StrugglingWriter's Favorites
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Superpower Cafeteria Revelation
by rejoicingapathy about 1 year ago
“Well, I’d like it, I think,” she said. “What’s so terrible about it?“
So the first few days that it happened, when …
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Heart Breaker
by StrugglingWriter about 1 year ago
... Stevie, who was annoying before superpowers, and now downright unbearable, decided lunch would be a good time to test out…
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Sweet Carolina, Part 2
by StrugglingWriter about 1 year ago
I had arrived downtown early for a meeting and needed to kill some time. Unfamiliar with the area, I decided my best bet for …
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Tiffany Epiphany
by kwatz about 1 year ago
Tiffany Epiphany voiced a sudden thought, that fights that couldn’t be won were fights that shouldn’t be fought.
“Nonsense,”...
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His Name is Earl
by StrugglingWriter about 1 year ago
“Listen Earl,” replied Fender. “I don’t think you realize what we’re dealing with. This isn’t some idle threat. The Gum’Bnds …
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Work Day Blues
by kwatz about 1 year ago
Justine slogged into work early Monday morning, dreading another 8 hours of absolute torture. She tossed her jacket over the …
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Time Capsule
by Madwise about 1 year ago
Savannah sighed as she watched Kayla skip through the ruins of the city. “Were Ben and I really that young and silly when _we…
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Sweet Carolina, Part I
by Scalzi about 1 year ago
First off, know that I hate coffee.
What’s more, I hate what coffee shops have done to coffee. Say what you will about the…
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The End of the World as We Know It
by StrugglingWriter about 1 year ago
The World was scheduled to end in 3 hours and Max and Fender sat in an empty cafe drinking tea. “Tell me again why we aren’t …
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Surviving in a Vacuum
by ShadowWolf about 1 year ago
Half the galaxy away Bill Veruck’s buxom, blonde date was waiting for a message from him. The normally prompt second in comma…
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The Birthday Race
by Karen of Mavarin about 1 year ago
The day before her birthday was a busy one. She prepared and packed three color-coded meals, dropped the cats at Sarah’s plac…
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Do You Want to Meet a Pirate?
by Karen of Mavarin about 1 year ago
“Tell me a story,” the little girl demanded.
“What kind of story?”
“About pirates.”
“Do you like pirates?”
“Yup. Only I d…
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Pippi, Perchance, Plus Pirate Potties
by Robotech_Master about 1 year ago
“Pippi Longstocking liked being a pirate,” the girl said thoughtfully.
“That was in the days before they had computers or vi…
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The Accordion Mines
by lordofthepastry about 1 year ago
Working in the accordion mines sucks.
A mile underground is where most of’em live, weaving through the tunnels in the rock. ...
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Sweet Carolina 3
by Ed about 1 year ago
From that day on I have been coming here. I don’t even live anywhere near downtown yet still I come here. Every day. Three ti…
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Fiction War, Part 1
by Phil about 1 year ago
“My name is Augustine Hand. I understand you want to hire me as a writer for your magazine?”
The old man looked at him. They…
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The Traveling Freak Show
by uselessness about 1 year ago
Atlanta’s not a stellar place, but it had been livable with its cheap rent, a job that didn’t require human interaction, and …
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The Search
by StrugglingWriter about 1 year ago
Stacy reached for a pencil and paper and began to sketch their murderer: late 20’s white male, sideburns, a face that said “t…
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Picking Locks is Happymaking
by coolmajaka about 1 year ago
I looked up and down the street, but no pedestrains were near. Even if they were, saying, _I think a tiny toy robot just spok…
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How to Buy a Time Machine
by StrugglingWriter about 1 year ago
Sam was having a crummy day, a lackluster week, and a downright disappointing life. His girlfriend broke up with him, his car…
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How Not To Be in an Airlock
by Scalzi about 1 year ago
“I still don’t know why you need me in the air lock.”
“It’s like I told you. Something spilled, and we need you to clean it …
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The Box
by Kristine Smith about 1 year ago
I found it beneath the basement stairs the day after I moved in. A cardboard box, just a foot square. Brown and water-stained…
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Terrarium
by PixelFish about 1 year ago
Nina noticed the terrarium on Alan’s desk almost first thing.
“What’s this?” she said, tapping the glass. “Frogs? Newts? I …
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A Friendly Overture
by PixelFish about 1 year ago
My break came on a Friday. The uber-boss actually came by my office and said, “I’m hitting the links. The rest of you poor sl…
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Fender and Grunk
by StrugglingWriter about 1 year ago
“What is it?” said Captain Grunk. “And who are you?”
“I’m Ensign Gnarls, sir. We’ve received a message from Fender Nash on E…
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Future Sam
by StrugglingWriter about 1 year ago
Sam grabbed his lighter and torched his “enchanted notebook”. It was bad enough he had to take orders from his boss. He didn’...
