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Category: 2020 Summer Writing Contest

Love and War: A Short Story inspired by the Isolation Season

Love and War: A Short Story inspired by the Isolation Season

June 11, 2020 by Michael Onuorah 2020 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment
The Loneliest Resident on Kentia Street

The Loneliest Resident on Kentia Street

June 11, 2020 by Jennifer Santiago 2020 Summer Writing Contest 6 Comments
Wedding Jitters

Wedding Jitters

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

Salvager

June 11, 2020 by Lexie Christine 2020 Summer Writing Contest 4 Comments
Isolation

Isolation

June 11, 2020 by Carol Ann Cook 2020 Summer Writing Contest 6 Comments
Oliver

Oliver

June 11, 2020 by Julie Stroem 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
The Demon Within Them

The Demon Within Them

June 11, 2020 by Sara Khoukhi 2020 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment
Wagging Tails

Wagging Tails

June 11, 2020 by Angela Trammell 2020 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment
Into the Woods?

Into the Woods?

June 11, 2020 by William Webster 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Night Terrors

Night Terrors

June 11, 2020 by Firuzan Speroni 2020 Summer Writing Contest 13 Comments
Single Point of Failure

Single Point of Failure

June 11, 2020 by Danie Cooper 2020 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment
The Spore

The Spore

June 11, 2020 by Ichabod Ebenezer 2020 Summer Writing Contest 4 Comments
NO! NOT YET!

NO! NOT YET!

June 11, 2020 by Victoria Jurgens 2020 Summer Writing Contest 10 Comments
Eyes of Isolation

Eyes of Isolation

June 11, 2020 by Peter King 2020 Summer Writing Contest 2 Comments
Bench Arrest

Bench Arrest

June 11, 2020 by RM Usry 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
The Misfortune

The Misfortune

June 11, 2020 by Lisa Walton 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Chosen One

Chosen One

June 11, 2020 by Ginger A. Summers 2020 Summer Writing Contest
The Target

The Target

June 11, 2020 by Victory Jo 2020 Summer Writing Contest
Sequestered in Grief

Sequestered in Grief

June 11, 2020 by des Anges Cruser 2020 Summer Writing Contest 6 Comments
Isolation

Isolation

June 11, 2020 by Deborah Richardson 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Animus

Animus

June 11, 2020 by Alice Griffin 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Catalina

Catalina

June 11, 2020 by TBink 2020 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment
Before the White Light

Before the White Light

June 11, 2020 by Cassandra Hart 2020 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment
The Black Box

The Black Box

June 11, 2020 by Darci Ward 2020 Summer Writing Contest 7 Comments
Shadows of the Chateau d’If

Shadows of the Chateau d’If

June 11, 2020 by Darrell Eugene McGuire 2020 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment
Sinking

Sinking

June 11, 2020 by Jaimee Pifer 2020 Summer Writing Contest 2 Comments
Paradise with a Twist

Paradise with a Twist

June 11, 2020 by K. K. Lau 2020 Summer Writing Contest 11 Comments
Alone Together

Alone Together

June 11, 2020 by Des Dixon 2020 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments
Alone Together

Alone Together

June 11, 2020 by Des Dixon 2020 Summer Writing Contest 2 Comments
The Last Dragon

The Last Dragon

June 11, 2020 by Emilia Cuevas 2020 Summer Writing Contest 1 Comment

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