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Strideo
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A man was home alone late one night when he saw a ghost. The ghost frightened him so much that he ran and hid in the closet. The man hid and hid and never came out again.
The end.
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090817
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Strideo
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A monkey stole a pipping hot pie. When he returned to the forest and tried to eat the pie he burned his mouth and didn't enjoy the pie at all. Now the monkey is afraid of pies.
The end.
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090817
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Strideo
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Tod was invited to Dr. Acula's mansion for dinner. It turned out that Dr. Acula was actually Dracula. Dracula drank all of Tod's blood and killed him.
The end.
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090817
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Novelito
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Several monoliths stood upon a great plain, arranged in a circular formation. For many days the wind blew and it rained a lot, too. Many elk passed near the site yet were unimpressed, prefering the splendor of the forest. The monoliths were unphased and continued to stand erect.
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Strideo
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A giant squid, a Labrador retriever, and a chinchilla walk into a bar. They each order their favorite drinks. Then the bartender asked them "Hey! Where's the punchline?"
The end.
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090818
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In_Bloom
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One man and one woman agree to meet and share straight talk over scotch, eyes locked one another. They walk parallels behind their smiles then decide to cross and link their paths, traversed by palm facing palm, fingers folding over and between.
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Hi
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The tarragon squares were unbearably delicious, and she could not stop eating them. There was a loud crash in another room. She grabbed another tarragon square and went to find the source of the great noise. Sure enough, a pegasus had flown right through the big bay window in the living room. "Not again," she sighed.
The end.
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Strideo
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The unbearably long road had worn the traveler's shoes thin. He had journeyed for days and days and at last he had reached the inn. As he settled down at a table for a hot meal it suddenly donned on him "I forgot my coin purse!"
The end.
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090818
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phil
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A man was walking down a path. It killed him.
The End
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090818
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ever dumbening
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gravel crunched under the tires, reality sounding not unlike the work of a hollywood foley artist, as the small japanese car approched the barbed wire checkpoint. papers and the interior of the car were checked. the car and its passengers continued, as did the rain.
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090818
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seth was terrified on the inside, but cool as can be on the outside. the audition results were not to his liking, however. three years later he tried again. the time in peru had improved his playing enough to win him the spot among the cellos of the chicago symphony. after 22 years he grew weary and retired. he always struggled to remember the name of his high school basketball coach; that seemed less important now, though.
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Strideo
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Sweat dripped from Al Harrison's brow as he carefully studied the bomb. "Hey Al! Just cut the red wire!" James, Al's partner, joked nervously over the radio. But Al wasn't laughing; all of the wires were red. He followed one to it's connector and made his decision. "Okay, I think I've got it. I just need to cut this one right he-"
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TCMT
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The man was sitting on the stairs, head resting against the hard wall, grunting--a grunt that seem to tremble in an unusual way; he was trying to breathe. But the wound was too deep and his lung was pierced. He grunted again. It was deflated, collapsing in on himself. He could not finish the grunt, his last imcomplete task.
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090819
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Strideo
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The Alarm at the End of the Room
Charles was a man who always put his alarm clock at the other end of his room. He always seemed to have trouble waking up in the morning and the thought was that by doing this it would force him to get out of bed to turn off the alarm. One morning Charles got up but he never made it to the alarm clock at the end of the room.
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090826
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daxle
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She pounded 6 2'long steel stakes into the desert, erected a monkey hut, stuffed all her belongings into a too small tent, and discovered there was almost no room for her bed. The air pump kept slipping out of the air mattress, and each time she'd plug the air mattress with her finger while getting the adapter back on the pump, until one time she unwittingly plugged the pump instead. Reluctantly, as blood was getting everywhere, she gave up on sealing the mattress and wandered into the night towards medical help.
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He fluctuated.
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a_big_lobster
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My vodka tonic glass sat on my bedside table. My cat licked the rim of the glass. I looked at the internet and thought about failed relationships. I walked into the kitchen and ate eight pistachios. My cat was still licking my glass when I came back. My cat might be drunk.
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Ouroboros
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"You OK honey?" he asked, appearing out of nowhere. I picked myself and the bike off the ground and replied in the affirmative, but he asked again and moved closer and but his hands on my waist. I said, "Get your fucking hands off me!" Stormed away down to the subway where my hands shook as I bought my ticket.
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Ernest Hemingway
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For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn
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ergo
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She mended his broken heart.
When it was whole again he left.
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unhinged
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youngstown made me who i am today. never underestimate the location of a story's impact on character development
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Strideo
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Reggie had had enough. He hadn't sleep in three days. This time he would end it for sure. He climbed a ladder and reached for the ceiling. They'd be sorry. They'd all be sorry. He taped a boom box to the ceiling with the speakers facing up. It was time to return fire!
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I should proof read
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*slept
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090921
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... Fanna Mon Tuna ...
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That last one, Strideo, is my favorite so far.
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paste!
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Ross decided to go bowling one night. At the lanes, he had to go to bathroom. After about a liter, slivers of jalapeno exited his ureter, sploshing into the metallic urinal. Within moments the jalapenos grew flagella and tiny legs and propelled themselves aimlessly through the briny slosh. He walked away slowly, backing up step by step, hands behind feeling for the door.
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...but the puppy found the hand grenade in a grocery store, he said. she wasn't listening. in THIS grocery store. she was texting. in THIS aisle! she hit send. his phone vibrated and the screen said "ted i'm tired of the puppy with grenade in mouth story. we need butter"
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paste!
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ricky the bat flew into a billboard, screwed up his radar. his friend hobbs helped him back to the cave. eat this, the witch doctor bat said. he ate a strange bug with 18 golden antennae. ricky got up, went for a test run through the catacombs, dodging crag after stalagtite, sensing every turn, really knowing the lair. oh man, i feel like keanu from the matrix. bats love sci-fi films.
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TCMT
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Five times. She decided then that it would be the last one. She sharpened razor blades. She made the proper preparations.
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