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  • Bad Blood
  • To Mine Own Self Be True
  • The Long March of the Silent Sentinels
  • Rainfall
  • Bad Blood

    Bad Blood—George DavisLulu Belle Dow and I have been going together for two years. Our relationship could be, what some call, incendiary. We have ups and downs; mostly downs. I admit, most of the time I am at fault. I am, as was my father, and grandfather before him, a home-body.  Oh, I’m sorry. I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Courtney Halverson, of the Long Island Halversons. I am the sixth generation of this, shall we say, elite family. I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth. I was born with a gold spoon in my mouth. Perhaps I am a bit of a snob, but Lulu is snobbier than I...lCuone door

    To Mine Own Self Be True

    TW: substance abuse Alchy- A lush, heavy drinker, a boozer, partierAlchy- an alcoholic, continued excessive and uncontrollable use of alcohol.Agghh…Ooooh…blaaarrgh!!! He woke up again with the familiar pain and sickness, not even running for the toilet. He had staged a small trash can next to the couch he passed out on, anticipating waking up. After a few hurls of black stringy substance and a few dry heaves, he sat up straight and grabbed a handtowel lying on the coffee table to wipe the sweat www.onedoor.ccstreaming from his forehead.Whoooh..he exhaled a long breath, catching his composure. God, I’ve got ...lCuone door

    The Long March of the Silent Sentinels

    Lucy Lovell Could outrun any of the boys in her sixth grade class.  It was June 1910 and this would most likely be her final year at Marsh Flats School since girls didn't need a formal education like the boys did."You ain't nothing but a tomboy, Lucy Lovell." Gunther Borsch Yelled as she crossed the finish line in her bare feet."I beat you, Gunther. That's a fact." She yelled back her retort.  Gunther's plump face turned red as some of the onlookers laughed.Her father Zachiah was sitting on the buck board loosely holding the reins of Jezebel, their quarter horse waiting for her. "I see ya won...lCuone door

    Rainfall

    What did I think of her? Well, she was just sort of there. Our sisters introduced us and we were both too shy to speak. I think we were six. I didn’t even know they were our neighbors. They lived a couple houses down, next to my gramma’s house. Actually, her house was more like an apartment attached to the back of a beauty shop. When I started going over there I thought it was so cool, like a maze. I would enter through the garage into her living room and kitchen. From there I went straight down a back hallway and turned left then right for the bathroom, or just turned right and went through o...lCuone door

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