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This is an entry for the Springfield Writers Guild Spring Writing Contest 2025. The contest rules: * Your entry must include the following words: timepiece, ancient, shadow, and family. * Must include all four words listed above * No more than 750 words total (not including the title) * You… Read More
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February 23, 2025

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Excerpt from my book, Living Life with Death. A poem about the first embalming I saw in funeral school and my first day on the job doing body removals. My podcast, Living Life with Death, will be dropping soon. I will read excerpts and share more details about the stories.… Read
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Chapter 1

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February 21, 2025

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Abandoned as a child. Shaped by the system. Haunted by his family. From the depths of trauma to the search for identity, Malcolm struggles for survival, resilience, and the enduring hope for a life beyond the shadows of neglect and abandonment. This is the story of finding a name, a… Read
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Habit To Heels

Chapter 10

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February 19, 2025

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I encourage feedback from my readers. This story contains Nudity and Adult situations. It is not intended for readers under 18. Tara is a young nun. Exposed to outside influences that may lead her to express herself as a adult entertainer. Read
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February 05, 2025

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Read at your own discretion. An excerpt of an ongoing story about a WASPy woman that will end with the end of the world (at some point). Read
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February 05, 2025

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Stevie, the adventurous kitten, and his best friend, four year old Timmy extend their dreaming adventures into some of the more esoteric realms of modern and post-modern literature. Read
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HELENA

Chapter 20

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February 04, 2025

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In the early hours of the morning, he receives a call from his father informing him that his mother, who had been battling cancer, has passed away. Despite his love for her, he feels oddly unaffected, more annoyed by the disruption to his life than anything else. The thought of… Read
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February 02, 2025

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"Everything We Were - Book IV" plunges us into the tumultuous life of Landyn Lastman, a man entangled in the depths of a forbidden love affair with Anya Caiaphas, a married woman. As Landyn navigates the complexities of this clandestine relationship, he is confronted with the harsh realities of love,… Read
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The Midnight Sun

Chapter 10

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January 22, 2025

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(My first time trying to write a book) A haunting exploration of love, loss, and the weight of solitude. Abandoned by his family and tormented by life's relentless challenges, Mikhail wrestles with despair and the lingering hope offered by Emma Rose, a bright yet fragile presence in his life. Through… Read
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January 11, 2025

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fancy.. as usual, Lauren was forced to be engaged to Cole and because of this forceable engagement Lauren discovered what her father was trying to hide from her. Read
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January 07, 2025

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This diary reflects the personal journey of someone searching for their place in the world, grappling with exhaustion and uncertainty about the future. Amidst the pressure of studies and career choices, the narrator questions if they are on the right path. The search for identity and purpose becomes a shared… Read
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December 21, 2024

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Echoes of Mkomazi Introduction In the country of Kufikirika, Kajolobi returned to his hometown of Mkomazi after many years of living in the city of Mkolezi, where he indulged in a life of luxury and pleasure after completing his university education. He had been the chief accountant at a private… Read
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December 20, 2024

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Comments: 15

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In 'Symphony Of The Rain,' we delve into the life of Scott, a young man who has withdrawn from society, lacking ambition and given up in life. When he reluctantly answers a long-ignored phone call, he unwittingly embarks on a transformative journey that challenges his perceptions and forces him to… Read
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December 20, 2024

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This 'fictional' story, ‘inspired by’ real events, follows a group of people attempting to navigate the surrealities of modern life in a blatantly dystopic society. Read
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The Cepher

Chapter 1

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December 11, 2024

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why do two children, both of whom have been given everything they could ever want, turn out to be so completely different. one bent on doing good in the world, the other only wants what is evil. find out why in the cepher. Read
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December 04, 2024

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The Pitcairn Perspectives is a novel about modern surveillance. The surveillance described is on behalf of a mixture of state and private interests, but it is probably carried out by a contractor, who throughout, remains unidentified. The novel places the reader in the role of assessing the effectiveness of this… Read
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December 04, 2024

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in "threads of yesterday," david, a recently widowed man, grapples with the profound loss of his beloved wife, clara. as he navigates the corridors of their shared past, intimate memories come alive—flickering like candlelight in the shadows of his grief. each thread of recollection weaves together moments of joy, laughter,… Read
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November 28, 2024

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This is the story of an 11-year-old who loses his parents and is now an orphan. He is bitter and mad at the world. His new life will change him in ways he never knew possible. Can he find himself and be happy? This is a spin-off to the story… Read
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RAE

Chapter 15

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November 20, 2024

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Enter the world of Rae, a senior who takes her first steps into adulthood. This compelling and sad, but hopeful story will keep readers on the edge of their seats and crying along with the fictional characters. Read
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November 17, 2024

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Lena, a woman adrift in the aftermath of a devastating storm that has torn apart her town—and her life. As the once-thriving harbor lies in ruins, Lena returns to the water’s edge each day, caught between the weight of the past and the uncertainty of the future. She is haunted… Read
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November 12, 2024

