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The Tin Spoon Helicopter64

The Tin Spoon Helicopter

The Tin-Spoon Helicopter     Little Semu Sulto opened up his bag to the class with pride. He held up high his helicopter made from tin-spoons. Semu spun the blades of the helicopter for the class to see....

1 comment    children literature
Electronic Communication and the Evolution of English77

Electronic Communication and the Evolution of English

    Writing, the internalized means by which modern, civilized people have interacted for centuries. One must ask the question though, where is this system going in the technologically driven world that...

1 comment    linguistics e communication
Central Park and Moksha60

Central Park and Moksha

Central Park and Moksha       Saul Goldstein sat at the back booth of the bar. His hat, jacket, and scarf hung behind him and he stared out of the front window. It was cold out just by the looks of...

1 comment    literature central park
Make Sure to Swing60

Make Sure to Swing

MAKE SURE TO SWING A True Story     I stepped up to the right side of the plate with my bat in hand. The coach for the little league traveling team that was trying us out was on the pitching mound. He shook his head.     “Switch back to...

2 comments    short stories fathers
Bodies58

Bodies

We pay ourselves attention. Conversation. Idle chatter. . .. … We wake to prostitution Confusion, how many bodies have I seen in the streets? No, for real, how many lives were not complete? There was a guy...

3 comments    existentialism absurdism
Salvation58

Salvation

Salvation     She unpacked the car and I walked ahead across the train tracks and down the small path next to the cliff and down to the tiny beach. It was low tide so there was plenty of space on the rocks...

3 comments    short story hwang sun won style
Marriage50

Marriage

    Marriage     The lighter was brass. It was shiny, with one worn side. The front had an etched ‘F’ in script. On the back was a note:     ‘From Gabe, to a loving wife. Happy Anniversary...

4 comments    short story american lighter
Yggdrasil65

Yggdrasil

Yggdrasil A True Story It wasn’t a usual morning. Our teacher hadn’t shown up yet and a bunch of the girls in the class were missing. “What happened?” I asked my friend Mike. “You didn’t hear? Anthony, a kid from second grade,...

1 comment    creative nonfiction yggdrasil
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