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By egchadwick
A young man's attempt to resurrect his childhood; inspired by the Fen landscape.
Genre: Coming Of Age, Reality, Family,
Type: Short Story
Length: 2 pages
Upload Date: 2010-09-07 20:47:57
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:11
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By Phil Thomas
Can rebuilding a dry-stone wall give hope to a man living alone on a mountain? For the Broken Identities competition.
Genre: Drama, Character,
Type: Short Story
Length: 7 pages
Upload Date: 2010-09-15 06:02:08
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:11
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By nickgo
A Thanksgiving story about a Wampanoag native American who still regrets the help his tribe gave the Pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving, and who cannot get over his hatred.
Genre: Psychological, Political,
Type: Short Story
Length: 8 pages
Upload Date: 2010-07-10 22:09:12
Last Edited: 2012-12-21 19:47:44
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A daughter revisits her life decisions as death dawns upon her. Unfortunately she cannot enjoy the satisfaction of dying in solitude,unexpectedly she is joined by her mother.
Genre: Character, Personal Narrative, Tragedy,
Type: Short Story
Length: 2 pages
Upload Date: 2010-08-15 09:25:19
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:11
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Nelson, a.k.a. \"Real Won\", is a world-famous rapper who\'s retreated from the public eye. A phone call and a cat named Sir Muffins will change his destiny.
Genre: Comedy, Quirky, Character,
Type: Short Story
Length: 4 pages
Upload Date: 2010-08-20 20:08:58
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:11
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By greenpeach06
How did I go from being happy and healthy to barely eking out a lackluster existence? And what can I do about it now?
Genre: Personal Narrative, True Story,
Type: Short Story
Length: 2 pages
Upload Date: 2010-08-19 10:03:56
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:11
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By Curtis Hayes
My submission to the competition 'An Expression of Depression - Broken Identites'
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Type: Short Story
Length: 3 pages
Upload Date: 2010-09-14 20:55:34
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:11
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By ant1ben
Whilst the great jeweller in the sky threaded stars, she also beaded a necklace of pain which would sever the final threads of Eli’s life.
Genre: Tragedy, True Story, Personal Narrative,
Type: Short Story
Length: 9 pages
Upload Date: 2010-08-29 13:07:55
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:11
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The poet is the mad man lost in adventure
Genre: Reality, Avant-garde, Cult,
Type: Short Story
Length: 31 pages
Upload Date: 2010-09-13 12:40:11
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:11
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By cherri202
A young girl, bedridden with illness and cared for by her older brother, wishes to see the snow and cherry blossoms one last time. To fly before she falls.
Genre: Family, Psychological, Spiritual,
Type: Short Story
Length: 3 pages
Upload Date: 2010-08-02 07:51:43
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:11
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A social networking site can give you second to second coverage of your friends\' lives, but is this virtual reality a true representation?
Genre: Personal Narrative,
Type: Short Story
Length: 4 pages
Upload Date: 2010-08-12 15:11:32
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:10
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You’ve got to remember it’s all just fantasy – but feeling desired, well that bit is real.
Genre: Character, Comedy, Romance,
Type: Short Story
Length: 15 pages
Upload Date: 2010-09-13 08:06:33
Last Edited: 2012-06-18 06:34:29
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A man is sitting in a bar drinking and reminiscing about his past. Then a woman comes in that he has never met before, yet he knows her from somewhere...
Genre: Crime, Romance, Film Noir,
Type: Short Story
Length: 8 pages
Upload Date: 2010-09-15 13:56:34
Last Edited: 2012-03-05 13:24:51
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By brengosling
My personal journey through life threatening illness and disability back to dancing tango
Genre: Personal Narrative, True Story,
Type: Short Story
Length: 5 pages
Upload Date: 2010-08-24 07:35:24
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:11
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One woman's monologue as she tells about walking down the rows of a cornfield on a cloudy night during a meteor shower. She looks for a hole in the clouds.
Genre: Character, Paranormal,
Type: Short Story
Length: 8 pages
Upload Date: 2010-08-18 15:37:42
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:11
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By geistfeldj
I sat staring out at the rain falling steady on the wet asphalt.
