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Elliott LaurenceRed HazelwoodT Stories 04-07

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  • Everything Out There
  • Get Your Soul Right
  • A Girl Named Erika
  • A Killer?
  • Everything Out There

    Silas Saber passed out and fell from the deck of his father’s place. When he woke he was staring in his brother’s face. “What the hell is your problem?” asked Jim lifting him from the ground.“It’s a long story. What time is it?” “A little after twelve.”“It’s dark. I can’t see.”Jim turns on the flashlight on his phone. “Can you see this?”“Yes!” Silas whips his head away. Okay, I can see. I had to make an important phone call at 2 p.m. Please tell me it’s not twelve midnight.”“It’s after midnight. What, or when is the last thing you remember?”“I was going to clear some branches the thunderstorm ...JrRone door

    Get Your Soul Right

           The sky was raining gold the night that loneliness became a friend. Street vendors clamored under the golden fire, plying their trades for a hope to feed their families. Rich and poor battled to be heard through the explosions, and I sat beneath it all. Soggy popcorn grew cold in a greasy bag that dangled from my fingertips. A couple behind me was sprouting some new age bullshit about how the fireworks contained tiny pieces of their loved ones, raining down on them, providing them with some motivation for basic adulthood. On the corner, a disheveled man with a greasy face waved around a...JrRone door

    A Girl Named Erika

    Erika Steel rounded the final turn of the quarter-mile race track, her short blonde hair whipping wildly in the wind. Standing six-foot-tall, her long, slender legs kicked her sprint into overdrive as she smoked her competitors by a full twenty yards!Erika's glistening arms raised high in victory - like her namesake's Norse Valkyrie ruler of old. She searched the stands and smiled at Aunt Charlie, her flamboyant legal guardian, jumping and waving her own pink poms-poms.The announcer sounded equally thrilled. "Ladies and gentlemen! Senior athlete, Erika Steel, has just obliterated the previous ...JrRone door

    A Killer?

    Hunting, a rewarding sin. The act of taking the life of another living thing is looked down upon by majorwww.onedoor.ccity of the world. To Genevieve they are just the lucky ones who had a choice. She didn’t have that luxury. It was either kill or be killed. It was drilled into her head by her uncle. If she didn’t kill her prey, he was going to hang her in a tree and turn the food chain on her.Now things have changed for the better, but of course it didn’t alter everything. She was now walking back into town dragging a buck behind her. She got lucky when this wandered into her view, especially since she had...JrRone door

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