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Category: 2017 Spring Writing Contest

Second Chances

Second Chances

March 23, 2017 by Tammy Ramsey 2017 Spring Writing Contest 4 Comments
An Outrageous Tattletale: The Man of the Hour!

An Outrageous Tattletale: The Man of the Hour!

March 23, 2017 by Barry Herbert Parmeter 2017 Spring Writing Contest 11 Comments
The Well

The Well

March 23, 2017 by Terry Lynn Tuttle 2017 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
Finding Polly

Finding Polly

March 23, 2017 by Joanna Dunn Samson 2017 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
Obsession

Obsession

March 23, 2017 by Evin Baris Altintas 2017 Spring Writing Contest 1 Comment
Flowers In The Sun

Flowers In The Sun

March 23, 2017 by Laurel Grube 2017 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
Love of a Monster

Love of a Monster

March 23, 2017 by Phoenix Hoekstra 2017 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
Desdemona’s Handkerchief

Desdemona’s Handkerchief

March 23, 2017 by Antony Norman Ricks 2017 Spring Writing Contest 2 Comments
Incubus On My Shoulder

Incubus On My Shoulder

March 23, 2017 by Susan Finlay 2017 Spring Writing Contest 5 Comments
Rude Awakening

Rude Awakening

March 23, 2017 by Retta Bodhaine 2017 Spring Writing Contest 3 Comments
Character Development

Character Development

March 23, 2017 by Laila HEwitt 2017 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
Monsters

Monsters

March 23, 2017 by Christy Brown 2017 Spring Writing Contest 18 Comments
Rum Before You Can Walk

Rum Before You Can Walk

March 23, 2017 by H. A. Nickerson 2017 Spring Writing Contest 1 Comment
Blue

Blue

March 23, 2017 by Calysta Thompson 2017 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
Hole in your Head

Hole in your Head

March 23, 2017 by Shariden Anne Solis 2017 Spring Writing Contest 1 Comment
When Stars Fall

When Stars Fall

March 23, 2017 by Olivia DeBoard 2017 Spring Writing Contest 1 Comment
Raise a Glass to Freedom

Raise a Glass to Freedom

March 23, 2017 by Alejandro Bastidas 2017 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
Sightless

Sightless

March 23, 2017 by Hannah Kretzing 2017 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
On Borrowed Time

On Borrowed Time

March 23, 2017 by Gloria 2017 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
Kyndegást

Kyndegást

March 23, 2017 by J.G. Cole 2017 Spring Writing Contest 12 Comments
Scintilla

Scintilla

March 23, 2017 by Candace Cox 2017 Spring Writing Contest 6 Comments
Keep it Simple

Keep it Simple

March 23, 2017 by David J. Brown 2017 Spring Writing Contest 2 Comments
Innocent Racist

Innocent Racist

March 23, 2017 by A. Polzella 2017 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
The Forest Woman

The Forest Woman

March 23, 2017 by Peter Schaeffer 2017 Spring Writing Contest 1 Comment
Die-lan

Die-lan

March 23, 2017 by Emily Gannon 2017 Spring Writing Contest 2 Comments
Till Death do us Part

Till Death do us Part

March 23, 2017 by Rhianna Bonsall 2017 Spring Writing Contest 11 Comments
An overlooked email

An overlooked email

March 23, 2017 by Jennifer Kelly 2017 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
My Father’s Final Wish

My Father’s Final Wish

March 23, 2017 by Amber Meyer 2017 Spring Writing Contest 1 Comment
A Time To Fly

A Time To Fly

March 23, 2017 by Anna Suanco 2017 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
Blackout

Blackout

March 23, 2017 by Sarah Ramharrack 2017 Spring Writing Contest 5 Comments

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