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    Eternalsleep Short Story

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    missed you so much.” The Dead was gone‚ and all was quiet at EternalSleep. *** Some of the Dead were silent‚ already moved to the OtherPlace‚ but others had to be consoled. The Grounds generally made first contact‚ or Digger‚ if nearby. The frequency used to make communication had limited dispersion. With practice‚ they developed a routine. Contact. Reassurance. Crossover. Some Dead took longer than others‚ but eventually‚ all moved across. Several times‚ they glimpsed the OtherPlace where the Dead

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    Horseheads: A Short Story

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    love it. I just love coming here and mingling with the young folks and just doing what comes natural to me‚" said Lester Sowell. At 81-years-old‚ Lester Sowell shows no signs of slowing down. The Air Force Veteran and Horseheads native always has a smile on his face as he collects carts and bags groceries at Jubilee in Horseheads. "I worked one day and said‚ ’oh no this job is not for me.’ Then I said‚ ’maybe I’ll give it one more day.’ 13 years later‚ I am still here‚" said Sowell. Lester retired

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    Halloween Short Stories

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    voluptuously wrapped their way round the cobbled brown bricks. The slender chimney gave of an avid aroma – a scent which I recognised and come to love on the fall of my sixteenth birthday‚ a scent of homemade confectionaries – Exactly what mama had used make on days of rain and wind… ‘’Can I help you?’’ I whipped my head to one side. A middle-aged lady came‚ shocked‚ by my

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    The crime scene was no pretty picture. Salem stepped through the door and gagged. "It smells terrible!" She choked through her shirt collar. "It certainly isn’t that pretty." Cha’relle wrinkled her nose in disgust before brightening. "But I’m sure it smelt worse when it happened‚ so it won’t be as bad for us!" "Cha’relle‚ the longer a body decays the worse it smells." Salem sighed. Her ghostly friend blinked‚ then laughed. "Right‚ I forgot!" Salem shook her head and pressed on. Though it disturbed

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    and the Short Story The Tell- Tale Heart Convey Gothic themes The Gothic genre is a style of film and literature that expresses themes of madness‚ death‚ darkness‚ romance and obsession. Although Rebecca and The Tell- Tale Heart are fitted to the Gothic genre‚ the composers have conveyed similar themes in different ways. Obsession in Rebecca is that of Mrs Danvers‚ who is obsessed to the point it drives her mad. She would do anything to bring Rebecca back. Whereas in Poe’s short story the narrator

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    Leprechaun Short Story

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    The Day in a Life of a Leprechaun A Carson Wagoner and Hudson Harreld Production There once was a little‚ sneaky‚ leprechaun named cela. He was very selfish and stole all the gold he could get his hands on. He was very 1.)Idio with his 2.)erythro hair and 3.)cyan eyes. Cela the leprechaun looked very handsome in his 4.)chlor suit‚ his wife Emily would agree. The 5.)fils on his suit were perfectly stitched near his 6.)enter. Cela had no idea what he was getting himself into. Cela was very nervous

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    The Warrior: A Short Story

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    Though scorching‚ her hands did not react‚ the skull of her mate‚ her lover‚ her friend in life. His hand reached into the wicker basket removed two large red stones‚ placed a stone in each of the skull’s eye sockets. They began to glow‚ intensifying until they became fiery red staring into her eyes and soul. She breathes in the fragrance of incense and that of the cauldron’s brew‚ most pleasurable among fragrances her mate’s blood covering her body in its most natural state. She brought it to her

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    The theme of the short story “I Used to Live Here Once” by Jean Rhys (1976) is death and the journey home. Without implying literal death‚ this story is characterized as an allegory‚ which is described by Clugston (2010) as “a fictional work in which the setting‚ characters‚ plot and other elements are all symbols‚ each conveying an aspect of an abstract moral‚ religious‚ or social concept.” Another narrative element this story contains is the use of a Motif‚ which is a recurring theme in a literary

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    Stimulus: A Short Story

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    young orphans at first. It stung their eyes and their noses‚ yet despite this‚ it still possessed an invigorating and cleansing property‚ needed to erase their hardship. It is here‚ at the waters edge‚ where the three young siblings swore to each other a pact as endless and boundless as the raging yet calming waters. It was here where their burdens begun and were now abandoned‚ as they sailed away on these powerful waters to the end of the

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    Short Story Ambush

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    an enemy and did not hate him but went ahead to kill him with a grenade. If somebody is not an enemy then he should be a friend‚ if it was not a matter of life and death why kill him? We are forced by the laws we obey to disobey our own will. The story “Ambush” tells us about a soldier in war who never wanted to kill but did it anyway because he was obliged to do so. “There were no thoughts about

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