Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Self reflection

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CHAPTER III - SHE'S GOT A TICKET TO RIDE They would be due back in eight days. The trip to Paris was to last six days, five nights; and on the return leg they had an option of going to some up-scale health spa in North Carolina or staying in New York and find' themselves at some seminar - retreat kind of thing. A rather open... More..

Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Death

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CHAPTER XI The fine sound of a soft tap, not unlike beginning rain, murmured on up the stairs to my partially open door; I'd not be working so much as handling the bones of my recent effort. Then, again: I'd grab a ragged towel, wipe my hands before dancing down the stairs; another "rap-tap" urged itself up the stairs. The c... More..

Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Life

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Write CHAPTER II We would be challenged to the ends of our marrow in such ways that I really only now understand. I'd be in the dark through much of this enlightenment. Stubbing my toes on family business proved the least of it: seeing my daughter get harassed after school began the process; I wouldn't know the level to whic... More..

Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Adventure

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SHE'S GOT A TICKET TO RIDE CHAPTER V Back home or not, Janine now became nestled underground, with her head slightly above. The thing that hung heavy would be that from now on, there'd be no turning back. Everything inside, now, would be brought up, forward. The spare dormitory accommodations felt cold, anonymous, having tha... More..

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Unusual encounters

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SHE'S GOT A TICKET TO RIDE - Final Chapter CHAPTER XI The fine sound of a soft tap, not unlike beginning rain, murmured on up the stairs to my partially open door; I'd not be working so much as handling the bones of my recent effort. Then, again: I'd grab a ragged towel, wipe my hands before dancing down the stairs; another ... More..

Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Suspense

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She's Got a Ticket To Ride -CHAPTER IV,V and VI Janine would walk to the nearest rail station. She would yet be in this reaching, heightened state...touching through time, she would describe it. The many people in the rail station became closer, feeling a common connection. Now, as she came from the ticket window, visions of ... More..

Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Uncertainty

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Subject : Communique: If's and's and butts I have to wonder just how far we have come in our ability to communicate with each other. It is amazing that, at every possible moment, we can view, call, fax, text message and IM, our closest friends and associates in an immediate time frame - yet there are serious gaps in our under... More..

Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Fantasy

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SHE'S GOT A TICKET TO RIDE November 1991 CHAPTER I The first snow is tight in the air the way deliberate words begin in the back of your throat-heavy cold, imbued with meaning: my window must be open, even in November; clean air now circulates through the acrid, oily odors of my work. My day is easy, very direct, little... More..

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