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• Sanctuary

  by Colin about 1 year ago

  All I could focus on was the sound of the rain. My head became a battleground for the thunderous thuds that the droplets made…

• Finally...a chance to make fun of the Clique books!

  by Charlotte Scriversi 10 months ago

  Massie Block stared down at her nose at the new girl.
  “Ehmagawd! Puh-lease, let you sit at our table? With that outfit? That …

• Insecurity=Plastic Surgery

  by BetwINeen 9 months ago

  “OMG! look at my thighs, they don’t just touch, they overlap!”, A severly anorexic wannabe actress named Marli said.
  “If you …

• Dear Gossip Girl: I Wanna Be Generally Unhealthy

  by Stovohobo 9 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 …

• Mock Pop Culture Challenge: Encompass

  by MisterB 9 months ago

  Twirling in my ergonomic desk chair I begin to think of what possible destinations my computer could take me tonight. In my d…

• my songs (a couple random ones)

  by llamaluvsmenotu 9 months ago

  1. Dirty Little Secret – All American Rejects

  2. In Da Club – 50 Cent

  3. Dazed and Confused – Led Zepplin

  4. I Slept With …

• Limited Edition Rock & Republic!

  by BetwINeen 9 months ago

  “And in other news a girl almost had her legs amputated because she tried on a pair of skinny jeans with flip flops…” A new…

• Random Songs {Llama's iPod Challenge}

  by Alexa ♥ 9 months ago

  I don’t have an MP3 device, so I went to my Pandora station & chose the first 10 songs I liked. (Like any radio, it played cr…

• What Happens When a Bored Kid Named After a Twisted Version of His Name and a Hobo Meets Music? Just About THE ULTIMATE PLAYLIST EVER...Well, Maybe Not (But the Longest Title for a Ficlet Ever, Definitely)

  by Stovohobo 9 months ago

  1. A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left—Andrew Bird (a recent find, great!)

  2. Thick as Thieves—Dashboard Conf…

• My Embarrassment; part 2

  by That Girl 9 months ago

  By the time I reached my house, I was ready to climb into bed and forget about the mountain of homework waiting for me. As I …

• 10 songs (Mostly by Fall Out Boy)

  by Three Gryphon[s] 9 months ago

  1. Camisado – Panic! At The Disco
  2. Grand Theft Autumn – Fall Out Boy
  3. Teenagers – My Chemical Romance
  4. Misery Business-...

• Left Behind

  by Aislinn Kerry 8 months ago

  The scent of spice hung on the air. He stepped inside, closed the door. Called her name.

  Silence, and a faint bitter scent b…

• No Camp For You

  by THX 0477 8 months ago

  “Ah, Sigmund,” mused Charlie as he jostled the bobblehead, “What would you do about mother?”
  “Dr. Freud can’t help you now,...

• Repression...

  by someday_93 8 months ago

  Lights blare; music pulses. Screaming echoes from all corners of the gymnasium, decked out with streamers. This is my first h…

• Pervert targets girls on Ficlets (THIS IS REAL)

  by Tiggerstripn2 8 months ago

  Today I was contacted by a person via my im said she was reading my story The Others. She turned into a he and a pervert at t…

• Dancing on Pointe

  by someday_93 8 months ago

  I caress the smooth pink satin between my fingers. Worn with time, the toes have a grayish hue to them, where the material ha…

• I Remember

  by Tears of Phoenix 8 months ago

  I remember the games we used to play. You were there sometimes, visiting your grandparents who lived next door. We bounced on…

• "What Does It Mean?"

  by Capital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus) 8 months ago

  I was proud. My first time having a painting on display in a gallery. Not a big gallery, not a famous one, but a gallery, non…

• Melodrama Maniac {Band Baby 4 Life's Challenge}

  by Lone Writer 8 months ago

  “It’s not that big of a deal.” Taylor rolled her eyes.
  “Oh, but it is!” Sarah cried,her voice laden with dramatic undertones….

• CYSS (Band Baby 4 Life Challenge)

  by judee4u2 8 months ago

  I haven’t been the same since I was diagnosed.

  NEVER would I have dreamed that I would become a statistic, a member of the …

• It All Goes On

  by someday_93 8 months ago

  It all seems so surreal. That tree, the one across the street, has been chopped down, replaced by a small rose garden. And th…

• BFF's

  by Freedom 8 months ago

  Tap-Tap a knock on the door
  It must be your friend, get up from the floor

  Beep-Beep the popcorn is ready
  Hug your friend li…

• A Girl's voice in the Street

  by FurFur 8 months ago

• His Reply

  by lost_at_sea 8 months ago

  _Judie,
  I’m sorry for hurting you so badly. I wish I would’ve told you my feelings before…but you’ve always seemed to be so…

• I Used to be a High School Student

  by someday_93 8 months ago

  I used to be a high school student. I used to ride a yellow bus every morning, before the sun was even up, to a brick buildin…

• She (Maybe_Miseryx's Christmas Challenge)

  by insomniac 8 months ago

  She will rock
  And wish to roll
  She will crawl
  And dream to run
  She will be loved
  By no one
  She will walk
  But wish she’d fly
  S…

• Stovohobo Turns Thirteen

  by Stovohobo 8 months ago

  They say that every experience that will form your life happened before you were twelve.

  Does that mean my childhood is over…

• The Dungeon of My Discontent (Shocking Dialogue)

  by Batak Beatrix 7 months ago

  “What are you doing? Going out there would be akin to suicide!”

