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Category: 2020 Fall Writing Contest

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
Unbound Speed

Unbound Speed

August 27, 2020 by AnnaLise Sandrich 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
Living Imagination

Living Imagination

August 27, 2020 by Alia Raven 2020 Fall Writing Contest 4 Comments
Below Freezing

Below Freezing

August 27, 2020 by Telyse Bee 2020 Fall Writing Contest 3 Comments
Whispers on the Wind

Whispers on the Wind

August 27, 2020 by Mari Wagner 2020 Fall Writing Contest 1 Comment
The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

August 27, 2020 by Sally Carroll 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
Capture the Wind

Capture the Wind

August 27, 2020 by Page Craw 2020 Fall Writing Contest 13 Comments
We Said Goodbye

We Said Goodbye

August 27, 2020 by F.A. Hakimian 2020 Fall Writing Contest 1 Comment
From This Point On

From This Point On

August 27, 2020 by Madeline Slovenz 2020 Fall Writing Contest 4 Comments
Hate

Hate

August 27, 2020 by S.E. Laughter 2020 Fall Writing Contest 1 Comment
Why Can’t We…

Why Can’t We…

August 27, 2020 by Frank Caudle 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
Why Can’t We…

Why Can’t We…

August 27, 2020 by Frank Caudle 2020 Fall Writing Contest 5 Comments
Paradise Island

Paradise Island

August 27, 2020 by David A. Chase 2020 Fall Writing Contest 1 Comment
No One Man

No One Man

August 27, 2020 by Bo Cramer 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
The Death of Edward Jenkins

The Death of Edward Jenkins

August 27, 2020 by Stephen Brown 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
The Contract

The Contract

August 27, 2020 by Kacy Hogg 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
6:31

6:31

August 27, 2020 by Janie Miller 2020 Fall Writing Contest 9 Comments
The Galaxy Diner

The Galaxy Diner

August 27, 2020 by Erik Porter 2020 Fall Writing Contest 1 Comment
Bound To Her

Bound To Her

August 27, 2020 by Lillian Piel 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
It Really Happened

It Really Happened

August 27, 2020 by Wade Flaming 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
The Race to the Finish Line

The Race to the Finish Line

August 27, 2020 by Robert Toto 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
Leah

Leah

August 27, 2020 by Adrienne Cooper 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
Sunken In

Sunken In

August 27, 2020 by Josh Normal 2020 Fall Writing Contest 4 Comments
Flourishment

Flourishment

August 27, 2020 by L. D. Biddle 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
Hunted

Hunted

August 27, 2020 by Makayla Wheeler 2020 Fall Writing Contest 1 Comment
A Clean Lens

A Clean Lens

August 27, 2020 by Jem Rogers 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments
Ouroboros

Ouroboros

August 27, 2020 by Gregory Faraone 2020 Fall Writing Contest 1 Comment
Free Fall

Free Fall

August 27, 2020 by Joanna Dunn Samson 2020 Fall Writing Contest 0 Comments

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