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"Fiction"

  • MISSING

    The last of the series is about an American who stayed over in Vietnam. He is photographed by a journalist and his picture is posted in a magazine. The Vietnamese family that he now has is worried that he might have another family in The US.

    Robert Olen Butler Rober... Sep 20, 2018 14 min read
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  • A Dark Brown Dog

    This powerful tale of cruelty and sorrow has at least two levels. The first is a sad story about a dog and a very young child, who administers both protection and cruelty, until the dog's tragic death at the hands of the child's father. It is also an allegory and social criticism of post-Civil War Reconstruction, in which the dog represents recently freed slaves who continue to be mistreated under the pretense of being free; the child is the new generation of white Southerners who have good intentions to attempt protecting African-Americans, but haven't matured enough to offer a safe and nurturing environment; and the father embodies Jim Crow Laws, which enforced segregation and suppression of African Americans, stripping their rights, even though they are supposedly freemen, protected by Federal civil rights.

    Stephen Crane Steph... Sep 20, 2018 10 min read
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  • God Sees the Truth, But Waits

    A story about a merchant and how an unexpected event changes his life for the worse, but in a way, for the better.

    Leonid Andreyev Leoni... Sep 20, 2018 12 min read
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  • Trisha: A Soldier's Daughter

    Trisha always wonders why is her father never at home unlike the fathers of all her friends.

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    Aug 6, 2018 8 min read
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  • NorthWorld: A Viking Fantasy Saga

    Follow Thorgaut Kabbisson on his journey to becoming king of the North and a young Viking boy's growth into manhood to become the hero of legends and campfire tales.

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    Apr 27, 2018 42 min read
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  • Donkey-Man

    I first learned that Ditha was a human when my father one day tested my learning about numbers and counting. "Son, how many animals are in our courtyard?" he asked me one afternoon in early fall before the winter rain began. Ten," I replied with a triumphant smile. "No. Try again," he encouraged. Eager to prove my prowess, I counted on my fingers to ensure none were missed."Three goats, two cows, one buffalo, one horse, one donkey, one dog, and one Ditha." "Oh, no, son. Ditha is not an animal.

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    Muham...
    Jan 30, 2018 8 min read
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  • The Woman Who Consumed My Life

    Shahid's life changed when he found the love of his life, Nandita. He loved her more than anything and for a long time it seemed as if she loved him back too, but when Shahid finds out that she did not want to be with him, he decides to take a drastic step.

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    Nov 25, 2017 10 min read
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  • Why Me? Why Us?

    Amna had been leading a very normal life; she is a student, aiming to be a doctor. But when violence between opposing sects erupts in her country, everything in her life starts falling apart. She is not able to make sense of why all of this was happening to us.

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    Habib...
    Jul 13, 2017 14 min read
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