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Category: 2020 Summer Writing Contest

AND SO, I WILL LEAVE YOU — SORRY!

AND SO, I WILL LEAVE YOU — SORRY!

June 11, 2020 by Yoko Narahashi 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Solitary Summer Storm

Solitary Summer Storm

June 11, 2020 by L.E. Gibler 2020 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment
Darkness

Darkness

June 11, 2020 by Stephanie Sharp 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
It’s Time

It’s Time

June 11, 2020 by Rhonda Valentine Dixon 2020 Summer Writing Contest 5 Comments
Token of Love

Token of Love

June 11, 2020 by Alicya Xanders 2020 Summer Writing Contest 49 Comments
My Name is Theodore

My Name is Theodore

June 11, 2020 by Justin R Craig 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
If These Walls Could Speak

If These Walls Could Speak

June 11, 2020 by Everett L. R. Asher 2020 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment
Alone in the Cold

Alone in the Cold

June 11, 2020 by Jan Achterhof 2020 Summer Writing Contest 36 Comments
Traction

Traction

June 11, 2020 by Faye Thomson 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Trees

Trees

June 11, 2020 by Gabrielle M Loeser 2020 Summer Writing Contest 2 Comments
Trapped!

Trapped!

June 11, 2020 by Hanli de Jager 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Floating

Floating

June 11, 2020 by Robin Densmore Fuson 2020 Summer Writing Contest 24 Comments
American Pride

American Pride

June 11, 2020 by Rich Ellis 2020 Summer Writing Contest 4 Comments
Stupor

Stupor

June 11, 2020 by Janice Indajang 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Isolation

Isolation

June 11, 2020 by Sal Castro 2020 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment
The Sound of Silence

The Sound of Silence

June 11, 2020 by Jones MOynihan 2020 Summer Writing Contest 5 Comments
The Trial of the Lonely Juror

The Trial of the Lonely Juror

June 11, 2020 by John Allen Delivuk 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Under the Ice

Under the Ice

June 11, 2020 by Kayla Krawzyk 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Charlie’s Tale

Charlie’s Tale

June 11, 2020 by Susan Whipple 2020 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment
Alistair In Isolation

Alistair In Isolation

June 11, 2020 by Lisa Hoenisch 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Pig in a Poke

Pig in a Poke

June 11, 2020 by Robert Wilcher 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
The Seed of Hope

The Seed of Hope

June 11, 2020 by Eve Goldstein 2020 Summer Writing Contest 4 Comments
The Chain Saw and the Cherry Tree

The Chain Saw and the Cherry Tree

June 11, 2020 by Linda L Moore 2020 Summer Writing Contest 30 Comments
FOLLOW MY FROZEN HEART

FOLLOW MY FROZEN HEART

June 11, 2020 by Kevin Urban 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Finding Her Way

Finding Her Way

June 11, 2020 by Rosita Smedvik 2020 Summer Writing Contest 7 Comments
White Christmas

White Christmas

June 11, 2020 by Justin Neff 2020 Summer Writing Contest
The Cellar

The Cellar

June 11, 2020 by Audrey Eiland 2020 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment
5 Years

5 Years

June 11, 2020 by Keerthana 2020 Summer Writing Contest
White mist 112

White mist 112

June 11, 2020 by Kristina Pakhomenko 2020 Summer Writing Contest
Low Places

Low Places

June 11, 2020 by Antonio Roberts 2020 Summer Writing Contest 3 Comments

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