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Category: 2020 Fall Writing Contest

The Storm

The Storm

August 27, 2020 by Brian Reed 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
Date Your DNA Dream

Date Your DNA Dream

August 27, 2020 by Scarlett Boleyn 2020 Fall Writing Contest
Realms

Realms

August 27, 2020 by Erica Roberts 2020 Fall Writing Contest 8 Comments
The Soul Knows No Bounds

The Soul Knows No Bounds

August 27, 2020 by Gayle Woodson 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
The Curses…Unbound

The Curses…Unbound

August 27, 2020 by Sam Cusad 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
A Mother’s Love

A Mother’s Love

August 27, 2020 by Victoria Nowrangilall 2020 Fall Writing Contest 1 Comment
Up, Up and Very Far Away

Up, Up and Very Far Away

August 27, 2020 by Anthony E. Savasta 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
Broken Heart

Broken Heart

August 27, 2020 by Tricia Schimpp 2020 Fall Writing Contest 1 Comment
The Seer

The Seer

August 27, 2020 by Alice Griffin 2020 Fall Writing Contest 1 Comment
Boundless Love

Boundless Love

August 27, 2020 by Paula Frew 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
17.6 Miles and a Red Light

17.6 Miles and a Red Light

August 27, 2020 by Victory Jo 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
A Boundless Future

A Boundless Future

August 27, 2020 by Lori Lee Palmer 2020 Fall Writing Contest 2 Comments
The Fallen

The Fallen

August 27, 2020 by Miguel A Zamora 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
Candy House

Candy House

August 27, 2020 by E.C. Sullivan 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
Oneiric

Oneiric

August 27, 2020 by Faith Garcia 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
Joy of the Wind

Joy of the Wind

August 27, 2020 by Gabrielle Sanders 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
The Rope

The Rope

August 27, 2020 by Elena Cherine 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
The man who doesn’t fear pain

The man who doesn’t fear pain

August 27, 2020 by Darci Ward 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
The Retreat

The Retreat

August 27, 2020 by Kitty Andrew 2020 Fall Writing Contest 13 Comments
Chicken’s Tale

Chicken’s Tale

August 27, 2020 by Jose Liriano 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
Limit-Less

Limit-Less

August 27, 2020 by Dr. Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
On the Road

On the Road

August 27, 2020 by Wendy Maston 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
Blood on the banister

Blood on the banister

August 27, 2020 by Bryant.T.White 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
Love Letters

Love Letters

August 27, 2020 by Manju Patnaik 2020 Fall Writing Contest 15 Comments
The Box

The Box

August 27, 2020 by La Wanna Gean Parker 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
Sherrod Champagne

Sherrod Champagne

August 27, 2020 by Jessica McCarthy 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
Spilled Milk

Spilled Milk

August 27, 2020 by Jasmine LaMothe 2020 Fall Writing Contest 3 Comments
Unbridled Spiral.

Unbridled Spiral.

August 27, 2020 by Shane Fitzpatrick 2020 Fall Writing Contest 12 Comments
A Very Long Way Down

A Very Long Way Down

August 27, 2020 by H. P. Borley 2020 Fall Writing Contest 3 Comments
The Boy, the Bully and the Dream at Devil’s Creek Ravine

The Boy, the Bully and the Dream at Devil’s Creek Ravine

August 27, 2020 by Sharon Hetherington 2020 Fall Writing Contest 4 Comments

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