The AM Intrigue
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Make the Attempt
“The meaning of life, you ask?” The old sage mumbled quietly, though Orion had no memory of asking. Then, seemingly to themself, the sage continued in their mumblings, “Perhaps a wiser one than I would refrain…” Orion’s heart strummed in…
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Begin with an extreme and see what happens
Closing his eyes, lying there in a nearly-meditative state on the sweaty bench, Mark’s sense of hearing seemed to sharpen. The clamor of various bars and weights being lifted and dropped, grunts and expelled breaths from strained bodies, and the…
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Use the following as verbs
Racket, snug, green, spoon, boggle, snake Carlos snaked all over the court, ever chasing the ball greening sharply over the net, challenging his agility and the soles of his shoes. Thwack! He racketed the ball – that is, he boggled it between the end…
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Write What Thrills You
Speckled darness beats on Freezing air relentlessly drains Illumed window and insulated wall Each harboring a finally-stilled heart Bitter black longs to (re)-infect Frozen gail curses artificial mockery That flutters scrawled pages Each harboring a seed, a hope Insulated in…
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A Noise or a Silence that Won’t Go Away
Every step thundered across the deserted tomb, each one making Cristof cringe as if the ghosts of the doomed were stirring at his presence and preparing to pull him down to join their shadowy graves. For this was Egypt, 1837,…
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About Someone Who Is Pretending to be Someone or Something They Aren’t
As she journaled in a diary of memories, experiences, and emotion, the turning of a page still felt in the pad of her thumb, Geraldine felt eyes all around her, watching her. Her heart raced. She was sitting in a…
