away from society, but because you have so much time to think. In the outside world, you have resources to help make decisions and can move around to see for yourself when making choices. Being locked away physically also has the utmost mental effect on even a stable mind.
One of the hardest...
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"Anacrusis" is a unique work of fiction exploring the topics of musicality, anarchic hand, and the supernatural. This work allows the listener to take a seat behind the wheel of a professional musician as his burgeoning career swirls disastrously and inexplicably off course.
The characters will engage, thrill, and challenge the listener's previously held conceptions of reality and the realm slightly beyond it.
The house is open, the lights are up,...
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"Walk a Mile" is a story about the impending divorce of Jackson and Linda Rincon, a wealthy Malibu couple, who have been married for a long time, and the way it complicates the life of their only daughter, Melania.
There is a long-standing, ugly divorce pending
This couple has deep, dark secrets that are threatening to come to the light
The Rincons are fighting over money and property
Their only daughter, Melania, has been caught in the middle
Melania...
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This story teaches that a state of despair is no manner in which to live.
Often, when someone has been in a coma, they come out with memories (more likely hallucinations), that seem so real they really appear to have happened. Coma patients frequently remember things so vividly, they appear to be real memories.
This story imparts the healing power of a person who is simply "willing to care" for someone, even if it can cause them pain.
When we lose...
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John is thrown into a world where he has no idea what is going on. First he's chased by zombies and they aren't real. He is then thrust into the world of fantasy. For a boy who plays Dungeons and Dragons it's just like an adventure that he and his friends have played before. However, this time around he's not a boy, and it's all real. He can tell by the broken nose he gets the first few hours he is in that other world. But how did he get there, and...
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Mark is handsome, and he knows it. He is also ruthless and arrogant. It is often a very dangerous combination, and Mark is no exception. He uses his good looks to seduce beautiful women and do terrible, unspeakable things to them. He enjoys it immensely and considers this occupation the real purpose of his life.
Then, one night, as he is on the prowl for his next victim, he spots Jasmine. She is beautiful and intriguing, and he wants her. Her appetite...
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Alan and Katie, a young couple married for not quite a year, have both been consumed with work and wrapped up in starting their lives ever seen their marriage. But now, they've been given the chance to escape their busy lives for the first time since their honeymoon.
Katie's father, a big-time real estate broker, has offered them the keys to a beach house for a weekend, and the two jump at the opportunity. Katie's younger brother comes in to watch...
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Fourteen-year old Eador has never remembered a time he wasn't a slave to the goblins. In their dark kingdom underground, he works blindly at their tasks while suffering their belittlement. Finally, though, two warriors named Thorsen and Coreon rescue Eador from the creatures' grasp. The three humans journey to the village on the rocks of Tyvar River, but not everything is as it seems.
Who is the mysterious goblin girl who spied on Eador all the...
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"A Sworded Love Affair" is the story of a young woman who is looking for a good guy and a new hobby. She takes up the sport of fencing and finds that her coach and instructor is the man who she's been hoping to find for years. He is nice, good looking, smart, and witty. Their first lesson lasts for hours instead of just an hour. He cooks her a meal and they chat, even meet up the next day for a second lesson. It is that day when she takes a chance...
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Never Been on Broadway is a romantic short story about the reality of fame and about how far away from reality the famous can be. The story follows the first day of Evelyn Alford's first ever trip to New York City.
We meet her working actor cousin Eric Freeman, a young man trying to balance an ever-growing fame with the humble beginnings from where he came, Johnny Edwards, a man born in the spotlight but an actor bordering on irrelevancy whose play...