Tag: short story
member name: Mary Beth Magee
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June 08, 2008 11:10 PM EDT --
He was tall and (in my eyes, at least) handsome. I was flattered by his attention and eventually yielded to his wooing. We were wed, and I felt the world was a beautiful dream. We made a perfect set. . . .
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February 03, 2008 12:17 PM EST --
Kelly stood silently, watching the ripples spread across the water. He hadn't expected to be so shaken by the simple action of tossing a box from a bridge. Yet he felt rattled to the core. . . .
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June 18, 2008 01:40 PM EDT --
When I got the summons, I was psyched up to serve and do my civic duty. Who knows? Maybe I'll get to serve on a case worthy of a bestseller. At the very least, it will be grist for the old writing . . .
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January 05, 2008 08:13 PM EST --
Here's the Sentence for week 30:
"A steady wind blew across the meadow, slowly erasing the footprints which disturbed the newly fallen snow."
The required . . .
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April 01, 2008 08:00 AM EDT --
What a whirlwind day yesterday was...
First let me thank you all for your prayers and thoughts. Daisy (my sister in California) printed off your kind comments and took them to Mama, so she was wrapped . . .
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December 26, 2007 03:11 PM EST --
After a frustrating week of "Page cannot be displayed" I am finally able to get into Gather and other sites. Hallelujah! I am actively investigating alternative ISPs.
Here's . . .
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March 01, 2008 10:13 PM EST --
There was music, the kind that never went away: the Stones and the Doors, Janis Joplin, very early Pink Floyd. It was one of those evenings.
There I stood, amazed and wondering . . .
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March 22, 2008 10:51 PM EDT --
Dateline: Tinseltown – An anonymous informant revealed rock idol Rocker Hero has been arrested on charges of passing out sandwiches made with roast beef, mushrooms and bleu cheese on moldy . . .
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April 14, 2008 12:46 PM EDT --
"To Bob and Carol!" That heartfelt toast came from the best man. We all toasted Bob and Carol.
"To Mr. and Mrs. Wilson!" Bob's dad stood up and made that one. We lifted our . . .
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February 17, 2008 01:08 PM EST --
The news reports were solemn, discussing the explosion which rocked the archaeological dig and celebrating that no lives were lost. Investigators reported the cause as a pocket of explosive gas . . .
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November 14, 2008 10:06 AM EST --
I thought I'd give you an update on Mama, the original Judge of the Short Story First Line Challenge
She is stronger than she was when I arrived. She's getting up more and beginning . . .
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March 27, 2008 02:14 PM EDT --
As the moderator of a writing competition group (Short Story First Line Challenge - http://firstlinego.gather.com ), I am constantly amazed by the variety of directions the authors take from the same . . .
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March 30, 2008 01:24 PM EDT --
Jack threw the papers on the table beside Sue's plate, then turned and left the room. She put her coffee cup down and picked up the blue-wrapped document with trepidation. It looked very official. . . .
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June 03, 2008 08:11 PM EDT --
Dear Gather Friends,
Here's the latest on my mother, from my California sister. This is the surgery we managed to avoid a few months ago.
Your prayers mean a lot to her, so I humbly ask once . . .
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August 12, 2007 01:28 PM EDT --
Sweat dripped down his face as he ran past a sea of ruined tombstones. Katrina had left everything in Hancock County in shambles, even the hallowed ground in which his love lay buried. As he neared . . .
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August 14, 2007 10:03 PM EDT --
Sarapeña set the dial and pushed the button. The aperture snapped shut. She adjusted her chapeau as the whirring of escape mode began.
When the whirring stopped, she pushed aside . . .
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October 25, 2008 05:47 PM EDT --
Dear Friends,
It's been way too long since I've managed to get online here at Gather and I offer you all my deepest apologies for disappearing so abruptly. Here is the Cliff Notes version . . .
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August 27, 2007 07:33 PM EDT --
Carlo whistled a barcarole* as he careened along Carondelet* toward the Lascar* Inn. His recent incarceration in Cartagena* left his carcass scared and scarred, but he carefully hid a cargo of fear behind . . .
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September 22, 2007 02:27 PM EDT --
The First Line Challenge Sentence for the 19th competition is borrowed from literature, with apologies and thanks to Charles Dickens. While I don’t claim it to be an original first line, I do feel . . .
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September 30, 2007 06:56 PM EDT --
I'm feeling a bit prophetic right now - my sentence for this competition turned out to be only too true. It IS the best of times - we have 112 members! But it is also the worst of times - many of our . . .
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