Category: Short Stories
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The fourth-grade classroom at Avalon Elementary smelled faintly of pencil shavings and floor wax. Construction paper wreaths were crookedly taped to the walls, their glitter shedding onto the linoleum whenever someone brushed past. Outside, Naples winter meant open windows and salt in the air, not cold, but December still arrived with a kind of expectation.…
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A FISHERMAN’S TALE In the quiet embrace of dawn, when the world is still wrapped in a blanket of mist, an old fisherman prepares his boat for another day at sea. His weathered hands, calloused and strong, move with the grace of years spent navigating the vast, unyielding ocean. The salty breeze whispers secrets of…
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FINAL GOODBYE She lay with her head on his chest, feeling the rise and fall and listening to the beating of his heart. She synced her breathing with his until their hearts were in unison. Occasionally, she would turn her head just so, to watch him sleep. In awe of his beauty, she was. She’d…
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FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE WELL, HOPE RISES She lay there at the bottom of the well without a clue as to how she got there. She does not remember the fall or how long she has been there. But long enough that she has forgotten how to climb. Her mind is numb, almost dead.…
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Have you ever seen a dragonfly? I have. It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. That dragonfly soared to heights previously unknown. They were beyond grasp. Unattainable. Not because of self-limitations but by other’s constraints. But Lord, when she spread her wings — if you could have only seen that DRAGONFLY! I…
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