"May 8, 1996 was the day I died."
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Good night. I'm going to bed! See you tomorrow at the kick-off.
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Oct 31, 2009 - 21 13
"Cara Covington wondered why she had ever agreed to spend the night in a haunted house."
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Sean J. Jordan
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Oct 31, 2009 - 21 14
Eris pushed the massive oak door shut behind her and headed between the rows of glass cases that sheltered all but the largest or sturdiest pieces of furniture.
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Oct 31, 2009 - 21 19
She finally trusted these trains.
----------"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
- Douglas Adams
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Oct 31, 2009 - 21 41
My friend, Hugh Raleigh, spent the final three years of his life in the process of writing this book.
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Oct 31, 2009 - 21 42
“Why are all the best places to eat in the worst parts of town” I thought as I walk under one of the few street lights that lite the road.
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Oct 31, 2009 - 21 46
The familiar feeling of being watched touched Daniel’s neck and worked its way down his spine.
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Oct 31, 2009 - 21 55
I never fancied myself a dreamer, but I guess that is what I get from growing up in a family full of no one else around my age.
- go go gadget fingers
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Oct 31, 2009 - 22 12
Her tears stained the letter in her hand.
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Oct 31, 2009 - 22 41
With me today is Martin F. Gibbs, one of Urbana’s former “Monster Cops.”
----------Hex
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Oct 31, 2009 - 23 40
Angela Bradley loaded her bags into the RV.
----------Blessings,
Misti Sandefur, Christian Author
Facebook | Life of a Writer
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Nov 1, 2009 - 00 31
Harris' taxi landed in Ireland on a Monday.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 01 57
Life Lesson One-hundred twenty-seven: Always leave a witness to spread the story of your horror.
----------A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it to be God.
-Sidney Sheldon
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Nov 1, 2009 - 04 58
Cass looked around her is awe, having lived her entire life on an airship, she was fascinated by the city.
----------A good book and a cup of tea, what more can you ask for?
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Nov 1, 2009 - 08 42
“Hey, Vicky!” My best friend Andrea shouted as she burst into our kitchen. “You are totally not going to believe…”
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Nov 1, 2009 - 08 42
I was staring up at the sole cloud in the sky passing over the quarter moon, driving home late from a night in with Clio, when a flash of pale skin jolted into my view from the side of the road.
----------Eight lords sleeping till it’s foretold
By an old hand they will be stirred
One a tree that’s grown too old
One a sound that’s never been heard
One a shade that hasn’t a caster
One a light been swallowed by a bird
One hangs like a ghost in the sky
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Nov 1, 2009 - 09 00
As I layered the silken garments upon my lithe body, I couldn't help but feel excitement for today's upcoming great feast.
----------In love you never lose, because love is never lost, like energy, it transforms, and is in us to find the new shape, to take it again, and keep going.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 09 01
As I layered the silken garments upon my lithe body, I couldn't help but feel excitement for today's upcoming great feast.
----------In love you never lose, because love is never lost, like energy, it transforms, and is in us to find the new shape, to take it again, and keep going.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 10 53
She felt the tension of the string start pulsating through her finger.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 14 36
Out of sight, six-year-old Ellen Cox silently pressed her back against a large cold tombstone, her heart racing from the chase.
Missed the kick-off, but I was up writing in the night.
----------If you lack the courage to start, you have already finished.. -Hellen Keller
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Nov 1, 2009 - 18 31
As she looked into the greenish sky, her heart sank: two of the four suns had dissapeared even further into the distance.
(Mhm, I had to look in the "Adopt an Opening Line" thread. Haha!)
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2009- Suns Dissapearing [Working Title] (YA/Fantasy/Romance)
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Nov 1, 2009 - 18 58
It had taken what felt like decades, though in reality had only been a few months, but the end was close at hand.
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Nov 2, 2009 - 01 32
He would kill somebody today, or at least that was the plan.
----------- Life is a Journey and not a Destination. Enjoy the trip.
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Nov 2, 2009 - 05 21
I love it!
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Nov 2, 2009 - 09 18
The music thumped and pulsed around them, He sat casually at the bar using the mirror to watch her.
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Nov 2, 2009 - 09 22
The doorbell rings several times before Paul Malloy begins to waken.
----------PTJanny
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Nov 2, 2009 - 13 08
When Armadillo Pete was born, he was named Peter G____.
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Nov 2, 2009 - 17 08
The commuter train rattled underneath her, but Emma was barely aware of it anymore.
----------Ginger
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Nov 2, 2009 - 18 15
To an observer, it wouldn't be obvious that Annisquam was a prison.
----------Welcome to the Company of Fools.
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Nov 3, 2009 - 07 58
Bill looked a little nervous when I met him at the coffee shop; I understood why when Pam walked through the door.
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Nov 3, 2009 - 12 24
So many nice starts :)
----------Ginger