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A Strange Connection

by artistsrunwild 7 months ago

Nicòle rummaged in her purse for her keys. She was always stashing them in the most unlikely of places and it frustrated her …
You're Nobody in Hollywood Till Your 1st DUI

by Kermitgorf 7 months ago

“It was a routine night in West Hollywood, never a dull moment I tell you. You just never know which celebrity, has been or w…
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…
Her name was Lola

by jesithepoet 7 months ago

Monkeys make horrible spouses but James has seen uglier woman. This deal, if he survived the first year of marriage, would le…
The Girl in the Shadows

by artistsrunwild 7 months ago

Frustrated by the rain, Nicòle brushed off her coat in the doorway of an old pawn shop.
A small girl and her father converse…
What's That You Say? Althaiophobia? That Sounds Absurd!

by artistsrunwild 7 months ago

I’m afraid, so far, I have been very unlucky in love.
It’s not that I’m not pretty or that I don’t have a good personality – ...
Really Bad Karma

by Three Gryphon[s] 7 months ago

I know I’m weird, okay?
I mean, it’s not your everyday person that has Clausetrophobia, or whatever, right?
What, there’s a l…
An Ironic Fear

by someday_93 7 months ago

Fears. Everyone has them, I suppose. But I was never a cliche. I could sleep without a light, I didn’t mind spiders. I could …
I Cured Myself

by Officially 7 months ago

Ok. It’s funny.

The thing that got me here is the very thing I’m afraid of.

Lyssophobia it’s called.

I always hated it whe…
Stjarna- a freewrite dedicated to a Depeche Mode instrumental

by Fuchsia Deviant 7 months ago

Stjarna lies in the glass bed, as the spectators behold her still form. They throw petals from their open windows and rooftop…
Something Like That

by THX 0477 7 months ago

Streetlights cut cones of light into the morning fog along State Route 73. Feeling foggy herself, Geri guided her Volvo, old …
One Boy, One Girl _somethings are better left alone_

by DorianGray 7 months ago

She invited him to visit every phone call; every letter; every time she chanced seeing him on holiday. Never once did she fai…
One boy One Girl 2 _you define me_

by DorianGray 7 months ago

He had always been so standoffish, but then again it was what she found so interesting. Who was homecoming King and yet shy a…
Polyphobia

by Tiggerstripn2 7 months ago

Kate boarded the plane, shoving her bag in the over head. Sat down and called the attendant and ask for a drink.
She took a …
Get A Job

by Kermitgorf 7 months ago

“You have What??,” said Mr. Givengibbs to his college grad son, Corky.

“Ergophobia,” Corky said in a knows everything way th…
The Birth of Empira

by Saint Chuck 7 months ago

The ribbons started slowly, interweaving with each other, creating an avid array of colors. Turning towards the sky, the ribb…
It's In the Eyes

by Batak Beatrix 7 months ago

“They’re here,” he whispered, his bloodshot eyes darting around the dingy subway station. “They’re among you, all of you.”

T…
Black Market Organs

by MeAndTheMoon 7 months ago

Cut me to pieces
A live organ donor
Just sell all my parts
I’m sure someone can use them
Far better than me
They may reach th…
Dear Gossip Girl: I Wanna Be Generally Unhealthy

by Stovohobo 7 months ago

*Dear Gossip Girl: My husband won’t let me perform my nightly ritual of watching ET with a gallon of rocky road ice cream by …
The Denial of the Twinkie Addict Extroirdinare

by Saint Chuck 7 months ago

Okay, let me just say this right away. I’m not fat. I’m pleasantly plump. I just want to get back to my “before three kids” b…
Third World Innocence

by Saint Chuck 6 months ago

Five year old Kaleb started sadly at the small bowl of rice that had just been handed to him for lunch. He carried the bowl b…
Ghostly Street Art

by Stovohobo 6 months ago

“Oh, what a night,” Brian Kay chortled, sprinkling his friends with eroded sediment of Milky Way and Snickers. “I mean, when …
Love is Strongest in its Departure