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The Announcement
by theWallflower about 1 year ago
“What do you think you are you trying to do with this?” she stepped forward. Sam backed away, fearing a knife or gun. Instead…
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Starspiration
by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago
“What?”
Strange jittery tones went through the ship, as musical as Kayla’s noise.
Kayla?
I peered at the long flashing li…
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DNA Designs
by Rachel Swirsky about 1 year ago
“DNA Designs,” John announced as the door opened.
“I want my money back!”
The customer was a frazzled woman in a tan coat. ...
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The worst day of my life.. :)
by Susan Holder is terrific about 1 year ago
The day started as any other would have….. well.. minus the dragon on the fire escape right outside my window. She really d…
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The Grass is Greener
by StrugglingWriter about 1 year ago
“High School Algebra?” I said, gathering the few rational brain cells remaining in my blubbering skull. “That must’ve been a …
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The Anonymous Blogger
by StrugglingWriter about 1 year ago
The Anonymous Blogger saw over a thousand unique visitors a day to his blog, enjoying over one hundred comments per post. Nev…
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Part Tres - sneaky snake
by Susan Holder is terrific about 1 year ago
I learned a long time ago that when caught in a dream that you can’t wake up from, you should just play along. Talking snake …
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My cat in all this mess
by Susan Holder is terrific about 1 year ago
I looked suspiciously at a small bulge in the snake’s mid-section. “Where is my cat?”
“Over here, dearest.”, came a muffled …
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finally getting dressed
by Susan Holder is terrific about 1 year ago
I gotta say that question had me. I mean, other than “Everything”, which would have made me sound like an imbecile, I had no …
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The pigeon's role in this.
by Susan Holder is terrific about 1 year ago
I don’t know why I was surprised when the door opened and the pigeon flew in. Manners hadn’t been at the forefront so far and…
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The Bunny Slippers are Key
by StrugglingWriter about 1 year ago
“Oh, I get it,” I said. “Cookie is obviously the name of some giant alien spaceship bent on the destruction of the Earth, rig…
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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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There be dragons here... drat.....
by Susan Holder is terrific about 1 year ago
“Just… try throwing your voice in the direction of the slippers.”, he muttered.. “And DON’T let the slippers fall off… No…
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Now you see her... damn...
by Susan Holder is terrific about 1 year ago
What could happen? This whole thing is a hallucination, right? My feet dangled out of the window for three minutes and all I …
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Introducing Joe and Cindy - puppeteers
by Susan Holder is terrific about 1 year ago
‘Guten morgen.’, I heard the snake say from inside the window in a really bad German accent. “Dragon Lucy, I would like to in…
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Further into the rabbit hole
by Susan Holder is terrific about 1 year ago
The snake looked from the little fuzzball cat that until a second ago I thought was named ‘Fluffy’, up to the medium-sized bu…
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Let's Travel Through Time
by StrugglingWriter about 1 year ago
“Jon Spokes. Got it”, said Sam. The old man was clearly senile and Sam was not interested in small talk. Besides, it was comm…
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Believing and seeing
by Mycroft about 1 year ago
Some people wear tinfoil helmets and keep away from windows. Some analyse photos endlessly. Some make constant requests for u…
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Meet our leader
by Susan Holder is terrific about 1 year ago
We landed in the middle of Yankee Stadium, right on the baseball diamond. Ricky leaped off the dragon, turned and bowed to he…
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Take me to your leader
by Susan Holder is terrific about 1 year ago
I never knew a snake could fall. I mean.. when your stomach is so close to the ground, where is there to go? However, I know …
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Speech with the boss
by Susan Holder is terrific about 1 year ago
“Put your head in the fish tank!!”, my cat repeated rather intensely. “The Catfish wants to speak to you!!”
I looked at the …
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don the catfish
by Susan Holder is terrific about 1 year ago
Fluffy and the snake looked aghast at my action. “What are you doing?’, hissed the snake, for once foregoing his annoying bad…
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book holds the answers..yea. right..
by Susan Holder is terrific about 1 year ago
I skimmed through the pages, not making sense of most of it. “What is this book?”, I asked.
“That book is the most prophetic…
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frubjulous
by roblef about 1 year ago
Nothing worse than a phloore. Honest.
They smell bad, they utter bizarre gobbling noises from somewhere around their top nub…
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Magrathea
by Susan Holder is terrific about 1 year ago
“Magrathea… a mouse world is the bastion of hope for Earth?? Disney World have too many cats?”, I jokingly asked.
