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Category: 2020 Summer Writing Contest

Time to Escape

Time to Escape

June 11, 2020 by Alan Kennamer 2020 Summer Writing Contest 5 Comments
A Lonely Christmas Eve

A Lonely Christmas Eve

June 11, 2020 by Theresa Walker 2020 Summer Writing Contest 7 Comments
Desolate

Desolate

June 11, 2020 by Michael Rivera 2020 Summer Writing Contest
Wedding Jitters

Wedding Jitters

June 11, 2020 by Karen Kinley 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Her

Her

June 11, 2020 by Sundra Nunley 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
LAST STAND

LAST STAND

June 11, 2020 by David Elderton 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
The Strangler

The Strangler

June 11, 2020 by Jose Liriano 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Islands

Islands

June 11, 2020 by Claude Bornel 2020 Summer Writing Contest 2 Comments
NUCLEAR WINTER

NUCLEAR WINTER

June 11, 2020 by ATM SHIRAJUL HAQUE 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Kanata

Kanata

June 11, 2020 by Jenna Da Sie 2020 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment
Outer Darkness

Outer Darkness

June 11, 2020 by Caitlin Hale 2020 Summer Writing Contest 7 Comments
A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

June 11, 2020 by Susan M. Perkins 2020 Summer Writing Contest 22 Comments
Little Brown Ghost

Little Brown Ghost

June 11, 2020 by Gabrielle Sanders 2020 Summer Writing Contest 8 Comments
Down the Rabbit Hole

Down the Rabbit Hole

June 11, 2020 by Tom Housden 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Right Foot Up. Left Foot Slide.

Right Foot Up. Left Foot Slide.

June 11, 2020 by Eliza Wang 2020 Summer Writing Contest 2 Comments
Mashed up memories

Mashed up memories

June 11, 2020 by Mike McGuire 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Predetermined

Predetermined

June 11, 2020 by Cal Smith-Sheerin 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
A Season in Hell

A Season in Hell

June 11, 2020 by Scarlett Boleyn 2020 Summer Writing Contest 4 Comments
THE VIRUS SLAYER

THE VIRUS SLAYER

June 11, 2020 by Marien Oommen 2020 Summer Writing Contest 4 Comments
Mayday

Mayday

June 11, 2020 by Philip Shepherd 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Splendid Isolation

Splendid Isolation

June 11, 2020 by Caroline Goldsworthy 2020 Summer Writing Contest 2 Comments
Swimming Home

Swimming Home

June 11, 2020 by Aurelia Lye-Cull 2020 Summer Writing Contest 5 Comments
Family Man

Family Man

June 11, 2020 by Phyllis Brandano 2020 Summer Writing Contest 2 Comments
Solum Immortalem

Solum Immortalem

June 11, 2020 by Michael W. Clark 2020 Summer Writing Contest 6 Comments
Gone

Gone

June 11, 2020 by Alyssa McIntyre 2020 Summer Writing Contest 7 Comments
You Carry Your Life

You Carry Your Life

June 11, 2020 by Jeffrey Muchuweni Becker 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
The Night Harvest

The Night Harvest

June 11, 2020 by Gabrielle Contelmo 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Decay

Decay

June 11, 2020 by April Renee Russell 2020 Summer Writing Contest 9 Comments
Marked

Marked

June 11, 2020 by Parvati Chatterjee Mazumdar 2020 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment
Wedding Jitters

Wedding Jitters

June 11, 2020 by Karen Kinley 2020 Summer Writing Contest 12 Comments

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