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Story on a String: Road Grit, Chapter Nine

Road Grit Chapter 1 * Chapter 2 * Chapter 3 * Chapter 4 Chapter 5 * Chapter 6 * Chapter 7 * Chapter 8 Chapter Nine by Geo Ong In an instant Gray forgot Joe’s warning of a trap as … Continue reading

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Story on a String: Road Grit, Chapter Eight

Road Grit Chapter 1 * Chapter 2 * Chapter 3 * Chapter 4 Chapter 5 * Chapter 6 * Chapter 7 Chapter Eight by Christopher Butera [Christopher Butera, born and raised in Chicago, recently transplanted himself into the chaos of … Continue reading

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Story on a String: Road Grit, Chapter Six

Road Grit Chapter 1 * Chapter 2 * Chapter 3 * Chapter 4* Chapter 5 *Join the story!* Chapter Five by Dominique Andrée Hinman Joe continued to look at the girl for an exhaled breath of a moment before he … Continue reading

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Story on a String: Road Grit, Chapter Five

Road Grit Chapter 1 * Chapter 2 * Chapter 3 * Chapter 4 *Join the story!* Chapter Five by Anna Kirgo When Gray returned from crouching behind the Chevy, where he’d fumbled through cleaning up the physical proof of his … Continue reading

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Story on a String: Road Grit, Chapter Three

Road Grit Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 by Erica Castillo The girl berated the driver with her foul mouth and dense pistol for hitting a pothole. This was the first time Joe or Gray heard her speak. The voice … Continue reading

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Story on a String: Road Grit, Chapter Two

Road Grit Chapter 1 Chapter Two by Geo Ong Joe and Gray hurried toward the stopped car in a cloud of red dust and, when it finally settled, came face to face with the driver: a middle-aged man with leather … Continue reading

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Be a Part of the Next Story on a String!

Ten weeks ago we began an Urchin interactive experiment called Story on a String, a short story comprised of chapters written independently of one another by different authors. The inaugural story, Arctic Chill, was, as guest Urchin Anna Kirgo described … Continue reading

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Story on a String: Arctic Chill, the Last Chapter

Arctic Chill Chapter 1 * Chapter 4 * Chapter 7 Chapter 2 * Chapter 5 * Chapter 8 Chapter 3 * Chapter 6 * Chapter 9 Chapter Ten by Anna Kirgo The zeppelin is hot with the press of bodies. … Continue reading

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Story on a String: Arctic Chill, Chapter Nine

Arctic Chill Chapter 1 Chapter 5 Chapter 2 Chapter 6 Chapter 3 Chapter 7 Chapter 4 Chapter 8 Chapter Nine by Geo Ong The sun, says the King as the three men exit the pub, hasn’t shown its sunny face … Continue reading

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Story on a String: Arctic Chill, Chapter Eight

Arctic Chill Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter Eight by Sarah Jost By zeppelin? The King’s eyes grew wide. You don’t say…He took a long swig from his pint. Handmade, Frederick … Continue reading

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