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    Mélanie Short Story

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    Étienne‚ the butler‚ finally announced that dinner was served. We put down our drinks‚ and cheered the news which brought us closer to the long awaited moment to savor the “saumon a la mayonnaise’‚ specialty of Mélanie la cuisinière. In the middle of the agitation‚ I was approached by the Baron de Valfort to escort Dame Irène Chaboix. I was glad to do it. I went over to the Diva right away‚ and offered her my arm‚ which she accepted with the grandiloquence of stage actors. Like most old artists

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    Gothic Elements in the Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe is known as the Father of the Gothic. He utilized Gothicism in his short stories such as‚ ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ and ‘Ligeia.’ Poe has written numerous literary masterpieces that have focused on the Gothic. Not only have his works been focused on the Gothic‚ but his life had somewhat of a Gothic theme. Through love‚ death‚ and depression‚ Poe’s life had an impact on the way he wrote‚ which is evident through in

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    Makenzie's Short Story

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    family are searching for the line to buy boat ride tickets so they can tour the locale. The queue was too long for them to manage Rather than fighting the size of the line‚ Makenzie and her family ended up going to "I Scream U Scream" for ice cream. Once the boat ride ticket line dwindled down to a manageable size‚ Makenzie went to stand in a vacant spot so they could get tickets. While standing in the warm May heat‚she spotted her good friend from high school‚ Ryan‚ dangling a fishing pole into the

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    English Short Story

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    The War of Persuasion ‘’Team listen up‚ TEAM listen up! Pray‚ what would our coach want us undeserving men to do on a dark night like this when the fearing wolves howl amongst the trees? We gotta wait for the team to arrive so we shall sit by the fire together‚ c’mon team‚ let’s warm up our bodies. Remember boys‚ God loves all men‚ team‚ he does.’’ Only one of the members from the team that had arrived at the cabin looked up‚ the firelight dancing in his eyes‚ the gold-braid in his hair glowing

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    The Sabbath: A Short Story

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    death. One of them had a slit throat‚ next had died from blood loss account of the missing body parts‚ and finally the last person died from bullet penetration to the stomach and head. The man looked closely at the bodies and did the sign of the cross once before moving on down the hall. The man stopped at another door to read a rather sloppy message written from the blood of a human. "Bewar‚ beware of‚ the‚ the spin‚ spinning‚ lit‚ lite." Some of the words had been spelled wrong maybe because the victim

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    wanting destruction. The mailboxes cried. Brown‚ black‚ pink‚ orange‚ red‚ green‚ blue mailboxes flew. The innocent neighbors’ mail poured out the mailboxes. The newspaper‚ The Tangerine Times‚ had big letters across the top: Lake Windsor’s Quarterback Lives in Tangerine. Only thinking of himself‚ not allowing the town to see their record gone‚ Erik continued until there was nothing left. Destruction. Erik looked into the car mirror‚ unable to look at his own face. Having no heart‚ sneaking around town

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    Short Story: Roadfather

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    eliminated. Tracer also got her ultimate and blinked in and threw her pulse bomb and said‚ “Time‘s up!” She had killed Papa Bastion but Roadhog survived and hooked 76 and tracer got in the way and took the shot for him. Roadhog went fishing for 76 once again and got him eliminated. Lucio knew he had to use his gucci speed to ring around the rosie him. Lucio had shot him enough to where he got his ultimate and as soon as he

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    Sir Francis Bacon A LIST OF FAMOUS SHORT STORIES Famous short story writers are Edgar Allan Poe‚ Guy de Maupassant‚ Anton Chekov and O Henry. Some of these authors have gained much fame and recognition in the literary world entirely through their brilliant narrative of short stories while some of them like Charles Dickens‚ P.G. Woodehouse and Rudyard Kipling are highly accomplished in the fields of writing short stories and novels. Short stories are actually more difficult to write as it

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    Adsila Short Story

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    by people from all different kinds of tribes. All the people wanted to know what it was called‚ but no one knew. Some said it should be named high tears or deep tears. Not a single one caught Adsila attention‚ but she remembered something her my mom used to say to her. Before Adsila would go to bed‚ her mother would say “sleep tight ocean.” In honor of her mother‚ she decided to call it ocean‚ ocean of the

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    Trapped: A Short Story

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    pass through; it has trapped me in‚ and forbids me to walk out. Fear paralyzes my entire body‚ and I am unable to think. Overwhelming thoughts fill my mind‚ “What if I can never get out? What if I die here?” Adrenaline rushes through my body. Slowly I begin to think again. The horror of being trapped‚ here‚ alone is the only thing my disoriented mind can process. I bang on the locked door with all my strength‚ hoping and praying someone will pass by and hear me. A noise rumbles from beneath the stairs

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