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  • shocked...

    The young man leaned up from the dishwasher, saying “It’s almost done, just another few minutes.” “That’s great. I just despise washing dishes. I suppose that’s ironic, though, since my ...

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  • Hermanway House

    Part one: Hermanway House Chapter one Oh, yes, it was just my luck. I was broken down in the middle of freaking nowhere, the boondocks if you will. I pulled ...

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  • A Last Drop of Hope

    This is from the Terrible Writing Prompts Contest: 6. A man has a terrifying dream in which he is being sawed in half. He wakes to find himself in the ...

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  • A Last Drop of Hope

    This is from the Terrible Writing Prompts Contest: 6. A man has a terrifying dream in which he is being sawed in half. He wakes to find himself in the ...

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  • terrible writing prompts contest

    This was a poem I wrote for the Terrible Writing Prompts contest, 6. write a scene in which one character reduces another to uncontrollable sobs without touching them or speaking. ...

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  • terrible writing prompts contest/prompt six

    This is from the Terrible Writing Prompts Contest: 6. A man has a terrifying dream in which he is being sawed in half. He wakes to find himself in the ...

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  • A Living Nightmare

    *Note, this is just the first third or so... Also, please tell me if the guy's thoughts and sort of emotional view is accurate..I've never written a story with a ...

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  • Vox Nihili: voice of nothing

    “MOM! MOOOMMM! COME HERE! MOOOOMMMYYYY!” screeched the nine year old Jimena whom knelt on the sidewalk in front of her Manhattan home. Mrs. Poleski ran down the sidewalk, nearly tripping ...

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  • A Monster, A Feind...

    Can you imagine? Being trapped- In your own mind? Thoughts, attacking everything you know and believe- Raining down like hail In a maelstrom of angry clouds? A monster within, Whom ...

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  • A new splice of two classic fairy tales...

    There was once a beautiful young woman of sixteen whom lived with her odious stepmother and stepsisters. Strident screeches often emanated from the stepmother's warty mouth as she reproached her ...

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  • Maximum Ride/other recombinants...

    I'm Solairis, a girl with wings and a you-look-at-me-wrong-and-I'll-strike attitude. With reason... Anyway, this is how I came to live in the real world, thanks to a group of other ...

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  • Triwing:part one, the other recombinants...

    I'm Solairis, a recombinant raptor/human with a you-look-at-me-wrong-and-I'll-bite-attitude.... ....... Iglesia smiled, and the kid at the Mcdonald's table across from ours let go a mighty screech: "M

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  • Hear-See: the story of people who do more than usual of both

    Please review-and any suggestions as to a title are more than welcome by me, idk what Angel thinks about that.... Anyway, this will be continued... ........ I sat down behind ...

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  • Creatures of Shadow

    “Miyela, are you ready?” Kartoeb called through the parting in the woven curtains. I pushed back my hair, inspecting it in the chip of mica all of my tribe used ...

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  • A Voice of Nothing: part two of Vox Nihili

    The nurse’s eyes grew large, round, the whites showing. She made a sort of nervous dance, and raced out my room door. What was going on? There wasn’t much she’d ...

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  • The Wrong Pocket, or Woman's Best Friend

    I wrote this in one night when I was on vacation, based on a comment my mom made. I hope you enjoy! Feedback welcomed... The Wrong Pocket “Hey, you sure ...

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  • My Living Nightmare/Before I Wake -part two

    The first part is pretty uh, long, to be frank. (he-he, that's my mc's name...) anyway, but I think it's a pretty unusual plot that I have, so if you're ...

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  • My Living Nightmare/Before I Wake -mini-part three

    I had almost walked out of the radiology unit when I realized: I didn’t have any clean clothes, so I said to Dough, “I don’t-my clothes are dirty.” “I don’t ...

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  • 43,000 Years Ago, or Before Romeo and Juliette: part one

    Please, please comment! A little background info: Why: I read a National Geographic article on this. I know my Neanderthals, thankyou. Where: this is set in what would later be ...

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  • Autism, Tourette's OCD: A Misunderstood Truth

    I don't expect you to understand these things before I tell you about them. But if I ever met you, I would want you to. Because they affect me in ...

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  • The Rainbow of Life

    I wrote this while watching the documentary Planet Earth. It's a really good show....Anywho, 'Rainbow.' ........ The flourish of color That graces the dull grey branches Is only a shadow ...

