Tag: story
member name: Gretchen Lee Bourquin
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March 01, 2008 09:42 AM 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 that could stretch to days. Adam's father . . .
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July 11, 2008 10:15 AM EDT --
My content on Gather, for the most part falls into one of the following categories:
Poetry
Short Stories
Novel Excerpts
Reviews
Bloggy/Op-ed Stuff
Questions I really want answers . . .
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June 18, 2007 07:31 AM EDT --
They walked past my apartment building for the first time three months ago. The man atop them had polished them "see your reflection" shiny. Good men's shoes. Only they were red. Bright maraschino . . .
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March 02, 2008 09:46 PM EST --
Cyxel entered the cave just after sundown. They had stopped following her, she thought. She drilled a hole with a stick until she hit moisture. Then she waited.
"Mikon, . . .
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February 20, 2008 11:04 PM EST --
Over the last couple weeks I have started to easae may way back into writing and a more literary life. I lifted a long Gather Hiatus by posting a political article. I've been commenting more, and I . . .
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February 21, 2008 12:49 PM EST --
I throw confetti
against the wall
to see what sticks
Watch the colored scraps
fall and float
scatter
at my feet
as I fight foot traffic
On my hands and knees
I pick
at each precise . . .
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August 24, 2008 03:48 PM EDT --
Did you write a book? Have a longer story that isn't getting the reads you want? Give us the first paragraph and a link. Can You hook us into reading more?
This is inspired by Aaron LaZaar's . . .
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February 28, 2008 06:23 PM EST --
Nearly everyone has heard of Mary Shelley's classic "Frankenstein"-- the more fortunate have read it. In my own writing, I have realized that I create characters in much the same way as . . .
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December 31, 2006 10:37 PM EST --
When my sister Lucy and I were little girls, we promised each other we would never let a man enslave us the way our Daddy had enslaved our Mama. I also promised Lucy I would always take care of . . .
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March 29, 2007 06:13 AM EDT --
I've always loved that story game where someone starts a story, stops and the next person takes it over passes it on and so forth. It is a great way to release creativity. There will be a related group, . . .
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January 15, 2007 06:38 PM EST --
Kylion cried as he watched his mother loaded onto the carriage and taken away. He watched intently as it turned around the corner, and just as suddenly, as the carriage disappeared Kylion . . .
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July 03, 2008 12:45 PM EDT --
Chapter One
In the voice of Mary Jeanette (Jennie) Halifax
Oct 01, 1990 - October 5, 1990
Leifton, MN
Daddy died in one of those freak tractor accidents you think only happens in the movies. . . .
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March 29, 2007 06:11 AM EDT --
The used bookstore on 5th Street was not the most popular place, at first. It was located olding across the street from the Barnes and Noble, it smelled funny, due to the residency of . . .
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January 07, 2007 12:23 AM EST --
Prologue
Cora walked into Aertis' cottage just as she had every morning for the last few months.
"Good, you're here," Aertis declared. Cora paid no mind to . . .
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January 01, 2007 12:25 AM EST --
please note-- this will be much more fulfilling, and make more sense if you've read Chapter 1-- thanks!
I didn't think it was proper for Nathaniel . . .
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March 28, 2007 05:32 AM EDT --
As writers and artists we all have our standards, right? We want to express ourselves, be heard, etc. For every poem, story, essay, novel chapter, photograph, painting, drawing, etc. we are putting a it . . .
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January 08, 2007 10:06 PM EST --
Fade to Black
You flew in through the open window
with your patchwork Technicolor cape
the superhero suit
you put together from thrift shop finds
and pulled me out of the burning . . .
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