Tag: family
group name: fictionaddiction
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March 28, 2006 02:34 PM EST --
She falls asleep to the sound of flight announcements. "Flight 302 to Atlanta, now leaving through gate 12." . . .
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January 07, 2007 02:32 AM EST --
An eerie absence of everything familiar troubled Ben, yet he hesitated to move since the bed felt more comfortable than it had in years. He compromised; didn't move a muscle other than . . .
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November 21, 2006 02:16 PM EST --
Walls. Walls everywhere.
Leonard made a face, a sour grimace that could have meant anything from good-natured humor to pain. The weathered wrinkles of his face deepened and his thin lips formed a hard, . . .
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April 02, 2006 04:42 AM EDT --
There I was with fifty years of love and admiration invested when I discovered his love meant nothing at all. What do you do when that happens?
This man had shown up on every holiday, picked me up when . . .
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April 02, 2006 07:10 PM EDT --
He was as straight-laced as they come, ties, polished shoes, slicked-back hair. She was flip-flops, jeans so tight they gave her . . .
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January 18, 2007 03:50 PM EST --
So, I am currently working on writing my first novel, and have run into a new problem. First of all, I am a stay at home father, a Mr. Mom, if you will. . . .
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February 26, 2008 12:06 PM EST --
I escaped. Left my home and family and responsibilities for a longer than normal vacation in the Land of Sunshine. It's a dream I've had since a fellowship showed me what uninterrupted time can . . .
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July 05, 2006 08:01 PM EDT --
Seven days ago I married a nerd. Now, nobody will talk to me. It all started off as a bet. Destiny has a strange way of changing people.
It happened one night at the Sea Breeze Bar where my friends and . . .
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June 16, 2006 11:12 PM EDT --
She packed lunch for me. Ina little bag, with a napkin.. Peanut butter jelly sandwiches, cookies, chips and a bottle of water for the whole day. And made me feel all weepy and teary and warm inside. And . . .
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June 06, 2006 04:02 AM EDT --
Pure Evil - Stalking Lizzeth
They had a deep seated desire to see her suffer. They malingered at first. They harbored feelings of ill will and sought satisfaction. They carried on secretly, . . .
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March 27, 2006 12:03 AM EST --
I was five and nestled in the small lap of my grandmother's housecoat, and together we spoke of great things, of heaven and hell and of loving each other.
Together we canned preserves and . . .
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December 27, 2006 02:32 AM EST --
I woke up to the sound of typing. My boyfriend was sitting at our desk, on his computer, working, on Christmas morning. On Christmas morning! As a self employed web developer he makes his own hours . . .
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October 23, 2007 04:35 PM EDT --
The car halted with a screech on the snowy road. Win ja stepped out in the cold, win try night. The breeze ran a shiver down her spine and she pulled the coat to tightly hug her body. . . .
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March 24, 2007 05:06 PM EDT --
These are different verses for a chapter of a book.
The Build Up
It didn't matter really how it happened
just that it happened
it was a build up
nothing she said was made up.
She was my sister . . .
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September 08, 2006 06:55 PM EDT --
So many things to see, so little time. My doctor informs me that I have less than a year to live, four months of good health before I am most assuredly bedridden. I walk around Italy drinking . . .
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September 28, 2006 10:10 AM EDT --
Swans
The consensus among the family was that Susan's brother-in-law Ed was henpecked – only that wasn't the word they used. Susan had always liked . . .
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March 03, 2008 05:06 PM EST --
(Fictional story, yet based on my own experience. How easily the prejudicial hateful words of a parent can affect a young girl's self esteem)
Hannah sat on the sofa looking . . .
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May 29, 2007 01:02 PM EDT --
So I was reorganizing my bookshelves this weekend when I came across some old college books. One of them was The Paston Letters. This is a collection of letters sent back and forth . . .
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May 04, 2006 09:10 PM EDT --
Peculiar Prelude - Ms. Everett's Grandson - Two Word Challenge
Ms. Everett wobbled up the cracking steps to her front porch lagging bags from the corner grocery. "Justin, come help me," . . .
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July 05, 2006 11:22 AM EDT --
It was always Tommy. He spoke, and they crowded him with their eyes.
He was bigger than me, bigger than all of us, and sooner too. His hormones bestowed towering height and bulging girth. It seemed . . .
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