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She was born in a flower pot at the city. Too much noise, too few flowers. So, off she flew, away from the city. But all she found was a desert. Big red rocks, dangerous looking lizards, spiders, scorpions, snakes…. Not much water… Only a few low woody bushes…. She felt hungry, thirsty and afraid, and started to regret Read more
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They lived in an isolated island. The rest of the world was very close, though, separated from their island by a narrow canal. In years past, some tried crossing the canal to the other side, but were swallowed alive by the sea creatures that populate the passage. But it hasn’t been like this forever. Legend says that Read more
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He is crossing the desert after the man who killed his father. The crossing is though, but the need for revenge keeps him going. After days in open desert, he finally reaches a village. The story of the murder and his seek for revenge travelled faster than he did, though, and the townsfolk knew who Read more
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She wasn’t really superstitious. Or maybe she was, just never admitted. The kind of person that follows the Spanish saying “Yo no creo en Brujas, pero que las hay, las hay”. Like she didn’t believe in ghosts, but would not put her feet on a cemetery at night. She graduated on Economic studies and worked for Read more
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It was the year of his 70th birthday and he had a dream. To take the bike and some friends and ride from the place where he was living, Berkeley, CA USA, to the place where he was born and raised, Salvador, BA Brasil. He was a capoeira mestre and had several pupils or peer Read more
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It was the night before the vernal equinox. The wood fairies were busy in wrapping up winter and getting everything ready for spring. In the bark of the trees, pupae are about to hatch, just in time for the equinox festival. Now, the day has come! Night and day have the same length and life Read more
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The world was colorful and happy. Except for Griswald. Griswald lived in the gray forest and liked it like this. He didn’t care about colors and happiness. For him the entire world could be gray. But that was not really his problem. As long as people didn’t bother him, he would keep quiet on his Read more
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We’re 7 in our photography classes. So our teacher assigned to each of us a color of the rainbow for our essays. I got red. Red???? Seriously???? I would have liked to have green, and go to a forest for nice pictures with the sun rays finding their way in through the tree branches full Read more
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She was born in a flower pot at the city. She didn’t like it there much, though. Too much noise, too few flowers. So, off she flew, away from the city. But the city was in an arid area and all she found was a desert. Big red rocks, dangerous looking lizards, spiders, scorpions, snakes…. Not much water… Read more
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It’s been 20 years now he has left his home country, Deutschland. That was when he married the love of his life and moved to the USA to build a family with his American bride. They have a happy family, with two amazing teenage boys, a fun dog, a nice house, good jobs. Then one day, he Read more
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It was the opening night of the great and spectacular illusionism show. The public was excited. But only Aluin knew it would actually be his closing night. So many years bringing magic and awe to people’s life, made him feel his own life was lacking some of that wonder. Knowing the tricks took the magic away and consumed Read more
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The day was supposed to be joyful. The big day party was about to begin and the boats were arriving full of guests. All seemed well and excitement was in the air. Then suddenly, as the gates were about to open so the festivities could start, a scream was heard coming from the house. There Read more
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It is the morning of the rodeo. The horses are still calm. Billy has no horse assigned to him yet. He tries to look at each horse in the eyes. They don’t seem very fond of cowboys, bastards who tickles their flanks and don’t deserve to ride them. Then Billy notices a young horse that seems more Read more
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Catirina is at the end of her pregnancy and her baby is due soon. She had rough times during pregnancy, when she craved ox tongue. Francisco killed their master’s prized bull to satisfy her cravings, enraging master, who went after them. But Francisco and Catirina managed to resuscitate the bull with the help of shaman wizardry, making Read more
