Amarantine's Favorites

  • Urbanization

    the sun sets at a different time in the city
    and whoever says we’ve got all the time in the world
    clearly doesn’t live in New…

  • Savoring the Moment Inspired by a photo

    Hours spent in preparation for 15 minutes of performance. It’s all for this,
    The clicks begin on the head of the snare. As on…

  • Giving "Together Forever" a New Meaning Inspired by a photo

    It’s a long hike through the woods, but if you’re looking for it, it’s quite apparent. Halfway along the main path, to the le…

  • Amore

    I swear,
    there is nicotine
    in your lips!
    What power
    lies inside of
    your fingertips!
    I’m aflame with desire,
    You light me …

  • The Girl in the Surf Inspired by a photo

    “I thought they killed the sea witch and lived happily ever after?” the girl asked.

    “No, that was the movie,” Her mother sai…

  • A Brief Glimpse into the Mind of Richard Peck Inspired by text

    Types in “Fic” and lets auto-type fill in the rest.

    Featured story, man! Still Pens&Feathers? must be good, ill read it late…

  • The Beginning of Forever

    And somehow it felt like the beginning of forever, just sitting there at the foot of the lighthouse, as the sun was setting i…

  • The House of the Bleeding Beater Inspired by a photo

    Jeremy climbed the stairs, dried paint crackling under his feet. Turning on the landing, he saw the bedroom door, half open. ...

  • it only gets better Inspired by a photo

    Sludging to class on another wet afternoon in south florida. I knew it would be alaska as soon as I set foot inside the class…

  • Deathly Hallows: Part 1

    I don’t even know where to start, it’s just so hard to explain. When waiting for the book in line at my local Borders and the…

  • Perfect Moments Inspired by a photo

    These are the moments when you feel perfection. It flows through your veins and fills your heart. You stop dead, inhale the g…

  • And They Fell Inspired by text

    Students’ cellphones began to ring and teachers collected them (in strict adherence to the “don’t hear, don’t see” rule) with…