Archive for the ‘Short Stories’ Category
Friday, January 11th, 2008
Jim was the son of a cowboy, and lived on the broad plains of Arizona. His father had trained him to lasso a bronco or a young bull with perfect accuracy, and had Jim possessed the strength to back up his skill he would have been as good a cowboy ...
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008
Mary-Marie wanted something to do. Her mother had died years before, and the cruel king had commanded her father to join the royal army and march into far-off countries to do battle. She could not even guess when he would return; indeed, few of the soldiers of the king's army ...
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Monday, January 7th, 2008
No one intended to leave Martha alone that afternoon, but it happened that everyone was called away, for one reason or another. Mrs. McFarland was attending the weekly card party held by the Women’s Anti-Gambling League. Sister Nell’s young man had called quite unexpectedly to take her for a long ...
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Monday, January 7th, 2008
I DO NOT know exactly what naughty thing Princess Nelebel had done. Perhaps she had been making eyes at the Gnomes–which all fairies are forbidden to do. Anyway, she had been guilty of something so sadly unfairy-like, ...
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