Time was not kind to Rocket; his gear chain snapped twice, his frame corroded. I polished
him, oiled his joints, cleaned his rusted body and painted him bright red. He accompanied …

Tis the season to be jolly, lthink, seeing the string of gold tinsel someone has used to bind
herhairinto a question mark atop her skull. No smile decorates my lips. Seeing her face …

Friends were initially very keen to host myself and the other exchange students at their
houses, what could be more within the thanksgiving spirit then bringing back a British …

I do not know how my life came to be like this. I recall the memory as if viewing as an
outsider: a candlelit frame from a glamorous episode of Grey's Anatomy. A group of my …

“December” was left emblazoned on my desk, I realized that I was about to give up on her.
She was just a name to me. Her particulars had been sent to me several weeks prior with the …

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canyons, chasms, and abysses of experiences, knowledge, accumulated cobwebs …

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pen in hand the father studies the form on the clipboard before him. Their 3-year-old son …

While hanging out with my friends one day during my early teens, we decided to play with a
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