khepa's Favorites
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An Unreasonable Request
by Elliot Ryan about 1 year ago
Her smile was contagious. I couldn’t help but return the brilliant expression ten fold.
As the hot water drowned her teabag…
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My superpower sucks
by Jnova about 1 year ago
With the recent wave of people receiving super powers I would like to officially declare that my super power sucks.
My mom g…
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Alley
by khepa about 1 year ago
I was sitting alone in the dark alley while a cat whispered in my ears. What are you doing in the dark, asked the cat? It is …
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Rolled Out of Bed This Morning to the Sound of Bullets
by Kevin Lawver about 1 year ago
I fell out of bed this morning to the sound of gunfire. I’d like to think that it was my military training that made me roll …
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Gypped
by Robotech_Master about 1 year ago
“Yes! Yes, I do want to find him,” Sarah hissed.
“Ooh. You’ve gotten really good at that whole hissing thing!” Simone said. ...
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The Return of Mahatma
by uselessness about 1 year ago
I was born to fulfill a great destiny. To change the world. I am the reincarnate Gandhi.
Thing is, it’s hard to make much of…
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Dinner died a long time ago
by Kele Ana about 1 year ago
“So what do we do now?”
“I don’t know, throw it out!”
“I can’t, look at it, it’s coming toward me with it’s teeth bared.”
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Delight, Disruption, and Disappointment
by Matilda Longue 9 months ago
I was frolicing about one hot summer Sunday, completely minding my own business, when all of a sudden OH MY GOD! It’s like a …
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Cooking and Flying
by khepa 9 months ago
He could fly, she could cook or let’s say, she could fly, he could cook. Doesn’t matter, take your pick. One may wonder, thes…
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Not Again
by White Hat 8 months ago
“Why do you kill people?” she asked, trembling, her face sprinkled with blood and dust. “There are so few of us left.”
It wa…
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The name's spokes. Jonathan Spokes.
by izzy411 about 1 year ago
Sam pulled up to an old, crumbly-looking building. The number read 1942, the same as the umber he had scribbled on a piece o…
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A Girl Called Jack
by W.J. Kocik, Jr. about 1 year ago
This much I know: I was six years old the day I murdered my infant brother. Most of the rest is a haze of smeared memories; d…
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The Modern day Cinderella.
by sultanita about 1 year ago
I danced until my high-heeled shoe broke, and, embarrassed, I ran away, like Cinderella in her magical night.
I had already …
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Why are we on a boat?
by Ethyachk about 1 year ago
“What are we-” Feck started to talk upon waking until the pain of standing caught up with his consciousness.
“Gods…” Yes,...
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The Cat Will Play
by Robotech_Master about 1 year ago
Sarah got to her feet—all four of them—and started to pad over to give Simone a piece of her mind, or at least a good scratch…
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Obsession
by Howie Amourscow about 1 year ago
I wasn’t sure I was ready to. I’m young, I thought, I should have dreams. I didn’t know what they were supposed to be, thou…
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Tragic Nostalgia and a Mysterious Phone Call
by [pens&feathers] about 1 year ago
“I know you. I, er, used to know you.” There was an awkward silence. The person on the other end of the line coughed, perhaps…
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Words Unspoken: Quiet Suffering
by Dangerous Angels about 1 year ago
The girl felt a stab of pain. She brought the tips of her fingers to her mouth and touched blood. The girl loosened her teeth…
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A story
by Susan Holder is terrific about 1 year ago
Josh slowly approached the cabin. Snow hugged the shadows, remnants of the last cold winter. Trees surrounded the building, c…
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All About the Red Stilettos
by C. Davida about 1 year ago
Meredith thanked her lucky stars. The work week was finally coming to an end. She closed her email, slipped her feet back int…
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summer
by lady e about 1 year ago
i lay on my back, the green grass pricking me dully on the back of my legs and neck.i stare up at the pastel blue sky, accen…
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I'm Coming
by Kamalani about 1 year ago
The sweat pours from my brow: fucking waterfall. I stop the flow using the dirty rag with a faded stencil of last year’s hot …
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cigarettes
by khepa about 1 year ago
I saw her standing across the street, smoking. I wish she didn’t smoke. She usually arrives at 6pm for the eastbound bus. I n…
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My Gods name is not Frank
by xunil penguin about 1 year ago
‘Often I wonder why the gods smile upon you the way they do.’