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  • The Sons of Liberty, Please Review!

    so I wrote this for school. It's going in our permanent portfolios, so I want it to be uh, really good. Right? So please give me a few pointers. My ...

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    I have Tourette's Syndrome, (I don't curse uncontrollably, that's an extremely rare tic when I wrote this poem, my symptoms were much milder than they are today...now I do actually ...

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  • A Bird In Katie's Head (title in progress)

    This is a realistic fiction story...hope you enjoy! _Feedback welcomed_ Ten-year-old Katie Wheeler sat, watching TV. Her brother Jim sat in his baby chair, staring at nothing as he often ...

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    This is part three, as I have promised. Hope you enjoy! So I lost the notebook where a lot of the in-between parts are located. it is my regret, but ...

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  • Tedious to Bear: the daily struggles of a teenage Touretter

    This is a very, uh, personal kind of poem. Completely true, and yes, another Tourette's poem. FYI: Th involuntary spasm-like actions called tics. Hope you enjoy, but I'm really just ...

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  • If You've Read This: my rant regarding tourettes syndrome

    here it is: "Shit. Shark." I curse. My body starts shaking: Large convulsion-like waves Wrack my core with fatigue. I should journey Any number of leagues If it would allow ...

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  • a Jeremiad of a Constant Plague, Tourettes Syndrome

    It follows, The silent, dark shadows Of its constance I cannot drive it from my mind. For it is within! A shadow on my soul, For the monster dwells therein. ...

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  • In the Shattered Mirror: a picture of my life

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  • The Curses of Elsa: a medeival 'witch girl'

    The Curses of Elsa A girl with sand-white skin strolled in the common. Tendrils of flaming auburn curls spilled from beneath a kerchief that was tied tightly about her head. ...

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  • The Curses of Elsa: a medeival 'witch girl'

    This is the story of a medieval girl with Tourette's Syndrome. I have it severely now, it was exacerbated by something that we haven't figured out... but that's beside the ...

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  • When My Legs Gave Out in Walmart! *true story, but weird*

    When me legs gave out, I tried not to shout. There was an awful tension, And I knew there would be no pension But a debt in Hell to pay. ...

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  • Vox Nihili: my plot outline

    This is the back-story to my character's trials which will eventually (if I ever get there!) come and bite her in the face, make her so shocked she won't know ...

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  • In a Way No Human Could...a poem about my dog

    I find odes to be tedious, so this isn't an 'ode', but it is a poem about a particular uhm, not object, but, animal. Anyway, my poem.... ..................... Soft, bristly ...

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  • 'You're my reason,' a love song with three different parts

    Uhm..this is my first 'lyric,' and one of the few songs I've actually attempted writing. Feedback is welcomed...including whether or not you think it would be worth setting to music. ...

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    This happened to me today, called dystonic reaction....a reaction to a drug I took for Tourette's.... Read my other poems like 'an obstinate disease' or 'in the shattered mirror,' or ...

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  • The Banker and the Slaughter's Boys *working title

    This is a story about...well, I'll see if you can figure it out. Besides, prefacing it would basically ruin this bit of the plot. But this is just the beginning. ...

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  • A Bird In Katie's Head:part two

    Part two of A Bird In Katie's Head. *PS: I know what I'm writing about, just wait and see what it turns into! ............. With a back-pack full of paper, ...

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  • The Five Furies: "problem kids" in a group home

    I came up with the idea for this in the car...I hope you enjoy it. This is just the first piece. I will write more as soon as I can. ...

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  • Shocked: a suspense/mystery

    I wrote this a while back, it was my first post..but it's finished. I'm reposting it in chapter sections since nobody really wants to read all twenty nine pages at ...

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  • part two, Shocked, mystery/suspense

    Here it is. ................... Part two: a body in the kitchen Shannon Morris stood outside her biology teacher’s house, ringing the doorbell. She was scheduled to have lunch and tutor ...

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    "Hiccup...shisharkshifu--hiccup-roo" I bark, then pant like a dog. this. is. life. for. me. period. A big evil laugh here and there, spurting "excellent-----Monday------excelent..." I hop thrice on ea

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    This is a completely true story. of course, I don't remember the exact dialogue, but it's pretty darn close to it. So read if you're interested. Feedback is welcomed. ................. ...

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  • 1) The Quantum Hole: power they couldn't have imagined

    his is my first really serious scifi, which is a genre I rarely attempt. I love science but tend to use it in a very focused way, very specific, less ...

