... Vivian eased herself out of the warmth of the immense bed and made her way towards the hallway. The hall was dimly lit with candles and it seemed to go on forever, the glow of amber from the candles fading as you followed them down into a dark cave. The sound of the enormous, oak door opening followed by a strong gust of crisp, early winter wind sharpened Vivian's senses as she ... began to run down the dark hall towards the top of the staircase. "Jake?" she called, reaching the top of the stairs. "Oh Jake, honey, is that you?" she said running down the stairs. When she reached the bott...

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• Grade Level: High School

... my next beer and with the other two concealed, I drove off. Hells Bells echoed, blasting in my ears while I pushed my automobile to the max. I zoomed by cars, driving at a steady one hundred miles per hour. It was such a rush. Within thirty minutes, I had finished the last drink. When I threw the empty can out the mouth of it was facing me and the wind splattered beer foam all ... , one like you would see at a drive through at McDonald's, and the huge fence slid open. After we pulled in and the fence was securely locked behind us, my chauffeur forcefully escorted me into the prison. With...

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• Grade Level: High School

... . 'Must be really scared to be seeing things,' he thought, and moved on, only to be blocked by...a wolf? The wolf growled and stared at him, ready to attack. "What the-" he started when he got pounced on by something fairly heavy. "Oof!" The wind got knocked out of him, and he quickly scrabbled up. He looked behind him and saw a full-grown tiger ... , snarling. Looking in front, the wolf was looking past him, at the tiger. It tilted its head, then shook it and, without warning, leaped and pushed the man down onto the road. The tiger bit down on his hand and ... very happy to see her ther...

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• Grade Level: High School

A Last Wish On a warm spring day on Sept. 23 1978 in the little town of Beaufort, Carolina, when the wind smells of pine and the flowers bloom, Matthew remembers his senior year at Regan High and Jennifer, the girl who changed his life. "Welcome back students, how was everyone's summer?" Mrs. Wilson asked us. Sitting in the back row was me Matthew Shepard, walking in late was ... was a gas station around the next turn the other car kept banging me on the side so I took a sharp turn and slammed right in to the gas pump, the gas station when up in flames, the next day I went to court and the ju...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate