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The Whimpering Night Shift

My name is Ralph or maybe Ruff, I'm still not sure. I'm 7 years old, which in human years is 35. My master, Freddie, pretects me and I protect him. See, we're cops. There…[...]

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The Big Race

The iditarod would be in two months and Finn was forty pounds underweight and considered too small for the competition. Finn, a half chihuahua, half corgi, was not the usual candidate…[...]

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New Year’s Resolution

It’s January 3rd. I sat down, since I was told to, and started rethinking my New Year’s Resolutions. I went through them one by one and considered whether or not I’d really…[...]

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Puppy’s First Trick-Or-Treat

    It’s October 31st and I think if I take him trick-or-treating, it might help.   Unless the fire’ll go with him.   But, it’s October 31st, so we’ll give it a shot.  I hope we…[...]

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Puppy and Hell’s Fire

We go back home and I throw away the brownies and pray the police don’t find them.  The fire’s still blazing in the front yard, like the menorah in Israel.  The fire…[...]

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The Market

     They have me strapped in, but this car is weird.   Imagine a car where my back is parallel to the ground, but I’ve seen and been through lots of stuff and…[...]

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Ward

    This was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives, but then it happened. I need therapy, the doctors and nurses told me I need therapy, but I’m a…[...]

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Dog Scents

    Normally, when we take out the food, he’s happy and wagging his tail.   He stares at the screen blankly, like a deer after it’s been shot by a hunter, but still…[...]

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The Whimpering Night Shift

My name is Ralph or maybe Ruff, I'm still not sure. I'm 7 years old, which in human years is 35. My master, Freddie, pretects me and I protect him. See, we're cops. There…[...]

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Fred

           My card is old, but I flashed it the way people flash a fake driver's license at a bar when they’re underage. The card said my dog, Fred, is an Assistant…[...]

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We Have Plenty of Time

We have plenty of time and were chosen for the job, not hired. We weren't even given names by our mamas. My name be Speciman 1 and my girlfriend's name is Speciman…[...]

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Being Human

           We don't talk about it and he prefers we don't use the term, Freak, which I wouldn't use anyway. See, in the land of Sycophancy, when it rains a few things…[...]

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My Worst Nightmare

           This is my worst nightmare. I'm trapped in a semi-independent living facility. I am not allowed to go off campus because they want to make sure I'm safe. But, in one of the…[...]

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Leave Me Alone

           All I want is P & Q, P & Q: Peace and Quiet. My wife is out of town, the kids are at camp, my phone is turned off, the candles are…[...]

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Joey’s Wish

           I did it; (I can see through his eyes.) I did it. But, I feel like the character from the movie Being John Malkovich, before he got control of John Malkovich, since…[...]

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The Dog and the Bag

               He went potty outside. I’ll be gone for six hours, so it’s good he went potty outside. J.C. (Jack Charlie) was a good boy, so I gave him some treats: Beggin’…[...]

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In Dog We Trust

Write about a character pretending to be someone they're not. So, before the drama started, I decided to take J.C. to a psychic/medium bookstore/shop. There, the cashier recommended J.C. get a…[...]

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The Big Race

The iditarod would be in two months and Finn was forty pounds underweight and considered too small for the competition. Finn, a half chihuahua, half corgi, was not the usual candidate…[...]

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New Year’s Resolution

It’s January 3rd. I sat down, since I was told to, and started rethinking my New Year’s Resolutions. I went through them one by one and considered whether or not I’d really…[...]

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Bushington’s Big Proposal

     I snuck out last night.  Everyone was sleeping, so I snuck out, but I didn’t go outside, I went to Roseta’s desktop on the first floor.  I would’ve gone to her laptop,…[...]

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Bushington’s Vet

Well, I call up the vet and they say they can only reverse that kind of surgery in humans and not in dogs.  Dang it!  So, I decide to start calling up…[...]

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Bye Bye Bushington

     It’s been a few years and Bushington has mellowed out.  He gave up his PDA and stopped trying to run away.   That is after all the headaches he caused which aren’t even…[...]

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Hound Alone

      My masters turned the air conditioning off to cut down on the electricity bill.   I don’t know what that means, but I feel like a live lobster in a pot of…[...]

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Ralphy In The Rough

    It’s spring and my new master is Insane (that’s his name) and insane (his mental state). My name is Ralphy and I am a pure bred, grade A, male, unneutered…[...]

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My Little Secret

     I found my PDA, it was in the attic in a chest without a lock.  So, I plugged it in and waited.   When the bar got past 80 percent, I logged in…[...]