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  • A Bird In Katie's Head:part three

    This is part three. Enjoy! ............... An angry squint and a hand movement showed her to follow the assistant teacher back into the building. "Katie?" A voice from behind drove ...

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  • 1) Behind the Veil of Briers: inside a daring escape

    Here goes a rambling little narrative. I just want to write something right now, so it isn't likely the most amazing piece, but just an idea. ................ I looked back ...

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  • 2) Behind the Veil of Briers: inside a daring escape

    This is part two..what more can I say? ................ I must have fallen asleep, there in the muggy shade of the oak tree, because the next thing I knew, something ...

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  • A Book Review for School--Help!

    First thing first---feedback is quite welcome. I am not the best book reviewer...tell me if it stinks or rocks or I have a typo in a line or....whatever. Please review. ...

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  • The Banker and the Slaughter's Boys:part two

    this is part two. It's longer than part one, but not too long. I've tried my best. The rest is up to you. Feedback is welcomed. Thanks! .............. She ran ...

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  • On The Sixth Day of Sickness

    Just a something that I wrote up...hope you like it. Nothing special, just a, well, a something. ..................... It was one of those days, the sort of winter day when ...

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    Tourette's Syndrome is a neurological disorder characterized by abnormally large amounts of dopamine in the brain (not that doctors can tell if that's there without opening you up) but what ...

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  • Beyond Reach: a depiction of What it's like to have...

    Just a poem...maybe a good poem if I'm lucky. ............. There's the saying that the world stops turning, When something amazing happens. But my sky has already fallen, Crashing in ...

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  • Rising Above It Steel

    Hope you enjoy. Here goes nothing. ............. “There’s nothing we can do,” said a quiet voice. One word echoed in my head, rebounding off the inside of my skull, a ...

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  • Rising Above It Steel (2

    Here's the second installation. I've worked hard on it. For the first segment, click on the link at the top or the link in my signature. I'm able to say, ...

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  • Dancing With St. Vitus (makeshift title)

    Here goes nothing. I'm writing this based loosely on an experience of my own... yuck yuck yuck... though in some ways, mine was not quite as dramatic. .................... "Sasha!" A ...

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  • One Life, Two Minds: a mother to be's bewildering nightmare

    Not much to say, just read. Please, feel free to criticize me out the door, ........“Congratulations! You’re pregnant.”Jerri Polain smiled, her hand resting lightly on her stomach. She remembere

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  • Between the Chimneys: Script for Class, please review!

    I was supposed to write a short screenplay set in the industrial revolution. Here goes...Between the Chimneys:The stage opens to London in 1850; a backdrop of greys, browns and blues ...

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  • Heart of Ice pt 1

    Heart of Ice. I hope you enjoy! It will be continued, of course..............“I am going to kill you. I’m going stab you, and watch your blood drip down your lifeless ...

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  • Michelle's Mistake: Story for School, Please Review!

    This was a story I wrote for school. I had to make it pretty short, so this is the full piece. Enjoy reading!.........Michelle’s MistakeMichelle pulled a jacket over her short-sleeved ...

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  • You Say Can't, I Say Can 1): highlighting various disorders

    When we're little, we stare at people who are different. The lady at the mall who dyed her hair fire-engine red, a guy with a limp, the person with one ...

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  • Shocked 1) the irony of the dishwater: a mystery

    This will be continued. ...........Part one: the irony of the dishwaterThe young man leaned up from the dishwasher, saying “It’s almost done, just another few minutes.” “That’s great. I just

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  • Shocked 2) from the depths: a mystery

    Part three: from the depths The next day, Clavia Lombarre had still not responded to the treatment administered by Emergency Room nurses, and was in the Intensive Care Unit of ...

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  • Fleirzon: People of the Skies )1-2 revised

    Fleirzon..........The bitter wind was edged in ice, stinging like the talons of a falcon; the slate stratus an omen of the torrents that would soon slice the air. Verdeyan thought ...

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  • Fleirzon: People of the Skies )4-5

    This is the continuation of Fleirzon 4-5... I hope you enjoy! .........Four: On Shared Wings“I’ll untie you,” he said, taking her arm to make sure she wouldn’t fall as he ...

