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Tag Archives: rescue
KEEP OUT: A LITTLE DRAGON ADVENTURE
Step one, get past the iron door barring the cave. Luckily, it was only eight feet tall. I grimaced at a yell in my head. One of the down sides of being a telepath was getting sucked into impromptu rescues. … Continue reading
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Tagged A. L. Kaplan, adventure, Dragon, Empath, Fantasy, keep out, keys, Little Dragon, lock pick, prison break, prisoner, rescue, sign, sleep walk, Telepath, teleport
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SNOWBALL SAVES THE DAY
Everywhere that Snowball looked he saw sad faces and drooped shoulders. Sally at the salon pat his head and gave a halfhearted smile. Even Happy Harold from the hardware store looked dejected. All the gloomy faces made Snowball’s big brown … Continue reading
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Tagged dog, drought, Flash Fiction, half-starved, help, helping, parmesan, pizza, rescue, snow, Snowball, winter
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THE RESCUE
I glare at the man who tried to kill me and spit the grenade pin onto the ground. He and his pals picked the wrong folks to mess with when they abducted Mistress. I’m way more than a little white … Continue reading
Posted in Essay
Tagged animals, Cat, cobra, dog, dogs, eel, electric eel, Flash Fiction, grenade, machete, magic, magic boots, mission accomplished, Pirate, rescue, sinking boat, transformation
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SHORE 1: AN INHOSPITABLE SHORE
My skin felt like over-cooked bacon. There was no water or food on this island, only a few spiny shrubs. Dehydration would probably get me first. Already my tongue felt thick and heavy. It would have been better to have … Continue reading
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Tagged A. L. Kaplan, bacon, beast, cactus juice, cruel prank, deathtrap, dehydrated, drowned, fear, feline, hallucination, Inhospitable Shore, island, over-cooked, rescue, sand, shipwreck, Shore
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MIDNIGHT WOLF
“Leave him be, Billy.” “Dumb wolf cur always stares at us.” “It’s just his way.” Billy hurls another rock, but I knock it down with my book. Not a sound comes from the fenced in junkyard, but I know from … Continue reading
GUIDING LIGHT
Grogan yanked the huge oil drum up another step. He was almost to the top of the lighthouse now. Pain lanced his arm, but he ignored it. He had to light a beacon and save the ships headed for the … Continue reading
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Tagged GPS, Grogan, Guiding light, heart attack, help, helping hand, hurricane, Lighthouse, Love, obsolete, rescue, rocks, ships, spirit
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Toucan Rescue
“Damn it, Winona, leave that thing alone. Humans are nothing but trouble.” Sam flapped his wings and clicked his long yellow beak. The vine they stood on swayed with his movement. “My cousin went to investigate a human and was … Continue reading
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Tagged animal rescue, birds, environment, hunters, jaguar, jungle, poachers, rescue, thunder sticks, Toucan
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