‘That’s what happens when you are named after one.’
‘What!? F…
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Bad Neighbors
by Howie Amourscow about 1 year ago
Dear Neighbor,
I’m sorry for any inconvenience, but in my own defense: I only emptied your mailbox because I felt bad for yo…
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I will have the usual
by khepa about 1 year ago
The usual? Yes, I replied. I have been coming to this mom and pop burger joint for almost a year. I feel special when the own…
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porcelain
by Pynchon82 about 1 year ago
He could not get into bed. He wanted to. He wanted to climb in and wrap his arm around her, kiss her forehead, force his brea…
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Reasons for Divorce #16
by Pynchon82 about 1 year ago
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Enter the Brigands
by YodaOnCrack about 1 year ago
“I don’t think awesomest is a word, but we got bigger problems!”
“Dude, drop it like it’s hot.”
“Just in front of us, right…
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Pencil Unsharpener
by SimplyAri about 1 year ago
Four quick turns and I pull my pencil out of the sharpener. No good. Another two and now my pencil’s gone crooked. What? Qu…
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Life Abridged
by Saint Chuck about 1 year ago
Some people love life. Some hate it. Some think that life is overrated. Some think it’d underrated. It’s either too short or …
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What's Normal?
by YodaOnCrack about 1 year ago
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Arabian Awakening
by uselessness about 1 year ago
In the last age, five generations ago, this desert was traveled by roaming berbers and mystics. Few had come this way since t…
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Ocean Madness
by horrorfan13 about 1 year ago
But beauty is only skin deep. If one looks deeper, you will notice a swirling, rushing madness beneath. The deeper you look, ...
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NIrvana in a Rainstorm
by Saint Chuck about 1 year ago
There is one thing that never fails to make me smile. It lets me think. It lets me lose myself in every way. It creates momen…
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Two-star Town
by Saint Chuck about 1 year ago
Sometimes, I feel so crowded that I just want to jump out of my skin. Things just start crowding in my mind, threatning to dr…
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A child among giants
by French Toast about 1 year ago
The first marching band marched by, perfectly in time with each beat of the drums’ cadence. The little girl watched rapt from…
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Origins of the Defensive Side
by FlirtingWithaBrickWall about 1 year ago
To sum it all up, I’ve always been different. Once it was decided that it wasn’t a birth defect, I started processing other o…
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Passengers
by No Middle Name about 1 year ago
The 7:45 is on the platform already. Suits are bleating their way on board as she walks briskly towards the last carriage. Sh…
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Face To Face
by Howie Amourscow about 1 year ago
Shoal inhaled the reek of things dead and rotting. She tried not to gag, but dry-heaved anyway, spitting up bile from her emp…
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Road Trip
by AeroPen about 1 year ago
Chelsea stomped back toward the living room, Tuttle tail-gating her the whole way. Walden was shuffling through papers in the…
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Stone that moves
by French Toast about 1 year ago
James, his parents and older sister, Susan had booked a small, fourth floor apartment for two weeks in a building across the …
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Bubble Girl
by French Toast about 1 year ago
The girl trotted on her scruffy spotted pony to the edge of the dome, the pony’s hooves stirring up a cloud of brown dust on …
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Blank Solus
by Mask By The Moon about 1 year ago
I was the only one up. The sun was supposed to have risen two hours ago, but it was still pitch black. I was dying inside, f…
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Sir Paul McCartney on her portable stereo...
by Reality Girl about 1 year ago
Soon enough Lionel was drooling over this delicious looking creature.
“Lionel! Dont you Dare!” said Cindy seeing Lionels fac…
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Him
by Velvet de Larousse about 1 year ago
I was lying on the ground in the same position has he had left me in before. It had felt like days since I saw him last, or …
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Preserving The Balance
by Howie Amourscow about 1 year ago
“That biker looked delicious!” the dragon shrieked in frustrated rage. “I would have loved to eat that biker! I would have lo…
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Symmetric Tech Newsletter :: New Team Members
by Cobweb about 1 year ago
Symmetric Tech. Monthly Newsletter for May 26, 2011
In this issue:
:: New Team Members
:: Upgrade Schedule
:: New Bleeding E…
