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  • Pen and the Magic Library
  • Lying Anna
  • Planned Obsolescence
  • TAP TAP TAP
  • Pen and the Magic Library

    The winter wind breezed under my wings, the frozen earth a blur 800 feet below me, the boiled peach sun sat low on the evergreens far in the distance.“Time to call it a day.” I said to my travelling companions.“Thank goodness! My wings are like jelly!” replied Orval, the snowy owl on my right.I glanced surreptitiously to my left at Perky, the osprey. She was the smallest of us. The pretty bird of prey was doing a valiant job of not only keeping up, but not complaining either. I was impressed.“There’s a farm down there, with a barn. It’ll be warm and my feet are frozen.” Said Orval. ‘Complainer...Ux0one door

    Lying Anna

    “Anna, one of these days all these lies will get you in a lot of trouble,” warned Mom for the hundredth time.But did Anna listen? No. Eight-year old Anna just shook her head full of dark curls defiantly and went on telling lies. She told lies when she did not have to. She told lies even when telling the truth would be a lot easier.“Anna is that my magic eraser you are using?” asked Samantha, her best friend. “Did you take it from my pencil case without asking?”“No, it’s not yours.” replied Anna, as she continued erasing. “It’s mine.” “No it’s not. My name is written on it,” responded Samantha ...Ux0one door

    Planned Obsolescence

    His cover was at the momewww.onedoor.ccnt flexible and secure.  mostly. There were definitely some faults in his joints.  Zedd could trouble shoot that though, a bit of the fix-it paste on it now should do the trick. He would rather avoid a wardrobe malfunction. He knew what it looked like, an android trying to skate on an old wadding cover, avoiding ‘maintenance’ but Zedd also knew the difference between an actual problem and a cheap way into a chopshop. If the answer is even potentially tacky, or fabric based it was worth it.  Besides temps were available at any hardware store, sure they were almost never...Ux0one door

    TAP TAP TAP

    TAP TAP TAP! It felt like a dream, sounding like drops of water at the bathroom sink. I was so tired because I had been up till 1AM studying for my finals that I just turned away from the window, but the noise would not go away! MILA! MILA! The voice whispered that I heard sounding so far away. I finally realized who it was and said leave me alone Mordecai, I'm trying to sleep and besides do you know what time it is? It's 3 in the morning, what are you doing here anyway?Mila, please let me in I'm in trouble, some boys i was playing with are now chasing me now with baseball bats! I jumped up fr...Ux0one door

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