Pat J's Favorites
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At the Place of Meeting (Tell Me it's Going to be Okay)
by [pens&feathers] about 1 year ago
I stand anxiously by the fence, palms sweating. Even though I’ve never seen it before, never even dreamed it, my heart knows …
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Nevermore
by Wil Wheaton 11 months ago
The birds did not scatter as Roland expected. Instead, they fell silent and still.
Leaves crunched beneath his feet as he w…
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I dance in rain
by Aislinn Kerry 11 months ago
I dance in rain, and they call me fool. I hear whispers in the raindrops and songs in thunder; they complain about the weathe…
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The Turkey Perilous
by Eckhouse 11 months ago
Most people who enter the turkey plant emerge in one of two states: complete abhorrence of turkeys, or more appreciative of t…
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Stella Starr and The City of the Super-Apes: Monkey Trouble
by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars about 1 year ago
“The monkeys told me I’d find you here, Dr. Munroe,” Stella said, her .38 aimed at the doctor.
“Stella Starr, Girl Detective…
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Not quite an error
by Randal L. Schwartz 10 months ago
“The results of the experiment still confirm our theory?”
“Yes.”
“And the expected errors are all within tolerance?”
“Yes,...
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First Snow
by Mistress Elsha Hawk 10 months ago
This is the part of winter I both love and hate.
The first snow is often beautiful, masking the monotonus browns of dead le…
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A Solution or Two
by THX 0477 10 months ago
Acrid bile crept up from my stomach. The thought of that thing touching me was too much. I stared down at my wife’s placid fa…
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The Girl Across the Ballroom
by uselessness 10 months ago
She loves me. She loves me not. She loves me. She loves me not. She… well, she doesn’t even know my name.
Actually, I do…
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When Presence of Mind Has Left the Building
by Eckhouse 10 months ago
The headache begins to subside. The doors of the freight elevator open with a swish. Chemical engrams are surfacing, letting …
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Golden Tummy
by Throat Wolf 10 months ago
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Sentinels
by Kristine Smith about 1 year ago
Black and polished like glass, the sentinels stretch from the end of the pier to the horizon, dividing the bay in half. Tall …
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This alien abduction crap is starting to tic me off
by Jnova about 1 year ago
Lookee here- I know we all got our jobs to do. And I’m not trying to be all in your face and whatnot- but this stealing peo…
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Sentinels: The Expedition
by Saffron about 1 year ago
No one knows how high the effect goes, or how deep. Birds avoid the airspace over the sentinels, wheeling and turning with a …
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Schroedinger's Husband
by PixelFish about 1 year ago
She helped me up, one-handed, still holding the cat. “You okay?”
“Yeah, yeah, just give me a moment,” I said, and leaned on …
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5 More Awkward Things To Do or Say Right Before The Lights Go Out
by SKermitgorf 9 months ago
5. “Do you think that the monsters that live under the bed are afraid of the dark?”
4. “I should have gone to the bathroom b…
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Wives and Stars
by peterburd about 1 year ago
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Were-bie?
by kwatz about 1 year ago
“I just saw a werewolf bite a zombie.”
“What did you say?”
“Outside, just now. Werewolf bit a zombie.”
“Right.”
“Seriousl…
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Writing in the Digital Age
by uselessness about 1 year ago
1,025 characters.
1,025 characters!
What am I to do?
Let’s… revise.
Aha, it says “large.” Well that’s extraneous. Backs…
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Victims of Innocence
by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars about 1 year ago
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Through a glass, etc.
by Howie Amourscow about 1 year ago
I finally got out of bed, went into the kitchen to put some food in Eton’s dish to stop her yowling, and padded into the bath…
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Unnoticeable
by MuffMuffLady about 1 year ago
Do you see me?
Of course not.
Do you turn around?
No.
I am that girl, behind, in front, anywhere and everywhere near you. But… -
I'm No Superman
by [pens&feathers] 7 months ago
She’s in the hammock in the back yard, the one we strung up a few summers ago after we broke the first one. It’s warm, balmy …
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Four-Color Treachery
by Nick about 1 year ago
I handed over the crisp bills, enough to amount a months salary for most, and in return I received a brown paper bag.
The se…
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Four Color Life
by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago
Back at my apartment, a dreary room in the statutory beige, I carefully peeled the pages open, glancing in awe at the rich co…
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White chrysanthemums bloom in her heart.
by Spiro, Spero 4 months ago
She played her mandolin at the fair grounds twenty seven times a year. She always sat barefoot in her folding chair, wearing …
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Interview with a physician
by THX 0477 about 1 year ago
“What made you decide to become a doctor?”
“Well, none of my other plans worked out, so I wound up here. the whole doctor thi… -
The Girl in the Surf
by BARomero about 1 year ago
“I thought they killed the sea witch and lived happily ever after?” the girl asked.
“No, that was the movie,” Her mother sai…
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Rain and Raven
by Saffron about 1 year ago
Lifting his face to the broken heavens, Murray closed his eyes and let the warm rain drench him. After tonight, he didn’t thi…
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Opportunity in Hell
by l.m.orchard about 1 year ago
“You know,” I said, once his scream had died down, “as bargains go, yours was pretty disappointing in its terms.”
“W-what?” ...
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Today's diary entry
by User 4325 about 1 year ago
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