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Scott reached to his left and, with a click, the lamp was off. Darkness filled the room at once and Scott closed his eyes. His mind slowly swam through the events of the day as he began to drift off into sleep. Scott heard the wind pressing against the house. The nearby trees creaked as they swayed and knocked into each other. Bitterly cold air had been rushing in throughout the day. Scott

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His eyes, red and burning, looked away from the cold cup of coffee to see the clock across the room. It was 2:00am now. "My God, where could she be?" Pulling the yellow drapes to one side, he looked out to the driveway and then oppositely to the distant hill. Both remained void of any sign of her. He had hesitated to call anyone... doing so would mean admitting that something really

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The following is my submission for the Holiday Flash Fiction Carnival. The theme is "anything holidays," so I went with writing a simple Christmas story. Enjoy!The Perfect Gift"Why do I do this every year?" Ray thought to himself as he crunched through a patch of icy slush on the sidewalk. "I've walked through every store here and I can't find anything for Ally. Everything has been picked

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Eww... right? No? Good! I won't get into the details of how this all came about. Let's just say that I've had reason to have some tests run over the past few months. At first, things weren't looking so good. After doing some reading, I figured I would try to change some things to try to boost my count. Doing or not doing the following things may have resulted in my count of mobile sperm

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I know, I know... the title made me hesitant too, but I'm glad I got it. Before I explain what I thought was good about it, let me preface by saying I'm not a hardcore anime fan. I've been known to watch them from time to time, but I don't have a huge collection of box sets neatly arranged and displayed in a dark basement corner. No, I'm a normal guy in his late 20's that can "appreciate" the

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Lots of thanks to Virginia Lee for hosting the Flash Fiction Carnival III. This was my first serious attempt at writing something that I knew other people would read. So far the comments have been nice, which is a huge relief. :)The theme this go around was "transform." My mind immediately started to think about the obvious stuff... flowers blooming, caterpillars and butterflies... but I

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Being an I.T. guy at a place that has a lot of big swanky meetings, I get to check out some pretty cool places around town. This morning I was needed at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Once I got the laptop and presentation stuff set up, I went exploring around the building and soon decided that it was one of the coolest places I've been. Oh, and before I get too far into this post, let me

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This isn't something I would typically write about, but I feel like I just have to get it out. The wife and I decided to have a simple meal of chicken strips and fries for dinner last night. We had bought the Kroger brand chicken, which was a first (and last). I will never, ever, ever buy Kroger chicken again.How in the world does a big, rich company mess up something like chicken strips?

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I've been known to play a video game every now and then... well, ok almost every evening (Rock Band is taking up too much of my time right now). Last November, I was one of the lucky ones who scored a Nintendo Wii. I loved it, everything from the include Wii Sports, to playing Twilight Princess.A few months later, I was really fortunate to get a nice 46" LCD TV... but it was at that point that

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Well... I guess I've just got Google on the brain. I noticed that Gmail now sports colored labels to help keep things a bit more organized. This is particularly helpful if you find yourself needing to give specific emails extra attention.You can use labels in more of the traditional sense; you can apply a label to individual emails as you read them or to groups of emails in your inbox. I,

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The time I've spent trying to craft my own stories has been relatively short, but when I sat down for the first time I knew which tool I'd turn to. Google has a great set of web based tools called Google Docs. I can make text documents, spread sheets, and presentations (think PowerPoint) all through my web browser.I tend to sit down and write from several different places... usually at home but

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Jack was a likable guy. He got along with almost everyone at work and was known to be easy going, always smiling and courteous. The women at the office adored him and were always making sure he had everything he needed (office supplies, lunch, a date). If Jack needed a favor, someone would almost always gladly oblige. Jack was the nice guy who worked downstairs. Jack was the model employee,

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Hello everyone... here's yet another blog out on the innerwebs! You may find the occasional rant out here, but I'm intending to use this blog as a means to post some flash fiction. I've recently become interesting in the idea of writing and I hope that this will be a stepping stone onto a path of writing success.Please leave comments on anything you see here. I'll need the *friendly* criticism

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