Original Stories
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The Clockwork Girl: CHAPTER 2
Pip groaned. She felt numb all over. Do I still have arms and legs? Or a body? Or a head? Maybe I’m dead? Although she always thought being dead would feel more floaty and ghostlike, or kind of like being a cloud. As feeling came back she just felt like lead all over, instead. I…
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The Clockwork Girl: CHAPTER 1
The hands of your wrist watch turn at different speeds, traveling through time—that is, if you have one of those ancient timepieces from a more practical era. Sometimes those old watches slow down as time passes over them, just as the rest of life eventually slows. They need to be wound up again. When you…
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THE OLD, GREY MAN
Amid the smell of coming rain, the olden, greying man lifts up gnarled hands, to catch the brief refrain, the solemn dripping of the rain, that is sweeping, never creeping o’er his land. His hands are water-stained, wrinkled fingers reaching high pointed up toward the sky, and leaving with disdain, for the power of the…
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When Am I?
Category : authors, fantasy, flash fiction, Original Stories, readers, scifi, Tiny Tales and Poetry, writersWhen I awoke, I was covered in leaves. What had happened to me and the world around? It was fall in a forest, the wind was cold, and there was no one else to be seen. Where am I? I got up and wandered around for a while to try to find…
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Stare-down
Category : authors, fantasy, flash fiction, Original Stories, readers, scifi, suspense, Tiny Tales and Poetry, writersI trotted my horse into the old stable of the castle I was painting. My puppy squirmed in my arms, and jumped down before I dismounted. He took off out of the stall at top speed, wagging his tail and barking. I had to unload the cans of paint I had bought to finish the…
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All the King’s Horses
Category : authors, Children, fantasy, flash fiction, Original Stories, readers, scifi, Tiny Tales and Poetry, writersThe chess men fell into line on their checkered battle field surrounded by the mountainous peaks of Marky’s comforter. “And the great knight, Sir Mark of Bed Spread, will lead the charge for the White Army to keep the Dark King’s army of bad guys at bey,” the nine-year-old boy shouted, setting his favorite player…
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A Kris-Moose Christmas!
Category : authors, Children, Christmas, flash fiction, Kris Moose Stories, Original Stories, readers, Tiny Tales and PoetryKris Moose usually spent Christmas with the Roberts family. This Christmas, he was going to visit with a special friend, Emily. Emily was six years old, and she lived with her parents at the penguin research station at the South Pole. She and Kris Moose had been pen pals, which meant they wrote letters to…
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The Kris-Moose Tree
Category : authors, Children, Christmas, flash fiction, Kris Moose Stories, Original Stories, readers, Tiny Tales and PoetryIt was almost Christmas. The neighbors all along the street had Christmas lights sparkling on their houses. Christmas trees twinkled I the windows, and the smell of cookies baking filled the air. “Christmas is such a wonderful time of year,” Kris Moose said, as he CRUNCHED through the snow. He was on his way to…
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The Winter Sports-moose
Category : authors, Children, Christmas, flash fiction, Kris Moose Stories, Original Stories, readers, Tiny Tales and PoetryOne winter day, Kris Moose and his friends Peter and Kiley and their dad, Mr. Roberts, visited the big ski resort near their home. The blue sky was dotted with poofy white clouds. Prickly pine trees covered in puffs of white snow surrounded the resort. Mr. Roberts led the way to the little ski slopes…
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Jenny’s Deadly Decision
She had to rid him from her life, once and for all! Jenny had never been so conflicted in her life. She just knew in her heart of hearts that Ronald Gibson was worth more than that, didn’t she? But she couldn’t find anyone else who thought so. Her friends told her to just cut…
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The Martian Trials: CHAPTER 1
Maggy walked slowly up to her front door, keys in one hand, attention-hijacking phone in her other hand blaring out a podcast. Podcaster: “I can’t believe he just did that! What a stunt! World Trends CEO, Burt Landow, just made history with his announcement of seeding life on another planet. Incred–“ Maggie’s foot collided with a…