Bar snack

When I was 35, I lived right on Venice Beach in Los Angeles, overlooking Muscle Beach and the White Men Can’t Jump basketball courts. My neighborhood was a frequent location for movies, and for television[…]

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New family

New Family by po469 My name is Paul. I'm a couple months short of my 16th birthday. I live with my dad, Nick, but not my mom because she died in a car wreck when[…]

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Detention 9

Typically I hated going to school, but after spending time with Chris for the majority of the weekend, I was actually excited about seeing his face in class. I had fallen asleep smiling Sunday night,[…]

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The new years eve party

As the two girls saw what was being shown at the natural history exhibit, depicting the life of the Native American family, they blushed, turned their heads and hurriedly walked away. A hand covered one[…]

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A clear conscience

Me and Lanie sat next to each-other on the couch, watching some crappy cowboy movie on AMC with old actors that only my grandparents would recognize. I really hated western movies, but I had settled[…]

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Family ties

Act 1 Little Ione woke up in her bed as the noise from the TV downstairs blared the sounds of a action movie throughout the house. Her face twisted into a frown at the uncaring[…]

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Carly's new life

Carly considered herself a good girl or now a good woman. She didn’t smoke or do drugs and she drank only in moderation. She’d been raised in a close family and well versed in ethics[…]

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