Category: 8th Edition
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For The Kids
For The Kids Brandon Evans At 5:45 AM thundering booms jar me awake. I roll over blinking the fog from my mind as I read the green glow of the clock. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! I realize it’s my door being pounded on. I sit up alarmed, as I wonder who would be knocking. My phone…
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New Rome
New Rome Lontreal Farmer Darius looked up at the podium with disdan. He hated the Marcus for forcing him to kill. He was tired of fighting strangers to the death for the amusement of the crowd. The opponent today was from an all-female coliseum in New Themyscira. Her long black hair and bronzed skin showed…
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Ground To Be Moved
Ground To Be Moved Bret Lundstrom The undertaker is gone today Up the hill digging graves Someone has died? I’m sorry to hear As you can see We are quite busy The horses and hearse Have been put to hard use Their legs are worn Knees sore, backs bent Ferrying men to rest Work to…
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Project X5
Project X5 Lontreal Farmer Rachel flinched as the small rubber, rainbow colored ball flew past her face, and back into the hand of the boy behind her. “Do you mind?” Rachel turned around from the desk she was sitting at to glare at him. Aden smiled and jumped down from the bed he was sitting…
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Grandfather’s Coffee Pot
Grandfather’s Coffee Pot Brenden Kleiboeker “Alex, where do you want this box?” Janie struggled under the heavy set cardboard as she stepped into the threshold of her new boyfriend’s house. They have only been dating for a little over three months, but she was more than excited to help move him out of the busy…
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Alone Under the Night Sky
Alone Under the Night Sky Bret Lundstrom A lonely horseman glanced at the last light of sunset Beaten by a long day of riding and grinding Swayed over a rock cliff side, legs finally off the ground Slumped over and beaten from riding and running His horse lay broken and gimp from riding A constant…
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