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  • Fleirzon: People of the Skies )6

    Here's another installment. Do enjoy!..............Six: Morning In LocherThe next day came with clouds and rain that flowed from rooftop gutters into rain barrels that collected the town’s drinking

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  • Fleirzon: People of the Skies )7

    This is another installment of Fleirzon. Do enjoy!.........Seven: Locher PassVerdeyan sat in the hollow of a tree branch, outside another inn. Gattlin stood over her, carefully working strips of fabri

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  • Fleirzon: People of the Skies) 7-8

    Another chapter of Fleirzon. Do enjoy, my dear readers! The preceding chapters should be available under 'possible related items'.Thanks!.......Slave!” Whined Jonalla, “Slave girl!”Verdeyan stir

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  • Fleirzon: People of the Skies ) 8

    Ah, another chapter. I tried to keep my post a little shorter this time. This segment doesn't have a lot of action, but there's plenty of drama...Enjoy!....“Gattlinian, your lunch is ...

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  • Fleirzon: People of the Skies ) 3

    Chapter two of fleirzon:Three: Tears, the cold and bitter Back on the platform, Verdeyan sat on the rough boards, stroking the ragged stumps of her shorn feathers. When her fingers ...

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  • Fleirzon: People of the Skies ) 9

    ……It was late that night when Verdeyan got the chance to catch her breath again. Since lunch, Jonalla had nagged her nonstop with every household duty one could imagine. When ...

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  • Fleirzon: People of the Skies ) 10

    *Note* this is part of a novel. See the tab at the top to read the preceding segments. ……He made his way up the stairs, scraping his toes against the ...

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  • Fleirzon: People of the Skies ) 11

    This is part of a novel. See the tab at the top to read the rest.…“What are you doing, lying there like a slob!” Jonalla shouted, shoving Verdeyan as she ...

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  • Fleirzon: People of the Skies ) 12

    Verdeyan sat in the sunlight, stretching her wings, admiring the glint of light off her shining silver feathers. With a graceful twist of her body, she leapt off the branch ...

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    Mail Order From Heaven....This FebruaryEmotions, cold as the winter windWere running through my headI sat in my wheelchair, listening Afraid of what was to come.They don't know if she'll make ...

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  • Grace Through Pain

    Grace through PainThe burning sting, the aching throb,That defines the word, ‘pain’The pain that we seek desperately to escapeShapes us, reveals what we truly are.Like the grinding blast of the ...

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  • Causes of Revolution--for school, please help!

    The war we know as the American Revolution broke out between the colonists and the British in April 1775. The Americans felt their war was justified because of the suffering ...

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  • Part One: Fleirzon

    More info in the spoiler, but if you just want to get down to bussiness, proceed! Spoiler! : This is a (intensive!) reworking of the beginning of my old novella ...

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  • As the Ashes Blow

    Note: this is meant to be sung, so it contains some ontemontepia, such as continued vowel sounds to denote rhythym. When I look at you, I see the fire in ...

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  • The Face of a Borg

    A soldier awakened after devastating injuries faces a grueling recovery and the uncertainty of terrible revelations about the war he fought in.

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  • Not Just A Box

    Doctor Who/ Supernatural Crossover. The Tardis lands in a field in Kansas, Sam meets an impossible man who knows improbable things.

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  • Not Just A Box Ch 2

    Supernatural/Dr. Who crossover: When Sam and Dean meet the idiosyncratic alien, the Eleventh Doctor, they aren't sure what to make of him.

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  • The Face of a Borg Chapter 3

    A soldier awakened after devastating injuries faces a grueling recovery and the uncertainty of terrible revelations about the war he fought in.

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  • Not Just A Box Ch3

    When Sam and Dean Winchester of Supernatural encounter the Doctor,they aren't sure what to make of the madman from the police box.

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  • Not Just a Box Ch4

    Doctor Who/ Supernatural Crossover. The Tardis lands in a field in Kansas, Sam meets the Eleventh Doctor, an odd man who knows improbable things.

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  • Not Just A Box Ch5

    Sam and Dean encounter a madman

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  • Not Just A Box Ch5

    Sam and Dean are finally starting to trust the Doctor, but their conversatoin's not helped when they unknowingly rub salt in an old wound.

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  • Not Just A Box Ch6

    Supernatural/Dr. Who crossover Sam and Dean are having lunch with the Doctor, who exchange tales of travels monsters and heartbreak.

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  • Love at First Sight

    Personal narrative I wrote for school. I'm trying to figure out where it went wrong.

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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
— Chinese proverb