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			<title>I Killed Esmeralda Deane</title>
			<description>Ayisha DarlingHunter FoleyMartine CuttyIsaiah YoungbloodWheatton I killed Esmeralda Deane.Ayisha Darling a librarian </description>
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			<title>How Awful Christmas Is</title>
			<description>Abound was the season,							Awful Christmas the reason,						Folks would scour the earth for a deal.				Shopping in and about the outlet malls,				Somehow tolerate the tune: Deck t&amp;rsquo; Halls.				Parade on then home; have the horses sledged,			Down on the lanes the ploughs hadn&amp;rsquo;t dredged.		..</description>
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			<title>Echoes on the Water</title>
			<description>&amp;ldquo;That rogue Rashar looked up thinking he might have heard a sound or a voice. Speaking to him from the cliffs of the cove. He could not properly hear the words, but he thought it said a name. And he saw no one and no thing. Not even a gull or a crab. Like a whisper, he told himself, it must ha..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/2088877/</link>
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			<title>A Knight's Loyal Retinue</title>
			<description>&amp;ldquo;Our story begins in the west. With two of our heroes. The first was Jabar Eloy of Zarutesh. Aboard the merchant sailing vessel Riptide. He came from across the sea. Almost another world away. Baron by birth, the proud Sir Jabar Eloy turned away from his life of privilege and became an errant ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/2088876/</link>
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			<title>Once Upon a Time</title>
			<description>&amp;ldquo;Hush now, little ones! Hush now! Hush now, and come in close. It&amp;rsquo;s high time you learned of the other days. And it&amp;rsquo;s time you heard about the other ones.&amp;rdquo; The children, of which there were five, gathered around the old woman, who lay in bed next to the fire. And they were hu..</description>
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			<title>Azalea</title>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/2088873/</link>
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			<title>The Ogre</title>
			<description>Subsequent glances were a marvel to Darius, as much as the first. Everywhere he turned he saw beauty abound. The waterfall, the lights, the pond; all were exceptional things in this faerie world. He looked up to the ceiling which he thought must be the source of the light. There, its gold smoulder s..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1505899/</link>
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			<title>Introduction</title>
			<description>As the empyrean gods drew their final breaths, a treacherous and ambitious being, of whom no one took notice, stood by with a cup in his hand. The cutthroat of a man was the feeble servant of the evil queen of faeries, and the all-powerful goddess Andraste. His name was Dastor.While Andraste stepped..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1505897/</link>
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			<title>The Grotto</title>
			<description>The chamber floor sloped slightly, and the ground was wet, so Darius tumbled further and dirtied himself more than he would have enjoyed. Upon stopping, he leapt to his feet and drew his sword. He brandished it dangerously in the pitch black; barely holding it in the faces of his two companions. Yet..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1501857/</link>
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			<title>The Burnt City</title>
			<description>A dragon comes to the city of Kassem.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1494249/</link>
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			<title>The Blood of the First Gods</title>
			<description>The travellers enter the cave.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1491588/</link>
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			<title>The Chalice of Blood</title>
			<description>&amp;ldquo;...You tempt the gods, Evander!&amp;rdquo; Those words haunted him.Evander rode dangerously across the desert. He pushed his horse on, even as it started to tire. And as the day star sailed into the horizon, the mare&amp;rsquo;s legs eventually gave out, and Evander was flung from the saddle. Ere Eva..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1491095/</link>
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			<title>Queen of Faeries</title>
			<description>My first short story to include Andraste the Queen of the Fae.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1491077/</link>
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			<title>The Nomads</title>
			<description>In their descent of the mountain, three travellers come across a cave.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1486940/</link>
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			<title>The Rider</title>
			<description>A rider learns she is closing in on her prey.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1478199/</link>
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			<title>Teeth of the Jackal</title>
			<description>A renowned adventurer is hired to slay a dragon plaguing the land. To find the beast he ventures into the desert, while an assassin with a vendetta against him rides on his tail.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1478197/</link>
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			<title>How Awful Christmas Is</title>
			<description>One for the season.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1460473/</link>
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			<title>Flamenco</title>
			<description>A dancer has her way with a man.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1439294/</link>
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			<title>Saviour</title>
			<description>A man is talked off the ledge of a tall building.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1438175/</link>
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			<title>Limb From Limb</title>
			<description>Lucy stirred, shooting upright to the drum of her own heart beating; on the peal of thunder. She sat wide awake, recovering from what could only have been, a terrifying dream. But Lucy wasn&amp;rsquo;t afraid of thunder, in fact she enjoyed watching the flash of lightning, feeling the rumble up to her c..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1437709/</link>
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			<title>It Came From the Deep</title>
			<description>&amp;ldquo;&amp;hellip;most awful murder I ever did see, Doc.&amp;rdquo;I put on my gloves, &amp;ldquo;I agree, it&amp;rsquo;s&amp;hellip; not pleasant,&amp;rdquo; referring to the corpses around the household.&amp;ldquo;Yeah, that&amp;rsquo;s puttin&amp;rsquo; it mildly.&amp;rdquo; The sheriff wandered over to the screen door, and lightly ta..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1436035/</link>
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			<title>The Liberators</title>
			<description>Brutus and Mark Antony discuss the death of Julius Caesar.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1431025/</link>