Genre: Drama, Psychological, Suspense,
Type: Short Story
Length: 5 pages
Upload Date: 2010-08-22 18:53:27
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:11
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By drduv
A short story about how a man with a broken identity and long tern mental health issues eventually comes to a decision about his future.
Genre: Psychological, Character, Health / Medical,
Type: Short Story
Length: 14 pages
Upload Date: 2010-09-12 09:59:33
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:11
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By mummymummy
Short Story entitled \'The Big Sleep.\' Submission for \'Brainstorms Competition - An Expression of Depression\'
Genre: Drama,
Type: Short Story
Length: 7 pages
Upload Date: 2010-09-03 05:43:56
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:11
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There's more to depression than sadness . . .
Genre: Psychological,
Type: Short Story
Length: 3 pages
Upload Date: 2010-08-20 19:50:15
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:11
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By chrismorton
A lady\'s sitting at a table in a coffee shop in the middle of the day by herself, playing with her drink, staring into space. Beside her is a suitcase.
Genre: Other, Alternative, Character,
Type: Short Story
Length: 3 pages
Upload Date: 2010-08-22 13:46:05
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:11
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By Vixen Edge
He\'ll need who he\'s not to know who he is.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy, Teen, Mythical,
Type: Short Story
Length: 4 pages
Upload Date: 2010-08-26 21:23:22
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:11
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An ordinary woman is taken from her mundane life, and is forced to unearth secrets she had hidden; secrets that she did not realise could exist in reality...
Genre: Mystery, Culture, Psychological,
Type: Short Story
Length: 5 pages
Upload Date: 2010-09-06 11:00:18
Last Edited: 2012-07-13 00:06:15
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By imccormack
Short story themed ‘Broken Identities’. Submission for ‘Brainstorms Competition – An Expression of Depression’
Genre: Reality, Spiritual, Epiphany,
Type: Short Story
Length: 4 pages
Upload Date: 2010-09-07 15:11:44
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:11
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An office worker has a strange perhaps life changing experience on his birthday.
Genre: Epiphany, Drama, Personal Narrative,
Type: Short Story
Length: 6 pages
Upload Date: 2010-09-13 19:14:38
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:11
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By Lisa Snider
A wife waits for the hunter to come home.
Genre: Personal Narrative, Biographical, True Story,
Type: Short Story
Length: 3 pages
Upload Date: 2010-09-14 13:33:07
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:11
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Indian village society expected women to immolate themselves on their husband's funeral pyre. Thankfully, this practice is now annulled. This story is set when this was on its way out.
Genre: Drama, Epiphany, Human Rights,
Type: Short Story
Length: 3 pages
Upload Date: 2010-08-03 12:31:42
Last Edited: 2012-10-21 00:21:34
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By hackneyman
A man reflects on the price exacted from him by mental illness.
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Type: Short Story
Length: 4 pages
Upload Date: 2010-08-10 18:11:37
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:11
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The first time Lazlo Martinez had severed a finger it had not been his own.
Genre: Urban, Character, Quirky,
Type: Short Story
Length: 4 pages
Upload Date: 2010-08-19 09:07:55
Last Edited: 2012-02-19 17:28:17
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By rhizomatrix
A poet and an artist reconnect their fractured identities and their art.
Genre: Alternative, Surreal,
Type: Short Story
Length: 2 pages
Upload Date: 2010-08-24 18:09:45
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:11
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Short Story on the theme: Broken Identities, a submission for the Brainstorms Competition, An Expression of Depression.
Genre: Drama, Crime, Psychological,
Type: Short Story
Length: 7 pages
Upload Date: 2010-09-07 07:18:21
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:11
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Dominique Rodgers fears something has happened to a young man she just met, after he disappears without a word.
Genre: Mystery, Mystery, Supernatural,
Type: Short Story
Length: 2 pages
Upload Date: 2010-09-07 20:54:15
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:10
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By macbeckyton
My name is Sophie and this, right here, is Ed.
Genre: Character, Psychological,
Type: Short Story
Length: 2 pages
Upload Date: 2010-09-10 17:13:57
Last Edited: 2012-02-08 16:34:11
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