Category: Fiction Corner
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FIRST KISS
At 18, Carrie had never kissed a boy. In fact, the thought made her insides want to come out. How did people enjoy exchanging saliva? Mouths aren’t that sexy. And yet, she always wondered what was so attractive about kissing, especially the french ones that looked like a guide to catching a nasty mouth infection…
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Caught
It’s 9 p.m. when she finally leaves. Annie watches as her friend Christine waves goodbye after a 3-hour visit. She smiles a closed-lipped smile that doesn’t quite reach her eyes. As much as she loves her dear friend, the last 2 hours have been mentally draining. As Christine’s car screeches away from the visitors parking…
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The THANK YOU Card
“Thank you,” she said as her lips curled up in a smile to mask her breaking heart. He smiled an accomplished smile, as if he’d bought her the best Valentine’s Day present ever. It was 2013, one week after Valentine’s Day, and they were sitting on his bed in the lone room he occupied in…
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Love and Understanding – CHAPTER 1
“I love you.” Karen stopped dead in her tracks, the 70 degree heat suddenly feeling like 97. In slow motion, as though afraid to see sincerity in his eyes, she turned to face him. They stood on the sidewalk in front of a small french bistro two blocks from her apartment complex. Here she was,…
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Breakthrough Dream
I had a dream last night. I think it meant something. Enter dreamland… I’m driving home from work on a Friday afternoon. There’s been a storm warning which because of the sheer stubbornness in me, I decide to ignore. I drive my way through Southeast D.C without a hiccup. The clouds are gathering; dark clouds that cover…
Akanji 