Finished Folds (261—280)
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6Probably better off, thought a dark part of her mind, but she squashed the idea back down into her subconscious. This was a new page in the notebook of her life.
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7The gathering crowd began to boo and launch soft, mushy tomatoes at the unfortunate sea creature. Red juices slid down Det. Manatee's slimy skin as he discarded the pitchfork.
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4more damage, instead walking to the station and boarding a train. There were ways to get around without relying on eerie, magical portals, he'd decided.
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3like a sailboat launching into a calm lake. Mary gradually developed a taste for the poison. Joan's small, stingy doses allowed Mary to build up her strong resistance to arsenic.
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3in the reverse cowgirl position, then blushed furiously and tore the page from his journal. He scrunched it up and tossed it in the trash. Some dreams should stay as fantasies.
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5he sprang into the sky and sailed away from the foodies who would dine on his froggy little legs. They tried to catch him, but couldn't grip Billy's slimy toad skin. He was free!
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4outermost town limits. Every building had ramps, elevators, handicap bathrooms and generous disabled parking. Cripple Creek, despite the distasteful name, became a haven for those
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3saying, something about forks. Maybe. Milky forks? I shook my head, frustrated at my spotty memory. Ever since I'd been abducted by aliens, I seemed to forget things more often.
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5"Woah, woah, Tony, my friend," Joe said, holding up his hands. He made soothing gestures at the armed man. Tony bristled and reached for the trigger. "You and I both know that it's
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3The package of poison darts arrived at 9am, so I loaded up and went to find Dan. I got to his workplace and asked to see him, but the manager said he'd fled over the border. Damn!
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3I leapt up onto the sunny windowsill and stretched luxuriously, letting out a lazy yawn. I settled in for the first of many, many naps in the gentle heat of the afternoon sun.
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6My cat does, though. I sit at the armchair by the window and watch him sprint around the lawn. He was soaked and looked like a mad beast with his fur plastered down. My dog napped
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6beginning to lap at her ankles. The storm was coming in and the waves grew more violent, turning the ocean white with foam. Your grandmother clawed her way up the sandy beach,
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7th such potent rage that she found herself digging her fingernails into her palms. The anger filled her body, tensing her muscles and sending her heart racing. Hrengor was in for
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2Paul had been abandoned by everyone he once held dear to him. He joined a street gang, making a living through robbery, kidnapping and extortion. It was his revenge on society.
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1swirling, writhing tower. The sand tornado rose high into the sky and spun with the ferocity of a thousand devils. It began to suck nearby objects into the wild vortex of sand.
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5his abusive childhood. Thrust out of his home at a young age, always on unstable ground, he was always volatile and prone to explode at any moment. But that's volcanoes for you.
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2does he? He waves his bunch of carrots about shamelessly, proclaiming that they help with seeing in the dark. He paid no special favours to mother; he was a true carrot socialist.
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5emotions. The horned lizard knew the reverence he inspired in us, and bade us to worship him as a God. "All hail the Lizard God," the masses chanted. His tongue flicked happily.
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3She received dozens of responses from eager gay men, begging her to be their sugar daddy. For some reason, they seemed turned off when she told them she was a girl. Strange.