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A band of pickpockets rises from the thoroughfares of Harlin as an elusive empire threatening the natural order of the kingdom. Organized by a mysterious merchant Morecant, whose army consists of the abandoned youth of the streets, continually evades the grip of the crown and those in service to the… Read
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A series of short stories and essays, most post modern. Literary allusions, absurd book titles, and fake reviews are included. Read
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Sarah journeys into self-healing as she navigates the advertising world, balancing her busy schedule with her commitment to her work. She learns that taking a break can be just as important as pushing forward. Sarah's boss, Mr. Karim, offers her a new advertising campaign that encourages user-generated content, which Sarah… Read
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A series of short stories and essays, most post modern. Literary allusions, absurd book titles, and fake reviews are included. Read
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Book / Literary Fiction

November 01, 2024

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A beginning to a story about the modern lives of successful thirty-year-old New Yorkers navigating their careers, relationships, and expectations for life. This story reflects personal development, authenticity and the pursuit of success. Read
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October 02, 2024

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Luke had always struggled with a sense of himself, fighting to reconcile feelings that threatened his relationships and his identity. After years of pushing those feelings deep down inside, and after losing his wife in a tragic accident, those feelings he thought consigned to the past begin to reemerge. When… Read
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29 Cuts

Chapter 29

Book / Literary Fiction

September 25, 2024

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This story is a fictional account. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. ***TRIGGER WARNING*** There are references to self harm, suicide, depression, anxiety and sexual abuse. "I did not think I was wasting my life but it became very hard to live.… Read
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the cyclops

Chapter 1

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September 18, 2024

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Dear Ruby...

Chapter 15

Book / Literary Fiction

September 15, 2024

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This is a heartfelt story between two best friends, and they contact through letters, and as years pass, one gets weaker... Read
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September 12, 2024

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Prince Taylor is just a boy that gets in a lot of trouble. Some say that he is spoiled and some say he has a problem with temper tantrums. His parents are very worried... so worried that they are sending their son to the Victorian Virtue Institute. This school specializes… Read
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September 02, 2024

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EMPEROR OF ABHOR: A man who hates things around him and is so blind to his hatred that he wants to destroy everything, including himself. 2:10: Amit Sehgal falls in love with Tanya Gill and for him, it was love at first sight, but did Tanya Gill hold the same… Read
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August 31, 2024

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Freedom is a true modern-day western story that follows in a successful line of present-day popular western-themed dramas and is uniquely written from a woman’s point of view. Anita Waggoner’s true story delivers an innovative and intelligent variation on the modern-day western theme based on her distinctive personal life experiences.… Read
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August 05, 2024

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Available on Amazon.com in e-book, paperback and audio. Benjamin Patrick travels with his wife on motorcycle trip back across the states to upstate north country New York state. He is to deliver his message of recovery and maintaining his health to a AA conference in a hotel at a major… Read
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August 04, 2024

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Novella, Sequel One, Memoirs of a Yankee Cowboy as he travels across the country to find peace and his purpose in life. Available on Amazon in e-book, paperback and audio. Read
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August 04, 2024

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The main character, Rose begins the family trauma and drama, spawning children that eventually moves over the states and one serving in war. She starts her life as the obedient child of a farm couple in upstate New York's far North Country near the Adirondack Mountains across from Vermont. Her… Read
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August 04, 2024

Reads: 367

Political false accusations threatened the community. The old guard of the Snow families' hold on the community continues. Legal marital issues rise to new levels. Eliza becomes a legal help to a woman held against her will. She unravels the legal hold of the Snow family on the community assets… Read
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August 04, 2024

Reads: 123

Justice for Echo Valley continues the struggles of a mountain born lawyer, who comes back home to rescue her daughter from herself and finds that she herself needs rescuing. Her fight is with the home grown bootlegging and rich mafia family who has controlled the valley since the day she… Read
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Book / Literary Fiction

August 02, 2024

Reads: 369

Becca from Broken Angel Wings finds her plans for travel across the U.S. unraveled by family entanglements, a love interest and renewal in faith. All that after she deals with a kidnapping and possible drug charges from two years before in Washington state. In the second sequel, Turmoil! Who am… Read
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Broken Angel Wings, Into Tribulation, published on Amazon in e-book and print is a 571 page novel. Becca is a flight nurse who has flown a Husky float plane into the wilds of the Cascade across into Canada alone for many years to attend to the health needs of lumberjacks… Read
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Chapter 28

Book / Literary Fiction

July 23, 2024

Reads: 10254

Comments: 15

Shelves: 2

A self-alienated teacher in the rural north and a science journalist caught up in the drug business struggle to reconnect after years of silence. The former friends and would-be lovers embark on a journey that could result in a new beginning, if they are able to conquer their inner demons… Read
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July 15, 2024

Reads: 1498

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