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BethShanFan
Russell Vitrano III 

United States, IL, Tinley Park
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Still Restless
I walk on in the night...
Poetry|  Updated:11-06-07
Words:232|  Comments:6|  Status:Public

The Castle of Boredom and Me
I stormed the Castle of Boredom today...
Short Stories|  Genre:Humor, Poetry|  Updated:04-10-07
Words:204|  Comments:0|  Status:Public

Shared Thought
Same-time sight...
Poetry|  Updated:04-05-08
Words:34|  Comments:4|  Status:Public

Doubting
I feel like I'm starving...
Poetry|  Updated:04-07-07
Words:157|  Comments:1|  Status:Public

Second Wind
Even the weak can rise to victory. Even those who give up must not be given up on. That is the riddle I tell myself daily as I sit, and rot, and wait to die. Someone is out there who believes me....
Short Stories|  Genre:Fiction|  Updated:04-10-07
Words:799|  Comments:2|  Status:Public

Secrets of Life
The secret of life is Death. It's not knowing when It will take you. It's not foreseeing where It will strike, how It will strike, or whom before you It will strike. It is an expiration, a border...
Prose|  Genre:prose|  Updated:18-04-07
Words:351|  Comments:2|  Status:Public

We Were Soldiers
(inspired by the movie)...
Poetry|  Updated:25-09-07
Words:143|  Comments:3|  Status:Public

Worms: The REAL Story
(note: this is actually not the real story; it's based very loosely on the game but please don't sue!) The largest being vibrated over its mud-made communication tunnel, communicating, "We will not...
Short Stories|  Genre:comedy|  Updated:22-08-07
Words:924|  Comments:0|  Status:Public

Two Sides of Being Single
Welcome to the training ground,...
Poetry|  Updated:22-04-07
Words:182|  Comments:5|  Status:Public

The Trigger-happy Moron
Jason, Marty, and Roy of Team One slowly and carefully edged their way through the sparse woods to a building not far from their location. They were on a mission from headquarters to take the building...
Short Stories|  Genre:slapstick comedy|  Updated:22-08-07
Words:2672|  Comments:5|  Status:Public

Locked Out
He paces in the night...
Poetry|  Updated:18-07-08
Words:114|  Comments:0|  Status:Public

You Know It's the First Time When...
His mind was racing. Could he tell her what had been on his mind and heart for so long? This was his chance; it was now or...a couple days from now. Not exactly never, but close enough. He would...
Flash Fiction|  Genre:Humor|  Updated:04-05-08
Words:442|  Comments:2|  Status:Public

Last Minute Christmas Shopping
Eleven months of procastination...
Flash Fiction|  Genre:uninspired|  Updated:22-12-07
Words:125|  Comments:0|  Status:Public

Loyalty
They sit in the concert hall after the crowd has left. It's just he and she. He was the one giving...
Short Stories|  Updated:30-03-07
Words:1423|  Comments:1|  Status:Public

A Laughable Development (Apr-11-2005)
Looking back on my own life, I have become aware of a marked progression in my sense of humor. I began humbly, as a child with less than what was necessary to induce laughter in others, except by...
Essays|  Genre:essay|  Updated:08-01-08
Words:1708|  Comments:0|  Status:Public

Exciting Anomalies
The year is 2007. The location is downtown Chicago, IL. The anomaly is that it's overrun by actual living Tyrannosaurus Rexes. And the problem is that I don't realize that all of this is just a dream....
Flash Fiction|  Genre:"Dream Drama"|  Updated:16-04-07
Words:1038|  Comments:4|  Status:Public

Being Tired
(This was first written ON THE SPOT and while I was REALLY REALLY TIRED! So if this sucks, you know...
Poetry|  Genre:Humor, Poetry|  Updated:04-10-07
Words:120|  Comments:3|  Status:Public

The Life and Times of Barney T. Dino Saur (excerpt--Chapter 3)
A door opened to the dark room and a man in his mid-forties stepped inside and closed the door. He then proceeded to walk, through the dark, to the computer on the desk along the far wall. He walked...
Short Stories|  Genre:Comedy, Excerpt|  Updated:04-05-08
Words:310|  Comments:0|  Status:Public

The Blessed Omen, Chapter Two: Sherrikta
(I would give this more of an R rating than NC-17, mostly for violence and some mentionings of nudity. No sex though) II. Sherrikta II. Sharla awoke to hear the jangling of keys outside her prison...
Short Stories|  Updated:26-08-07
Words:2012|  Comments:1|  Status:Public

The Blessed Omen, Chapter One: Prayer of the Sherrikton
The night was still in the city of Gazluh. Its ruler, Lord Alderuus, paced uneasily. His daughter, Princess Estar, had narrowly escaped the attempt on her life just two hours ago. The man who had done...
Short Stories|  Genre:Fantasy|  Updated:29-07-07
Words:1775|  Comments:1|  Status:Reader

Solving the Mystery of Santa Claus
Kids these days! Whatever happened to the good old days, when they would just do anything you told...
Short Stories|  Genre:fiction, comedy|  Updated:31-12-07
Words:1920|  Comments:0|  Status:Reader

Ex Marks the Spot, Again
There she is,...
Poetry|  Updated:25-09-07
Words:125|  Comments:0|  Status:Reader

Like Falling off a Bike
(This is something I wrote while in a down-and-out phase a few months ago. I don't think this way...
Short Stories|  Updated:04-05-08
Words:610|  Comments:0|  Status:Reader

Why, God, WHY?
Broken trust...
Poetry|  Updated:25-09-07
Words:40|  Comments:0|  Status:Reader

The Blessed Omen, Chapter Three: The Evil Prophecy
III. The Evil Prophecy III. Up on the balcony, the king watched as his worst fears were confirmed. And yet, that was impossible. Sahlu herself had declared that if someone broke her laws or the...
Short Stories|  Genre:fantasy|  Updated:26-08-07
Words:2493|  Comments:0|  Status:Reader

Coagulation, Part One
The Spartan crept quietly yet quickly through the short grass. He'd been hiking through the grass...
Short Stories|  Genre:Drama, war, Halo|  Updated:15-01-08
Words:680|  Comments:0|  Status:Reader

Castle Building
(this is a poem inspired by a painting by the same name. the only "challenge" is that without...
Poetry|  Updated:11-06-07
Words:201|  Comments:1|  Status:Reader

Paint Jobs
In the springtime I observed a tiny green man,...
Poetry|  Updated:25-09-07
Words:129|  Comments:0|  Status:Reader

Nothing to Write Home About
I needed an idea for a quick story....
Short Stories|  Genre:Humor, Writers' block|  Updated:04-10-07
Words:554|  Comments:1|  Status:Reader

Coagulation, Part 2
The Spartan stood with his back pressed against the wall of the cave, Energy Sword glowing in his...
Short Stories|  Genre:Drama, war, Halo|  Updated:15-01-08
Words:597|  Comments:0|  Status:Reader
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