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Bushington’s Addiction

     I took out my PDA (My family doesn’t know where I am) and type, “My name is Bushington and I’m an alcoholic”.   I’ve never drank alcohol, but I’m here, so why…[...]

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In Memorial, Bushington

      We don’t know whether or not he’s dead, but we all miss Bushington, so we, after a family meeting in the basement, decide to have a memorial service in the…[...]

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My Alienable Rights

     They’re gone.  I can’t believe it.  They’re gone.   My rights.   My rights guaranteed in the Constitution of the United States of America are gone.  All of them gone with three signatures; one of them mine;…[...]

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A Weird Car

     We leave home, my master and me, but I don’t know where we’re going.  I never know, but I’m glad I’m going.  I’ve been begging to go.  I tried sneaking into the suitcase,…[...]

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CR:

     The humans always said we’d be the ones to survive the apocalypse and they were right.   There’s no more pesticides, which is good, but we’re the only ones left, so there’s…[...]

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Clarissa’s Blanket

    She was here, but where is she?   This is Bobo and I’m not a clown.  Everyone sweats, pees, poops:  it’s normal, but I haven’t seen Clarissa in weeks.   See, usually when our family goes…[...]

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Bushington’s Box

    He’s dead, we think.   Maybe, but dogs are burrowing creatures and Bushington was or maybe is a rascal and we keep finding things.  Now, if he was a normal dog, we might…[...]

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Pyromaniac Puppy

    By the time I stepped outside, the leaves were on fire.  Bad dog.  I go to the side of the house, I unring the hose, screw it in the faucet, and point…[...]

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The Mad Mob

     We got up the next morning and the fucking fire is still there and the maniacs are starting to herd.  Great.  So, I try to think of where to hide this stupid…[...]

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The Big Race

The iditarod would be in two months and Finn was forty pounds underweight and considered too small for the competition. Finn, a half chihuahua, half corgi, was not the usual candidate…[...]

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New Year’s Resolution

It’s January 3rd. I sat down, since I was told to, and started rethinking my New Year’s Resolutions. I went through them one by one and considered whether or not I’d really…[...]

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Asshole

We ain't The Odd Couple, but I'm still feeling suicidal. I live next to a neighbor who is disabled. That's the politically correct way to say it: “I live next to a neighbor…[...]

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Fucked

           The year is 142857 ACE (After the Common Era). Human beings predicted this day would come, but we always projected it into the future. 142857 ACE. See, stars have stages: there's “Giant Gas Cloud,…[...]

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Psychos

           Please, don't do it. The family always says that. Always. See, I'm a cop, but not just any cop, I'm a cop trained to stop people with suicidal tendencies. We've all seen it before…[...]

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Dog Damn It

           Wait, where am I and why is everything so big? I'm in a big box with chihuahua puppies, but all the chihuahua puppies are the same size as me, which doesn't…[...]

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Shock TV

This is a weird one, but this is a weird show, so I guess that's normal. We've seen women flashing their breasts, vaginas, and asses, men flashing their asses and penises. We've…[...]

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Objective

Bring an object. I'll tell the rest. That was the advertisement and everyone knew it wasn't a repair shop. An object from a “dead relative”. Any object. I could bring in my dead mom's dildo…[...]

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Useless Junk

           “This storage unit is full of useless junk. Throw it away.”             But he wouldn't. I keep telling him this stuff is worthless. Nobody'll ever care about it, ever. It belongs in the dumpster. All of…[...]

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Fucking Fantasies

“Swings and roundabouts. That's what this place has with $100.00 entrance fee. You want an individual instead of a couple, it's more. You in or out?” I looked at my wife: a fifty-three year…[...]

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Bibopolar

I'm in charge of everything. I know everything. There's limitless money. I've ordered over 2000 videos on the net and my knowledge is increasing. I'm going on Jeopardy, Who Wants to be a Millionare​…[...]

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Freedom

               That looks nice. Imagine. Being able to have my own job, with my own house with a garage, two cars, one for me and one for my wife. I don’t care how pretty…[...]

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Homosexuals in the 90’s

           We're in the parking lot as I take a puff and then she takes a puff of a cigarette, but not a regular cigarette. We both laugh because it makes…[...]

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Fuckedville

           The rents due in two weeks, I'm a month behind on my credit card and they've raised the interest rates, inflations up, can't get a raise from my boss and…[...]

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Decrescendo

           I went into the tent and took off my Nike shoes. White socks. Levi Jeans, polo shirt, and underwear and put on my loin cloth. Sounds ridiculous, I know, but they…[...]