“Yes.” C…
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Convention concluded
by Susan Holder is terrific about 1 year ago
‘Convention of Mice to save the inhabitants of the construct.’ read Tobin, a little gray mouse.. well.. in this dimension any…
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Shrubbery
by Kamalani about 1 year ago
She had been in her bedroom, straightening her hair in the mirror, when she saw the flash of white and gold on her freshly cu…
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Talking to Oneself
by StrugglingWriter about 1 year ago
Ribs bruised and head pounding, Sam struggled to suppress his whimpers of pain, drawing on the times he “played WWF” with his…
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Talking to Oneself (Moved)
by StrugglingWriter about 1 year ago
Ribs bruised and head pounding, Sam struggled to suppress his whimpers of pain, drawing on the times he “played WWF” with his…
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The Killer
by Cobweb about 1 year ago
The dark haired man pulled an antique straight razor out from an inside pocket of his jacket and stared at his reflection in …
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Refrigerator (pt. 2)
by Howie Amourscow about 1 year ago
Felton Noble went into the bathroom and turned on the light. Facing the bathroom mirror he opened his mouth and removed sever…
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For Change's Sake
by Ben Paddon 7 months ago
“I’m not really enjoying myself here,” said Carl.
“Oh, come on!” laughed Bernard. “Where’s your Joie De Vivre?”
“I’m _dead….
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Refrigerator (pt. 3)
by Howie Amourscow about 1 year ago
Then, after washing his hands, Felton Noble removed his contact lenses. His eyes were wounded and muddy, no longer dangerous….
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Please leave the planet
by Susan Holder is terrific about 1 year ago
The fundamental laws of flying a planet are actually quite simple. They involve finding some force powerful enough to move it…
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Did you think it would get normal?
by Susan Holder is terrific about 1 year ago
There is speculation as to the effect of time travel when in space. Some people say that to mitigate the space shift, you nee…
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Treed
by Ad Astra about 1 year ago
I awoke this morning to find I’d been turned into a tree. Oh, I still look like a human, still have legs and arms and move …
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Time Keeps on Slippin'
by StrugglingWriter about 1 year ago
A few yards up the road Sam noticed a boy no more than 10 years old riding a bicycle with a metal halo on his head.
“Hey ki…
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Jesus' second coming
by Susan Holder is terrific about 1 year ago
Interviewer: Oh my God… I mean.. well.. Pardon me please.. Oh jeez… I mean.. wow… God… Are you sure you want to be in…
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Jesus' second coming 2
by Susan Holder is terrific about 1 year ago
Connic Chung: If the treatment was so bad, then why have you returned?
Jesus: It is my pop’s idea of a really bad joke..
C…
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Jesus' first miracle
by Susan Holder is terrific about 1 year ago
Jesus: We did have a talk before I came this time though. I asked to be able to do things my way.
Connie Chung: You mean tha…
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resurrection of a beloved man
by Susan Holder is terrific about 1 year ago
Connie Chung: I am sensing a recurring motif here involving your crucifixion. Is there something you want to talk about?
Jes…
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Time Machines Fly (CLFM 45)
by SJHundak/S.J.Willing about 1 year ago
We found the kid riding in circles around a small apartment complex’s parking lot.
He was still sniffling some, although the…
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Home at last - and asleep
by Susan Holder is terrific about 1 year ago
Jocinda looked from the mice to the fish, then turned toward the ladder in the corner of the room and made her way up out of …
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Strange Things are Afoot at The Rusty Tailpipe
by StrugglingWriter about 1 year ago
It was about a mile walk to the bar, and by the time Sam arrived he was tired and thirsty. Sam hadn’t walked a mile since his…
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The End of the World - An Idea
by Saffron about 1 year ago
“Just leave your dishes on the table. Do you think the next customer’s gonna mind?” Fender grabbed Max, pulling him out the d…
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The End of the World as We Know It
by Norm McCray about 1 year ago
Max stared into his cup a few moments longer, then gulped its contents down. He made a face as the last bit of tea emptied an…
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Stupid bunny won't start
by The Dod about 1 year ago
Piggy was late. He was always late, but this time it was going to cost him his job, and he knew that. He knew the signs.
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Stupid Bunny - Help Arrives
by kwatz about 1 year ago
Piggy jumped off the bunny and kicked it a couple of times in the hindquarters. He felt better, but it certainly wasn’t helpi…
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Spark Of Life
by Howie Amourscow about 1 year ago
“It worked yesterday!” roared Piggy.
“Don’t panic,” Rooster cackled soothingly, “there’s nothing to get upset-”
“Says a guy…
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Whar be Pirate Pete?!
by YodaOnCrack about 1 year ago
“Whar be Pyrate Pete?! Whar be Pyrate Pete? I should
seize all yer doubloons just fer askin’ me that, young scurvy
dog.” The… -
Christmas Stranger
by Blue-eyed Babe about 1 year ago
When Ana heard the knock at the door, she was surprised. It was Christmas Eve, after all. She put down her cup of coffee and…
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Asbestos
by Brian Slattery about 1 year ago
“Is the phone ringing?” I said.
“No,” Julia said. “It’s your ears.”
“No, it’s a phone.”
“Not our phone. It’s our neighbor’…