by Saint Chuck 6 months ago

Through the still of the night I hear the sound of an approaching horse through the fog. I take the candle off of the bedstan…
Just Slightly Eccletic: Playlist Challenge

by Saint Chuck 6 months ago

10 Mostly Random Songs.

I just looked through my music library and picked songs from my favorite artists. I’m very White Str…
Doc Malone, Private Eye (Gumshoe Challenge)

by Ana Cristina 6 months ago

It was a cold, dry night in the heart of Chicago. A night for smoking with the window open while sipping your scotch. _Chink!...
{Gumshoe challenge}Ladd & O'Hanley Detective Agency: Ladd Gets a Call :Part 1

by Kermitgorf 6 months ago

Parrish O’Hanley, dead a year, and still I hadn’t solved his murder. We had been searching for congresswoman Schweiz’s son.
...
Secretly I Want to Bury in the Yard, the Grave Remains of a Friendship Scarred

by Saint Chuck 6 months ago

Secretly I want to bury in the yard, the grave remains of a friendship scarred. But why I don’t, I’m not sure. Friendships li…
Reduced to Dick

by THX 0477 6 months ago

Staring at the door I can only sigh and shudder, half out of disgust and half on account of the booze from last night. Had it…
Ladd & O'Hanley Detective Agency :Ladd Solves the Case: Part 2 [ Gumshoe Challenge]

by Kermitgorf 6 months ago

In the police HQ interrogation room I asked, “Who you workin for?”

The big goon that I had cold cocked in the bar earlier,...
The Study of Names

by THX 0477 6 months ago

With enough pent up anger to boil an egg, Heather sat in study group, the same group she had bemoaned, rejoiced in, and now l…
Ladd & O'Hanley Detective Agency :Part 3 ;Apprehension: Case Closed

by Kermitgorf 6 months ago

Finding Congresswoman Schweiz’s son was priority one.

A year ago, when my partner Parrish O’Hanley was gunned down, I suspen…
Stella Starr and The Dead Man's Hand: Just a Girl {Gumshoe Challenge}

by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars 6 months ago

I was beating the pants off of Nell at poker, as usual, when she walked in. She was some hot tomato, with stilts up to here…
Murder You Don't Say {gumshoe challenge}

by Tiggerstripn2 6 months ago

Mike was leaned back, with his dogs kicked upon his desk. Hat covered his face; trying to catch a few winks.
When there was …
This Would be what Happens when you Piss Off your Secretary

by Saint Chuck 6 months ago

I was in the process of tidying up when the phone rang. I walk over to my desk and pick up the phone, bracing myself.

“Hello…
La Vie Avec Éclat

by Kara 6 months ago

“Oh Agustus, she’s beautiful.”

Agustus smiled at the photograph of his newborn daughter, Scarlett. From the moment she was b…
Saviour

by Saira Abroad 6 months ago

What really happened that night, only I know. I know there was not another man in the house. I made that up. I lied. I know. ...
Gods Work Shall Be Done

by Saira Abroad 6 months ago

I walked into the room. Thomas started up from the table. He looked shocked to see me. The seductress must have altered his m…
Geeking Out On Superheroes [360 Challenge]

by THX 0477 6 months ago

“Okay, here’s the question. If you could make a wish and be any super hero, only in real life see, who would you choose?” Zac…
Our Geekophilic List Continues Unabated [360 Challenge]

by THX 0477 6 months ago

“Well it beats talking about pasta,” Byron added, referring of course to the last discussion started by Zack. “Me, I’d go wit…
More Odd Choices, Geekily Done [360 Challenge]

by THX 0477 6 months ago

“So, no DC fans?” queried Glen, strolling in from the hall, the dutiful RA checking up on things. He needn’t have worried. Th…
Some Lists Shouldn't Be Made [360 Challenge]

by THX 0477 6 months ago

“Alright, if I pick one, can we be done with this discussion?” I begged.

