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  • Mermendium Part 1• Mermay 2018
    Mermaids | Read the Stories

    Mermendium Part 1• Mermay 2018

    ByManelle May 1, 2023April 29, 2023

    Mermendium is available as a book. Click here to learn more about it. May 1, 2018 -Mermaids Spotted on our first day! I can’t believe we are here. Jeremy (That’s…

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  • Robot Graveyard
    Read the Stories | Steampunk

    Robot Graveyard

    ByManelle August 11, 2020September 6, 2022

    By Manelle Oliphant I should have expected Bill the Cat to be dead. That’s the kind of day, no, month… no, year I was having. Today, they’d posted the soccer…

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  • Zoo Daydreams (revised)
    Animals | Contemporary | Read the Stories

    Zoo Daydreams (revised)

    ByManelle January 8, 2020May 10, 2023

    On birthdays Mom lets us kids, that’s my brother and me, choose to do a fun activity, or have a party, but we can’t choose both. Last year when I…

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  • The Magpie Magician
    Animals | Historical

    The Magpie Magician

    ByManelle October 5, 2018September 6, 2022

    A Short Story By Manelle Oliphant I wove my way through the entranced crowd. “Entranced” is what Mr. Marlowe called their state of mind at this point in the show….

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  • Rumpelstiltskin’s Downfall
    Fairy Tale | Historical

    Rumpelstiltskin’s Downfall

    ByManelle September 5, 2018September 7, 2022

    By Manelle Oliphant Rumpelstiltskin scowled at his glass, empty, except for the froth clinging to the corners. He grunted and threw a coin on the table. He stood, and his…

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