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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…
Booze for Thought

by Ben Paddon 10 months ago
Not Like I Planned

by KasumiRose 8 months ago

And it’s not like I planned. It’s nothing like I planned- or hoped. You’re so far away even though you’re right here. Right n…
Facebook Romance

by uselessness 8 months ago

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Relationship Update
1/28/08, 9:07am

Maggie “Diamond” Skinner has ended her relatio…
Saying Good-Bye

by Ana Cristina 8 months ago

Nina thanked Jake for the handkerchief and they sat there silently, watching people drift in and out of the room. At one poin…
Moving On

by Ana Cristina 8 months ago

The first week was the hardest. It took a day before Nina could sleep through the whole night. It took two for her to stop bu…
1/28/08;; "Your Gaurdian Angel"

by RunningWithScissors 8 months ago

When I see your smile.. tears run down my face..
I shook my head and loosened my ponytail. As I reached towards my melting …
Hesitation

by Ana Cristina 8 months ago

Nina hesitated before reaching for the phone. Something stilled her hand, but she couldn’t put a finger on what it was. What …
Butterflies

by Ana Cristina 8 months ago

An hour later Nina sat outside Starbucks with Jake, sipping her favorite, the white chocolate mocha. Jake finished his espres…
A Godawful Small Affair

by Wil Wheaton 8 months ago

“I want to move to Mars, and open up a bar,” Gregor said.

Matti inhaled deeply, and let a cloud of pale blue smoke surround …
secret, tree, parents, grown

by Emmyful 8 months ago

She had a secret; one she had never told anybody. It was a very painful secret that she preferred not to talk about.
As a you…
Ignorance is Bliss

by emma jo_234 8 months ago

Trees sway
and birds fly
Flowers pray
but hours die.

Nature’s way
So good and sweet
A love today
A small heartbeat.

What do…
Bear Bones Beginning

by THX 0477 8 months ago

Things are not going well with my girlfriend.

A few nights ago, you see, I was taking out the garbage. She accompanied me, t…
1/30/08;; "Goodbye"

by RunningWithScissors 8 months ago

I’m better off, pretending like I never knew you..
I picked up dinner’s leftovers and walked towards the sink. High pitched…
Life of the Search Party

by THX 0477 8 months ago

Three diminutive figures trudged down the gravel road. Well, two trudged and one hopped along nervously.

The hopping one sta…
One night at a time

by HaveToWrite 8 months ago

Adam searched the aisle, growing more frustrated. “What kind of grocery store doesn’t sell can openers?”

He turned quickly, ...
Beheaded [Doll challenge]

by Mistress Elsha Hawk 8 months ago

She stood there in her lacy nightgown on the edge of the cliff. The sky was dark. Huge black clouds rolled containing a fury …
No more secrets

by HaveToWrite 8 months ago

Harold brushed past his secretary and shut the door behind him. The coffee in his styrofoam cup threatened to spill out onto …
Internet Acronyms: A Usage Guide (IA: AUG)

by Hobo Beard Bob 8 months ago
Users Guide To Internet Slang Prt 2

by SKermitgorf 8 months ago

Learning Internet Chat speak is indeed very important, shortening words into easlily recognizable slogans.
The following I ho…
Style For You (!!!)

by White Hat 8 months ago

You sit at your keyboard eating your Pocky. You liked the 1024-character pseudonymous fiction. To write your own is something…
The third number

by HaveToWrite 8 months ago

The hot coffee couldn’t quell the chill running down his spine. Harold’s hand trembled as he pulled his cell from his pocket….
Yet to come

by Geek Mythology 8 months ago

It was a tall room, but it had to be. With five star Generals, came five star ego’s. And he had to please all of them.

“Mr P…
In A Heartbeat

by KasumiRose 8 months ago

She hummed as she pulled on her skirt and shimmied into the spaghetti strap top. After pulling her hair back into something m…
At The Top Of The World

by Three Gryphon[s] 8 months ago

The sun set hours ago, but it was still light, shining with the blue-white glow of the moon & the North Star, the only two ob…
Small potatoes

by kjaneway 8 months ago

The end of the world as they knew it came on a Tuesday afternoon.

Not with the apocalyptic imagery of their great-grandfathe…
Machine

by Geek Mythology 8 months ago

The orders had come through. Stop the war machine at all costs. Machine?

It was easy for them to call it a machine. Their ra…
Absolution in the Food Court

by THX 0477 8 months ago

The girls at the table giggle then avert their eyes while they stifle the cruel outbursts of amusement. Megan feels her head …
History Repeats Itself

by nesdil 8 months ago

Numb and exhausted,
I watch you walk away.
All that I know thus far is misery and pain.
Drowning in my own emotions,
spirali…
A Wind On Winter Grass [Strong Memory Challenge]

by THX 0477 8 months ago

I’m schlepping into work, horking back another measure of snot. The taste is salty sickness, a gustatory reminder of why I ha…
Anti Superbowl Lowdown

by Apostrophe 8 months ago

Alone on a Sunday night. Ostrasized by all the football fanatics watching the “big game” commonly known as the SuperBowl.

A…
No Gnud's Not Good News

by THX 0477 8 months ago

On the rustic porch, three pairs of anxious eyes scanned the surroundings.

Behind tiny, squinting eyes Thayen whispered, “It…
Driven Down the Aisle

by uselessness 8 months ago

She wasn’t exactly a supermodel, but she wasn’t ugly. Thirty pounds overweight with frumpy brown hair in waves like a crook…
All in Blue

by [pens&feathers] 8 months ago

I find it when I’m going through the attic, clearing away the boxes – each one, it seems, holds the contents of a phase, a li…
Don't shoot the pigeons

by HaveToWrite 8 months ago

There were two more outside the hardware store.

Adam had a clear shot, crouched behind the mailbox on the corner, but decide…
why the chickenpox?

by Emmyful 8 months ago

I had been contagious for four days and was feeling better but still could not go back to school. I got a call from my best f…
Togetherness on the Surface of the Sun

by uselessness 8 months ago

“Marcus, get your behind out here this instant!”

No response.

“Marcus, don’t make me come in there! I will shut that thin…
Sorting Things Out [Thousand Character Challenge]

by THX 0477 8 months ago

“Dave. Yo, Dave. Davey? David!”

“Huh? Oh, sorry. I was…” But David trailed off, his eyes going almost as glassy the eyes o…
Lesson

by Jaya Dellaque 8 months ago

She went into the room and was startled by the universal beauty of the other participants. They were all like models, like h…
Bullied

by One Time, One Chance 8 months ago

She walks down the hallway, being pushed and thrown about from the commotion of the passing bell time in school. Her legs wer…
Not alone

by HaveToWrite 8 months ago

Evie watched in desperation as she saw Adam sneak down the other side of the street and disappear around the corner.

She wan…
Stuck

by One Time, One Chance 8 months ago

I slow to a halt and look around, grasping on to my cuts as if that were to heal them. Trees, trees everywhere. North, East, ...
The Road the Goes to My House

by [pens&feathers] 8 months ago

When you’re six years old, everything is magical.

When you’re six years old, walking through the woods on a Saturday mornin…
Gray Day

by horrorfan13 about 1 year ago

The day the world went gray started out normal enough. I got up.
Got dressed.
Drove to my usual spot.
Got out.
And began …
Starcrossed Lovers

by thumbtwiddler about 1 year ago

The rain pounded down around me as my umbrella threatened to rip itself away from my tightly clenched fist. Suddenly a gust o…

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