Zack smiled, rolling one marble between his fingers…
The Sims has just become Oh So Much More

by Saint Chuck 6 months ago

I’ve always been a bit of a computer nerd. I live on computer games and HTML. I know almost everything there is to know abo…
The Greys

by Kermitgorf 4 months ago

Earl Grey had always believed when the time came that he saw a UFO and aliens descended the stairs from their ship, that they…
A Little Inspiration Quiz..

by RunningWithScissors 4 months ago

1. okay, be honest.. have you attempted to “Crank Dat” ?
2. Ewwww. Nastiest thing you’ve ever eaten?
3. Most missed memory.
4…
. . but I'd still wear sunglasses

by Algai 'D' Aman about 1 year ago

They tell you not to stare into the sun, something about corneal sunburn. Well I’m here to tell you that thats bogus. They ar…
Vivian

by Stovohobo about 1 month ago

Vivian clutched her father’s hand tightly and gasped at the marvels that surrounded her. Her small little seven-year-old feet…
The Don't Get Defensive Challenge

by THX 0477 about 1 month ago

To commemorate my ooh, what could it be? what might be worth commemorating? 3,000th comment _yes, he said comment. So odd, ...
Stupid Smile

by Laine P. Grey about 1 month ago

She made her way down the hallway, smiling at all who passed by.
She smiled during English.
She smiled during P.E.
She smil…
Postcards for the President

by Saint Chuck about 1 month ago

They started coming slowly, just a couple a day. Gradually, hundreds, then thousands were coming everyday. They came from eve…
The Corridor And The Rose

by Fantasy about 1 month ago

Why do people think stories should have a happy ending?

We walked down the cold stone corridor. I held the thorny rose in…
The Flying Lie

by Will Hindmarch about 1 month ago

“You know why flying cars sell so great?”

“Why is that?”

“I’ll tell you,” he says with that used-car-salesman tone that imp…
Love and Let Love

by nesdil 27 days ago

Thoughts chase themselves around in my mind,
spinning ever faster as a fierce wind changes my direction,
changing forever th…
A Day in the Life Of Celestic23

by Kermitgorf 27 days ago

It’s 4 A.M. and she is still up on her laptop writing long emails to her friend in another city. A friend she just talked to …
The Toast That Wasn't

by Russell Ruffino 25 days ago

As I watched him make the toast I wondered what I was doing here. I needed to just accept I didn’t like anything about the gu…
Hiding Secrets

by Saint Chuck 22 days ago

Dave

I’ve always been pretty proud that no one has found out about my, shall we say, special eating habits. Since Mom work…
Serious as a Heart Attack

by thebetweenspace 22 days ago

The elderly monk kneeled, his robes worn from years of prayer. Despite considerable experience, he never quite learned how to…
Some Stories

by [pens&feathers] 22 days ago

Some stories come softly, like a sunset, fading in and fading out like night and day. Soft like cat’s feet. Soft like breath;...
Temporary Solutions [Apology Challenge]

by Saint Chuck 20 days ago

This is just to say: I know I messed up.
But I’m not sorry.
You may not understand now, but hopefully one day you will. I ne…
You Will Live

by Laine P. Grey 15 days ago

When angels fall to earth, no one notices. Not that people notice much, anyway.

She simply rose out of the mud and frowned a…
Lilith's Song {Twilight Challenge}

by Mad As A Hatter 14 days ago

“Tell me what you’re thinking” he whispered. I stared up at Aodhfin, trying my best to ignore the hand that now rested on my…
Pretty Things

by THX 0477 14 days ago

In surprisingly quiet fashion, Gordo trudged through the swamp. Humidity what it was, he was trudging through the air nearly …
Discomfort

by Mad As A Hatter 14 days ago

People.

