Stories by Renata, by newest first

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  • How About an Egypt Story?
    Characters:
    1) A painter's appretince--15.  From a middle-class background.  Rather naive, but very genuine/good-hearted.  Not easily angered, but with a dest
    by Renata 500 words, 4 comments, on Jun 1 8:18 PM 2004. In <200 lines, Other
  • Farmer's Wife Facing Jail Time; Neverland Lawyer to Take the Case
    by Little Red Riding Hood; Mother Goose Villages, CA--In a marvel of modern surgery, Dr. Peter Piper, chief surgeon at Mother Goose Medical Center, managed to reattach the tail
    by Renata 200 words, 14 comments, on May 5 8:13 PM 2004. In <200 lines, Humor
  • Higwayman's Hollow
    An aria rips through the gloomy forest.  The trillings of twilight gather in the lung of the wood and burst free.  The sky blackens.  
    On a moonlit trail a wh
    by Renata 400 words, 7 comments, on May 4 7:45 PM 2004. In <200 lines, Fantasy, Horror
  • Three Coins_Chapter 1
    The market was aflutter: bright colors mixed with dull golden sandstone.  Gently sloping canopies shading pottery and dark-skinned nomads.  Farmers had larger stalls.
    by Renata 900 words, 5 comments, on Apr 26 6:33 PM 2004. In <200 lines, Fantasy
  • Or Not To Be 2 of 2 (REWRITE)
    ~What?!~  I leapt up, enraged.  ~How can you give me a choice like that?  I had nothing to do with the accident; I'm just its product.  Why am I the one who
    by Renata 1700 words, 1 comment, on Apr 26 2:20 PM 2004. In <200 lines, Science fiction
  • Or Not to Be (One of Two, REWRITE of 'To Be')
    Or Not To Be
    The dream began in the underbelly of a wave.  It spun me in endless summersaults, digested me.  The acid saltwater washed inside me, burning my esopha
    by Renata 3000 words, 2 comments, on Apr 24 10:41 AM 2004. In 200-1500 lines, Science fiction
  • The Heretic_Part 2
    A blue warship broke across the waves of the Mairis Ocean, the largest vessel that had sailed these waters in five hundred years.  Junks of a different nationality flanked
    by Renata 600 words, 5 comments, on Apr 1 9:15 PM 2004. In <200 lines, Fantasy
  • Principle of Everything
    I watched contemptuously as she brought her right hand and her mitt together, flung both up over her head in a loop all the way down to her thigh, then snapped her wrist and th
    by Renata 400 words, 10 comments, on Mar 3 9:03 PM 2004. In <200 lines, Fantasy, Science fiction
  • The Heretic_Chapter 1
    The heretic had reached the edge of the peninsula, and a stretch of shore and sea surrounded him on three sides.  He cursed the surf and the earth, his thick golden hair swept
    by Renata 200 words, 4 comments, on Feb 20 11:53 PM 2004. In <200 lines, Fantasy
  • The Man, His Son, and the Subway
    A Retelling of Aesop's The Miller, His Son, and Their Donkey
    A man and his son were traveling through the city one day when the got on board a certain very crowded subway ca
    by Renata 200 words, 3 comments, on Feb 9 4:08 PM 2004. In <200 lines, Other
  • To Be_Part 2
    ~What?~  I leapt up, enraged.  ~How can you give me a choice like that?!  I had nothing to do with this accident!  I'm just its product!  Why am I the one who has to set this r
    by Renata 1600 words, 7 comments, on Feb 2 3:39 PM 2004. In <200 lines, Science fiction
  • To Be_Part 1
    The dream began in the underbelly of a wave.  It spun me in endless summersaults, digested me.  The acid saltwater washed inside me, burning my esophagus and stomach.
    And th
    by Renata 2800 words, 11 comments, on Jan 31 5:46 PM 2004. In 200-1500 lines, Science fiction
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