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Kaya AtkinsNeri SompanosClinto Stories 04-07

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  • Cry In the Woods
  • The Mortifying Dare
  • Choices of honesty
  • Quick Errand
  • Cry In the Woods

    I slowly unzipped the tent window to peer outside. It was too dark to see anything.“Annie?”“You heard it, www.onedoor.cctoo?” she whispered. My friend Annie and I went camping for the weekend, a summer ritual that we’ve done for seven years. After the sudden death of Annie’s father, she refused to talk to anyone but me. After being diagnosed with depression, she adopted a service dog named Charlie, a now eight-year-old Belgian Malinois.“Was it Charlie?” I breathed.“No, she’s right here, but I think she heard it too.”We both sat still. The animal stood in front of the tent, sniffing at the entrance. Charlie...b6Yone door

    The Mortifying Dare

    The date is Friday 13, 2013, the most unlucky day of the most unlucky year. We always meet up on Friday the 13 of every year, but this year I was hosting. Already shivering, I mean it was December but still, I was inside. At about 6:00 pm I unlocked my doors and flung them open for the annual Truth or Ultra dare parties. People started to come almost immediately, with their overnight bags and all-black clothing, which was needed for the ultra dares they get so intense. After most had arrived, we all sat down in a circle, Matthew went first, “ Mary, T or UD??” Mary had quite a bit of social a...b6Yone door

    Choices of honesty

    Let me be honest. Fate is what I did not believe in. I believed in hard work. Dedication. Honesty. And faith in Christ. I knew I was a sinner. And the only way to heaven was via faith. Since someone else has pushed me through the door of time, I am no longer sure that applies or is real anymore. I believed my choices would get me to the right gate. I did not understand that God’s statement is you are sealed meant your choice is heaven. Or God’s statement that to the clay cup or vase: why did you make me thus? I might be sealed to hell. Both choices evidently I did not listen correctly or well ...b6Yone door

    Quick Errand

    It was good to see the stars again, one of the beautiful consequences of a power outage. I could stand here till dawn, the view was so mesmerizing."Babe?" Where was he?"I think he went to the bathroom, but who knows." I hear a foreign voice say, they had a weird accent, I couldn't put my finger on where it was from."Who are you?! What did you do to Aaron?" I asked, desperately trying to feel out which pocket my phone was in while not looking too obvious."I told you: bathroom, I think, he may have wandered around a bit, can't really be sure, now can we?" What the hell was he talking about? "You...b6Yone door

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