There were too many of them. And they were loud. I could feel the magic in my veins, itching to be released. If onl…
Freakish Love (Twilight Challenge)

by Valley Fey/Pinprick 12 days ago

I stood at the corner, waiting for him to come pick me up. It was always like that, cold, and I wasn’t allowed to wear a swea…
Castle in the Distance

by SeanTheBest 11 days ago

I was cold and tired. Felt like I was about to collapse into the snow. I was extremely tempted to just let sleep take hold of…
A Stranger In NYC

by User 8944 11 days ago

A jumbled mess of taxis honked at my driver as he cut off an oncoming stream of traffic. The car jolted down the street, toss…
Cole's Novelty

by THX 0477 11 days ago

On a freshly dusted bench, Cole sat in the bright sunshine of another perfect day. The day was not perfect owing entirely to …
Frozen in Time

by Stovohobo 11 days ago

Still.

Quiet.

Peace.

My hands crunched along the crisp grass as I slunk around for any source of food, any little chink of…
The Spinster

by User 8950 10 days ago

A light frost hardened the yellow ground, brought on by an uncomfortable dip in temperature. The cracked street appeared dese…
I will have the usual

by khepa 12 months 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…
A Formal Affair

by Joseph T. Lopez 3 days ago

Calvin knew the second the words were out of his mouth that there was, officially, no way for this night to end well. First o…
A Scarlet Clown

by Laine P. Grey 11 months ago

She briefly glanced over her shoulder with a wayward smile. “Scarlet?” called Professor Thurman. He was slim, young, not much…
You Can't Beat Pirate Pete

by YodaOnCrack 11 months ago

Pirate Pete ascended the wooden spar of the main-mast
and grasped one of six dangling ropes. His tar soaked
black hair was …
A Scaret Clown (continued)

by Laine P. Grey 11 months ago

Her eyes did a quick sweeping of the floor. Where is he? She couldn’t hold it in any longer; she started crying. “Scarlet?”...
A Scarlet Clown...dinner

by Laine P. Grey 11 months ago

“I met him Freshman year. I met them all that year.” Scarlet explained while fiddling with her chopsticks. “We hit it off com…
Que sera, sera

by THX 0477 11 months ago

“What will I be? Will I be pretty, will I be rich?” The disheveled man asked eagerly.
Young Dr. Hanlan replied, “I don’t know…
Preaching at the Corner of Clark and Waveland.

by Saint Chuck 11 months ago

A prophet’s job is never done. You start preaching on a street corner to the weary commuter, recieving only a view glances an…
Scarlet, I Know Who You Are

by Laine P. Grey 11 months ago

Scarlet grabbed her jacket from the back of Holden’s car. “I wish it had been under different circumstances…” he started. ”...
Caged Secrets

by Laine P. Grey 11 months ago

“What?” she almost choked on the lump in her throat. ”’The Scarlet Clown’? That’s who you are, right?” She couldn’t look at h…
Scarlet, with love

by Laine P. Grey 11 months ago

Scarlet pushed the button wearily. “Scarlet, I’m sorry…” Charlie’s messages always started this way. “Save it, Charlie.” ...
Apparently God has a Sense of Irony

by Saint Chuck 11 months ago

I hadn’t seen him in ten years, but when I did, I turned and hid behind a rack of books at Borders. As I crouched down behind…
What have I gotten?

by Laine P. Grey 11 months ago

Scarlet sat in the shadows of an alleyway. Her beating heart slowed gradually. As the last sound of sirens passed, she let ou…
The Photo

by Laine P. Grey 11 months ago

A picture is worth a thousand words? Not, this one. This is only two. “Where’s Charlie?” Scarlet gazed at the picture, as a…
A Bible for the Outcasts

by Saint Chuck 11 months ago

Music is my religion.
Lyrics are my Bible.
Indie, alt, rock, a bit of punk strewn about, topped off with the odd unsigned ban…
Yep

by YodaOnCrack 11 months ago

“Hello, Jimmmy. I’m Dr. Grant. How did you OD on jelly
beans?”

“After I ate ‘em, my mind was blank, yep, as
blank as ever,...
Peace is for Parochies

by Saint Chuck 11 months ago

We were just a few unwanted, unloved, outcasts who happened to listen to music religiously. We didn’t bother people, and peop…

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