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Hero

           I'm two-and-a-half, but Daddy needs me. Wonder why Mommy can't help him, instead of me. Oh, well. I've gone through my training to help Daddy, it just seems silly. Things like open the doors…[...]

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Porn and Prostitution

           We looked at the keptchup bottle as she shook it and we both had the same dirty thought. We're men, we can't help it. See, my sister's a journalist, my brother's a…[...]

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Eureka

Write your story about a magical potion which may or may not work.            Eureka! I found it. The wait time is two hours for every other medication, but I found the magical…[...]

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Disability

           Wow, this is my first time. Wonder if it'll be weird like the first time you kiss a girl or the first time you fuck a girl. Wonder if it'll be like that,…[...]

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Mu Shi Human

Coming up with a gift idea was the easy part – getting your hands on it is another thing entirely. He likes strange things. He always liked strange things. But there are two…[...]

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RAM

El Perro necessita caca. That's what this idiot keeps saying to me. El Perro necessita caca and no, he doesn't. He's perfectly happy sitting here on my lap. I feed him my lunch and…[...]

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breath taking

           I enter the building, books on every shelf and shiver. I'm sixteen and could get in trouble, but it is for “educational purposes,” but not for school. I go up to the…[...]

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Bad Luck

           And there's a black cat, which people say are bad luck. I walk around Cat Rangers. I shouldn't be here, but I want the work history for the day I become free. Worked…[...]

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The Man in the Cowboy Boots

           He's right in front of you, you idiot. What do you mean there's nobody there? Of course there's somebody there. He's wearing a beige top hat, a blue and red checkered shirt, khaki…[...]

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My fault

           This is all my fault. I do blame my nephew though. This is all my fault. I'm being evicted from my home, losing all my friends, my cell phone and ipad, my girlfriend,…[...]

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NDE

Write a story about someone facing death for the first time in their lives.  I put on my black, leather jacket that keeps me warm on the road. I put on…[...]

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“What you want”

Nobody wants to be me. Man, nobody. Welcome to NYC. Got a job here but got canned. Been trying to get another job, but can't; There are no other jobs on the market. So, tomorrow…[...]

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I quit

           “I quit”. I'm tired, I'm exhausted. I do everything in every grouping so, I quit. I've been Director of Community Relations for RUFS, I've been program assitant at a Senior Day care, I…[...]

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Something That Could Read my Mind

           You know? It's that thing on the wall with the different switches for the house. One turns off the electricity in the kitchen, one turns off the electricity in the bathroom, and…[...]

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Sleep

           All I want is to go to sleep. To be honest, I'd prefer to fuck my girlfriend and cuddle with her and then go to sleep, but there's limelight in the…[...]

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Maybe

Maybe in another life, I could get married and have children. Maybe in another life, I can own a car again and drive anywhere I want. Maybe in another life, I can…[...]

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Anxiety

I'm free. I'm out of America and I'm free. I'm free of the hypocracy and the diplomatic bullshit. I'm fucking free!!!! Free. No more being told I can't work without losing my benefits. My benefits will…[...]

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Sex Ed

           It's been called a lot of things:  Health 101, Physical Education, Anatomy and Physicology, “the adult class” like something we used to have to get a permission slip for in high…[...]

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The Big Race

The iditarod would be in two months and Finn was forty pounds underweight and considered too small for the competition. Finn, a half chihuahua, half corgi, was not the usual candidate…[...]

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New Year’s Resolution

It’s January 3rd. I sat down, since I was told to, and started rethinking my New Year’s Resolutions. I went through them one by one and considered whether or not I’d really…[...]

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Rocket Science

      It's hardly brain surgery. Give the suitcase to the woman behind the counter. Make sure before you leave your home, the suitcase weighs under fifty pounds. Take a carry-on, a personal item, your…[...]

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Concert

           I have been waiting for this moment for years. This alternative 90's band is my favorite. I love listening to their riffs before the words. I have eight of their CDs. I have their…[...]

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Better than homelessness

Write about two people striking an unlikely friendship.            Because she's a Republican and I'm a Democrat. It doesn't make any sense. She believes all the bullshit the bullshit media says, even though…[...]

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The Labyrinth

Write a story about lifelong best friends.            I needed him and he needed me. A match made in Heaven, if there was such a place. See, that's why God made dogs, because…[...]

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verbal diarreah

           Dig a fox hole, now. Right. Dig another fucking fox hole. The high whistles and the explosions. Faster. Motherfucker. Why am I the one who always has to dig these goddamn fox holes? SNAFU. We get in and…[...]

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Moon

           The moon is out, but there are no werewolves. It's a full moon, but I'm not superstitious. I am an actor, though, working on their lines and it's a full moon. It's not…[...]

