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Stories by Tracy Woodfield

The Deadline Dilemma

The Deadline Dilemma

November 8, 2017 by Tracy Woodfield 2017 Winter Writing Contest 0 Comments

This story is by Tracy Woodfield and was part of our 2017 Winter Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. Look, here’s the deal. I have a deadline to meet. A very important deadline and a lot rides on my success in achieving this one simple thing. It involves me completing…

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The Deadline Dilemma

The Deadline Dilemma

November 8, 2017 by Tracy Woodfield 2017 Winter Writing Contest 1 Comment

This story is by Tracy Woodfield and was part of our 2017 Winter Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. Look, here’s the deal. I have a deadline to meet. A very important deadline and a lot rides on my success in achieving this one simple thing. It involves me completing…

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The Park, A Boy And Me

The Park, A Boy And Me

June 28, 2017 by Tracy Woodfield 2017 Summer Writing Contest 0 Comments

This story is by Tracy Woodfield and was part of our 2017 Summer Writing Contest. You can find all the Summer Writing Contest stories here. It’s Wednesday and winter but today the finally sun peeps out from behind dark clouds. It’s all the encouragement I need to put my pen down and leave my warm…

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The Definition of Innocence

The Definition of Innocence

March 23, 2017 by Tracy Woodfield 2017 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments

This story is by Tracy Woodfield and was part of our 2017 Spring Writing Contest. You can find all the Spring Writing Contest stories here. It wasn’t as if the world was about to end although it certainly felt like it to Simon Brown. At twenty-five Simon considered himself an up-and-coming artist. His ambitions lay…

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A Reality of Fantasy

December 21, 2016 by Tracy Woodfield 2016 Winter Writing Contest 3 Comments

This story is by Tracy Woodfield and was part of our 2016 Winter Writing Contest. You can find all the Winter Writing Contest stories here. Dreams are free. Sitting in her internal office and looking across at the blind covered windows behind, she wondered if this was all there was going to be to life….

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