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			<title>The Cicadas</title>
			<description>A man leads FBI agents into a swamp where he buried a body.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1428987/</link>
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			<title>Grotta</title>
			<description>A man trades his soul for love.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1426469/</link>
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			<title>Ombra</title>
			<description>A man is led into a forest in the night.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1426458/</link>
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			<title>Now In The Morn</title>
			<description>Another for the muse.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1422917/</link>
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			<title>Black Velvet</title>
			<description>Oh so good.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1422905/</link>
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			<title>A Town Called Vengeance</title>
			<description>It's in verse, but it is a story. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1422893/</link>
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			<title>The Legend, or, Prisoners</title>
			<description>The lamentations of a prisoner.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1419787/</link>
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			<title>The Ides of March</title>
			<description>The early months of winter had come and gone. January and February were forever ago. December was a distant memory. By now the world was well into March. The mercury was rising, and dear old Snowden Smith, playing the resident snowman in the park, was starting to feel the heat, unlike the one he had..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1419785/</link>
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			<title>Confession</title>
			<description>A confession.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1413865/</link>
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			<title>Cold Is The Heart</title>
			<description>Cold is the heartTo understand.To breath the fire.LighterIs the man,Is his art.Laud not the liar,Stoke truth, notPyre.Ember of coalsBe righteous hearths,Remember.Acquit, forget;To understand.Becometh sin;To breath the fire.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1413767/</link>
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			<title>An Opposition of Wills</title>
			<description>Two people die, one of them at the wake for the other, and thankfully none of them are Frank Wicker.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1412828/</link>
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			<title>Byzantine</title>
			<description>A spy is chased through the market, before stumbling onto something deadly.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1411970/</link>
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			<title>Siren</title>
			<description>The final tale of the ill-fated whaling vessel. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1411158/</link>
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			<title>Sighs Of A Songbird</title>
			<description>For my muse. Again.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1410722/</link>
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			<title>Inferno</title>
			<description>A moment between two friends nearly becomes intimate. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1410069/</link>
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			<title>Cheek</title>
			<description>I once knew a girl who was pushy,Whose brows were a little bit bushy,I asked &amp;ldquo;My, oh my, fine young fox,Do the drapes match your box?&amp;rdquo;She replied, &amp;ldquo;You prude, it&amp;rsquo;s a p***y.&amp;rdquo;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1398732/</link>
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			<title>Chapter Two: Swim</title>
			<description>When Antonio was certain they were safe, and the contingent searching for them were out of earshot, he released E&amp;oacute;ghan from his grasp. 	&amp;ldquo;In the name of the gods, what is happening!&amp;rdquo; He was tempted to strike Antonio, but stopped, as he reminded himself that his master had rescued h..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1391440/</link>
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			<title>Prologo</title>
			<description>A man meets with the devil.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1386148/</link>
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			<title>Sell Your Soul</title>
			<description>A man will sell his soul for a woman to love him back, but the devil falls in love with the same woman. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1386143/</link>
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			<title>I Am Alive</title>
			<description>Don't throw it away.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1376885/</link>
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			<title>Chapter One: The Nameless</title>
			<description>The Great Winter of the Cycle Shade, The Mooring of LalifenIt was neither the pride nor the glory of Stawa, or indeed the rest of the Warring Cantons, Lalifen was a ruin. Most of its citizens would struggle to live past twenty-five, while more would suffer in death. Yet, despite being known througho..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1370710/</link>
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			<title>I Wished You Were Mine</title>
			<description>Comment je t'aime.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1363541/</link>
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			<title>Darling, In The Night</title>
			<description>que belle</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1362973/</link>
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			<title>Prologue</title>
			<description>Even a contract of blood is not always honoured. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1362663/</link>
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			<title>Killers &amp; Corsairs</title>
			<description>An adventure of the valiant Lord Barlough.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1362662/</link>
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			<title>Her Eyes</title>
			<description>For the muse.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1362332/</link>
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			<title>Guilty</title>
			<description>The jury filed back, and with everyone now seated, the judge called on the jurors for their verdict. The foreman, in reality, a witness sworn to secrecy, rose, and the courtroom became silent. The foreman knew that smug mobster on trial was guilty of every crime, despite a complete lack of evidence...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1361550/</link>
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			<title>A Day in the Life of a Paradox Agent </title>
			<description>Just an ordinary day for Spacetime Continuum Readjustment Officer Krim Drulix, the best in the business. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/samue167/1358639/</link>
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