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Crazy

           I know, it seems crazy and stupid. Yes, I know I'm a full-grown adult and this is something that only affects children, but I'm still scared of the dark. I know it's…[...]

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Business

           Business sucks. Damn it. Business sucks. This pandemic has killed profits. Motherfucker. A magician never reveals their secrets, but sales suck and maybe I could sell my secrets on an informercial. The Great George sells his…[...]

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90’s

           Wow, an NES, I haven't seen one of those in twenty years.  I used to have one of those when I was a kid, too. Where the hell did you get that…[...]

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Maybe

           Vroom, vroom. Yeah, I'm getting to go along this time. I hate it when they leave me in the house alone, but this time I'm getting to go on the trip.  Yeah!!! Wonder…[...]

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Maybe

      But they can't see us, but we can see them. We've landed. All those movies you have about us like E.T., Men in Black, etc., but now we've landed and you can't…[...]

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The Big Race

The iditarod would be in two months and Finn was forty pounds underweight and considered too small for the competition. Finn, a half chihuahua, half corgi, was not the usual candidate…[...]

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New Year’s Resolution

It’s January 3rd. I sat down, since I was told to, and started rethinking my New Year’s Resolutions. I went through them one by one and considered whether or not I’d really…[...]

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Damn it

           Damn it. I have to find it. I'm 39 and have to find it. Goddamn it, I'm a librarian and I've found all these things other people can't find and everybody's found this…[...]

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Finn

Dear Finnegan,            Kristen and I both miss you. She misses talking to you and so do I. I miss us all riding in the car together, me coming from work. They miss you…[...]

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hug

      I'm sitting in this shithole. My parents sent me here. Why here? At least it's in Orlando. But, life isn't going the way I hoped it would. Everyone has dreams, it's what keeps us from…[...]

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School

Set your story at the eve of the first day back at school.   Got to make sure I've got everything ready. Bookbag, text book covers, three-ring binders, paper with three holes…[...]

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the Fox

           This is Hydesville, New York and this is the infamous Fox Cottage. But, maybe you're not a member of the NSAC and don't know who the Fox Family were or maybe…[...]

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Crap

      We're here, again. Again, we're here: tables, the musician playing the usual folk music shit, the woman behind the counter working at light speed; dija vous, but it's not Groundhog Day, because it…[...]

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CNA

      Write about a person who has been called to mentor someone in a special skill, but doesn't really want to.            Look, man, I already know how to do this skill…[...]

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Stench

It smells of rotting corpse. Of old rotting corpse. Is this a graveyard? Where the hell am I? Oh, shit. Not again. See, I drank too much and wound up here, but where here? Look around, drink…[...]

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Sense

           You know what the differences between me and a prisoner is? A prisoner has rights and the right to a fair trial, whereas I was threatened to sign the contract and…[...]

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Hungry

You're awakened from your nap by someone asking, “Are you hungry?” You fell asleep somewhere else entirely.            “Are you hungry?” I got me a headache. I's tries to get up, but I falls me…[...]

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Vibrator

           Fuck. Motherfucker. Fuck. 'You've got this'. No, I don't. What the fuck are you talking about? Son-of-a-bitch. 'Think positive'. Okay, there could be a nuclear explosion in this region and I could die, then I'd be out of…[...]

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Parliament

           This is boring.  Parliamentary Law. Who gives a fuck about parliamentary laws? My professor. That's who. I swear, reading an instruction booklet made in a translation from someone from China would be more interesting than…[...]

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Loco

I can't sleep. Fuck. Permanent insomnia or temperary insanity? They say after seventy-two hours of not sleeping, you're legally insane and I can't sleep. I can't sleep. The melotonin was stolen by…[...]

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Dobbelgangers

It's me, but it's not me. Weird. See, I'm an actor and I'm used to playing other parts, but occasionally this will happen; there'll be a line to sign up for the audition…[...]

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Puff

Just one. Damn it. Just one. It's been twenty-five years since I quit. What harm could one lousy cigarette do? Yes, I know I've had COPD, an MI, and have emphazema, but what harm could…[...]

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The Big Race

The iditarod would be in two months and Finn was forty pounds underweight and considered too small for the competition. Finn, a half chihuahua, half corgi, was not the usual candidate…[...]

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New Year’s Resolution

It’s January 3rd. I sat down, since I was told to, and started rethinking my New Year’s Resolutions. I went through them one by one and considered whether or not I’d really…[...]

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Cold

Start your story with a description of the cold, using lots of sensory details.            It's starting again, thank God. The sun is coming out less and less and the few slithers…[...]

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