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Category: 2017 Summer Writing Contest

We’re Vampires Honey

We’re Vampires Honey

June 28, 2017 by Terence 2017 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment
Don’t Speak Silence

Don’t Speak Silence

June 28, 2017 by Melissa Guckin 2017 Summer Writing Contest 10 Comments
12 killed in brutal animal mauling

12 killed in brutal animal mauling

June 28, 2017 by Rebekah Markillie 2017 Summer Writing Contest 2 Comments
Unintended Target

Unintended Target

June 28, 2017 by Cathy Smades 2017 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment
Do or Die

Do or Die

June 28, 2017 by David Burns 2017 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment
No coming home

No coming home

June 28, 2017 by Thibault Heitz 2017 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
How I Became a Coke Dealer

How I Became a Coke Dealer

June 28, 2017 by John Fowler 2017 Summer Writing Contest 2 Comments
Change Me

Change Me

June 28, 2017 by Victoria Edwards 2017 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Mirror Me

Mirror Me

June 28, 2017 by laura 2017 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment
A Cure for the Mind

A Cure for the Mind

June 28, 2017 by Monisha Menon 2017 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment
Defining Monsters

Defining Monsters

June 28, 2017 by Nick Franck 2017 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
DREADFUL NOVEMBER

DREADFUL NOVEMBER

June 28, 2017 by Debra Campoli 2017 Summer Writing Contest 4 Comments
Festival

Festival

June 28, 2017 by Sage Mandzik Kahn 2017 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
A Demon In Dachau

A Demon In Dachau

June 28, 2017 by Erin Saucier 2017 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment
A Means to an End

A Means to an End

June 28, 2017 by Max Müller 2017 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Fire at Will

Fire at Will

June 28, 2017 by Heather Shannon 2017 Summer Writing Contest 2 Comments
Initiation

Initiation

June 28, 2017 by Kayla Bouy 2017 Summer Writing Contest 3 Comments
The Gentleman Ghost

The Gentleman Ghost

June 28, 2017 by Jenna Seachman 2017 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment
“Bloody Thorns”

“Bloody Thorns”

June 28, 2017 by Cassie Rybka 2017 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Mother

Mother

June 28, 2017 by Apurva Kandicuppa 2017 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
The Eyes Lie

The Eyes Lie

June 28, 2017 by Juanita L.White 2017 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment
The Storm

The Storm

June 28, 2017 by Donald Gregg 2017 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment
Be Careful What You Wish For

Be Careful What You Wish For

June 28, 2017 by Sal Gallaher 2017 Summer Writing Contest 13 Comments
Blue Blood NYPD

Blue Blood NYPD

June 28, 2017 by Crystal Johnson 2017 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment
Suddenly Alone. A Randall Anderson Story

Suddenly Alone. A Randall Anderson Story

June 28, 2017 by Ruth Church 2017 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Hell Hath No Fury

Hell Hath No Fury

June 28, 2017 by David Heald 2017 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Society’s Perceptions

Society’s Perceptions

June 28, 2017 by Grace MacPherson 2017 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Ambush

Ambush

June 28, 2017 by Tim Nicol 2017 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Ever Watchful

Ever Watchful

June 28, 2017 by jack 2017 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Summer 2014

Summer 2014

June 28, 2017 by Evin Barış Altıntaş 2017 Summer Writing Contest 3 Comments

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