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Silverfish
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C.S Ntumy
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Short Story, Teenage Fiction, General Fiction |
06 May 2009 |
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Maya is woken in the middle of the night by her twin brother, Miro. He's off on one of his adventures again, and, as usual, he wants company. Maya can't resist, but there will be consequences. After all, Miro's is a name that no one in her family dares to speak...
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SKIN BOOK
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Dan Holloway
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Short Story, Literary Fiction |
16 Dec 2009 |
She has never been touched by a living human being, and she writes her lonely memories in a diary harvested from her dead brother's skin. But now she is in love with a man who rides the subways stalking women he never touches. A love story designed to be read aloud.
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SOLOMON SAYS: SMFA (rev)
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Timothy Saint
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Short Story, General Fiction |
30 Jan 2011 |
‘Solomon Says’ is a collection of Modern Morality Tales comprising twenty short stories, each inspired by an Old Testament quotation from the Book of Proverbs – traditionally supposed to have been penned by King Solomon. The appropriate quotation is appended to each story, all of which are currently posted on YWO.
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Fatima Saleh
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Alexander Ikawah
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Short Story, Literary Fiction |
26 Sep 2012 |
A Somali woman in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp turns down an offer of help in order to fight against her antagonists in her own way. In a society where victims are considered as guilty as their opressors, her choice has unexpected repercussions.
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Dry-walling.
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Cobble
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Short Story, Literary Fiction |
04 Jan 2007 |
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Jim is getting on a bit but, despite his bad back, likes to keep his hand in at his old trade, repairing the miles of dry-stone walls on the bleak moors above his village. As he works his thoughts wander but keep returning to his wife who has developed a worrying lump under her arm.
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SOLOMON SAYS: The Blackmailer (rev)
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Timothy Saint
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Short Story, General Fiction |
30 Jan 2011 |
‘Solomon Says’ is a collection of Modern Morality Tales comprising twenty short stories, each inspired by an Old Testament quotation from the Book of Proverbs – traditionally supposed to have been penned by King Solomon. The appropriate quotation is appended to each story, all of which are currently posted on YWO.
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An Ordinary Occurrence
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Moira Michelle Hues
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Short Story, Historical, General Fiction |
22 Jul 2011 |
Collinsville, IL., a quaint midwestern town at the turn of the century. Nothing much happens around here. Summer days come by sluggishly, as people pass through on their way to the World's Fair. Collinsville is an innocent little town. Just ask Mr. Nielson, the storekeeper. He can tell you everything. You can trust him.
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Coastlines
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Tommi
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Short Story, Literary Fiction, Romance |
18 Feb 2008 |
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A Spanish civil servant plans to build a Chinese car factory to help save his home town. Part of a collection of short stories about love and identity in the New Europe.
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The Prize
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John P
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Short Story, Literary Fiction |
05 Oct 2007 |
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Edward, an 11-year old schoolboy, is excited by the news that his mother has won a television set. It is not enough, however, to distract him from an important decision he has to make that day.
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Movin' On
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Thomas J. Winton
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Short Story, General Fiction |
06 Jun 2010 |
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Their marriage on the rocks, a husband and wife make a last-ditch effort to save it. They load their kids in the car, everything they own in a U-Haul trailer, and head for Florida, where they hope everything will be sunny, once again.
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Symbolic Behaviour Emporium
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Cope - Walker
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Short Story, Comedy, Science Fiction |
03 Jun 2008 |
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Augustus Podd is a salesman of the near future who is less than successful. Until, that is, he discovers a wonderful new technology which threatens to turn his career around. Unfortunately, Podd is a man cursed with bad luck and soon discovers every silver lining has a black cloud.
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Fly On The Wall
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Lisa May
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Short Story, Chicklit, Literary Fiction, Saga, Womens Fiction, General Fiction |
07 Oct 2010 |
Hazel, addicted to reality television, takes on more real life drama than she bargained for when a fascination with her new lodger’s Casanova –like tendencies lead her to stray into murky moral waters. (A short story)
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Resurrection
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Josie Henley-Einion
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Short Story, Gay/Lesbian Fiction, Literary Fiction |
11 May 2007 |
Nell works as a computer programmer and statistician in an NHS Trust and discovers that her manager is committing fraud by manipulating figures to fit targets. Revised short story previously posted on YouWriteOn as ‘Death and Resurrection’.
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Encore!
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Mark Frankel
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Short Story, Crime, Thriller |
17 Jan 2007 |
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Billy Frisco couldn't believe it when he took the call. They'd been safe in Brazil for the past 10 years and had returned to Paris only because Lisette's mother was dying of cancer in the hospital at Neuilly. But there was no mistaking the voice of Detective Sergeant Jack Smith.
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Two Short Stories
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David Llewellyn
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Short Story, Comedy, General Fiction |
12 Jun 2012 |
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Story one. Mrs Murdoch is not happy so she writes a formal letter of complaint to God. In due course she is visited by the Archangel Ephrahim, from Customer Services.
Story 2. Coriander Mason wants to be the best chef in the world. There is only one person in her way, and he loves her very much.
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A Little Known Fact
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Dan Schuler
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Short Story, Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
01 Feb 2008 |
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John Shelton is a Detective with the Mobile Police Department. When a body turns up in a public park, there are few leads and no apparent motive. As he digs into the victim's background, however, he makes a discovery that will have a profound impact on his life.
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Meeting Wayne Rooney
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Mark Frankel
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Short Story, Science Fiction |
11 Nov 2006 |
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Tom doubted that anyone would be interested in repairing Maryon’s old mixer, but in view of its sentimental value to his wife, he agreed to try.
The new kitchen appliances factory certainly looked impressive and at least it would give him an opportunity to leave his business card.
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The Plot
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Mark Frankel
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Short Story, Science Fiction |
21 Jun 2006 |
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When Dekker arrives on Mars, he find that only mining plots remain. He longs to return to the land and his neighbour, Mahler, has promised to sell to him when he retires. But Mahler’s son, on Earth, has a sheep-farm – and it has been hit by a deadly virus.
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Footfalls - short story revised
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andtuck
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Short Story, Teenage Fiction |
19 Feb 2006 |
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Short story - young adults.
Amy’s Grandfather was a fearsome figure who liked to beat his grandchildren with a cane. But the most frightening thing for Amy was the secret which lay beneath his built-up boot. This story tells the tale of her wicked curiosity and the truth about the man she fears most.
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