  “Yes, I know! But really I don’t see any other way! I mean, ...

• [Shocking Dialogue] The Prophet

  by Ariel Christian 7 months ago

  “A prophet’s job is never done.”

  “Well, no, I guess it wouldn’t be. With the end times, terrorist attacks…”

  “No, no. I do…

• Take Care Of Her

  by Lone Writer 7 months ago

  Angela’s house hadn’t looked so big on theoutside but it was huge on the inside, I realized as we walked through the halls. S…

• Ex-Husband

  by One Time, One Chance 7 months ago

  After two hours, I realized Tim wasn’t too bad a guy. Maybe even my first new buddy in America. Other than his obssesity over…

• Different Wes

  by Dreamer 7 months ago

  As I walked towards the breezeway where our group liked to hang out I was still wondering what I was going to say to Andy.I p…

• 80th COMMENT FICLET CHALLENGE

  by Tad Winslow 7 months ago

  Most of the challenges I’ve seen are in celebration of writing a certain number of ficlets, heck, all of them are. I’m not ag…

• Sizzler Steakhouse Story (Tad Winslow's 80th Comment Ficlet Challenge)

  by MRay 7 months ago

  Sammy saw a simple solution to his problem: Sizzler Steakhouses. Like a lightning strike from a storm in Seattle, it struck h…

• Family Holidays

  by Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy 7 months ago

  She walked into her kitchen that evening after coming back from several meetings, a concert, and a couple of rehearsals. Her …

• dont. ask.

  by llamaluvsmenotu 7 months ago

  ok so i was like all walkin down the street, right? ok so then this guy he just comes up all like “heyy girl!” im like “o gaw…

• Why Pole Dancing Isn't Funny

  by THX 0477 7 months ago

  Charles giggled to himself. His assistant elbowed him again in the ribs. Apparently he didn’t think giggling during a cultura…

• Girl Meets Car (Mode for Love Challange)

  by MeAndTheMoon 7 months ago

  It’s so hard to tell if I should make the first move. With my last serious boyfriend (he was an Acura) he had been waiting fo…

• Turtles All The Way Down

  by Howie Amourscow 7 months ago

  “Frak!” Simon shouted. His voice echoed off his rocks. He sat down on one and put his head in his hands.

  He’d screwed up. A …

• If At First, Etc.

  by Howie Amourscow 7 months ago

  “But, Magnificent Lord,” the archangel said, “I merely suggest—”

  “Stuff it!” Simon snapped, rubbing his eyes. “You’re not t…

• A ride home

  by Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy 7 months ago

  He gave me a ride home that evening, and we had the radio on. I couldn’t believe he was besides me singing my favorite song s…

• TOM CRUISE!!!

  by Mask By The Moon 7 months ago

  I spun around and playfully gave Shade a push.

  “What’s wrong, Skippy? We all got high on air, just… you know… you’re o…

• In Loving Memory (My Sister in My Heart)

  by Brebelles 7 months ago

  A Tribute to a Loved One
  Lora Pacheco
  December 11th, 2007
  8:27P.M

  Lora is a close friend, who as of the date & time menti…

• I Hate Those Words, I Hate Those Words.

  by One Time, One Chance 7 months ago

  Out of frustration, I banged my head against the wall. Or at least what I thought was the wall, I couldn’t even tell you whic…

• They Don't Understand

  by One Time, One Chance 7 months ago

  I started running down the hall, hoping I was going the right way. 630.. 631.. I was going to go crazy before I got to him. T…

• Ten Reasons

  by Dreamer 7 months ago

  I DO NOT want to go to homecoming. I can think of ten reasons why:
  1.Blake will be there
  2. Chrissy will be there
  3. Blake wi…

• The Proposition

  by Culture Shock w/ Mike Schwartz 7 months ago

  A cold chill crept down my back as the possibility of a stocker flashed through my head. I didn’t recall encountering any str…

• Mind Games ( The Sequal from Through Veronicas Eyes)

  by Living In Wonder Land ♠ 7 months ago

  Tea? You have to be kidding me .
  “Wheres Jenny?” I demmanded looking at my mother even though her attention was not on me.
  ...

• What Her Hands Did( The Sequal from Mind Games)

  by Living In Wonder Land ♠ 7 months ago

  My nails dragged down the hall wall as my mother gripped my arm and pulled me. She picked me up and set me down on the chair …

• Please Dont Take My Life (The sequal to What Her Hands Did)

  by Living In Wonder Land ♠ 7 months ago

  My mothers body skidded to the floor with a weak wail, emotion filled her eyes. Her weak body stuggled to get up and I sat th…

• And Then You Had Dinner

  by Throat Wolf 7 months ago

  Dinner was excellent, though my stomach felt a little unsettled. At least, I thought it must, for it kept making odd noises e…

• Any Given Monday

  by Culture Shock w/ Mike Schwartz 7 months ago

  The screeching breaks of the subway snapped me out of my trance. Looking up, I saw the Brookline Village sign, my stop. I qui…

• Car Meets Girl

  by Robotech_Master 7 months ago

  I’ve been driven by a lot of cute girls in my time, but I think there’s really something special about this one. Sure, she’s …

• WOW Squidward

  by Freedom 7 months ago

  He said those three words to me, “I love you.” while standing in his converses. He wore them that day on purpose, I knew for …

• Is My Blue, Your Blue {Challenge Colors}

  by Jenunique 7 months ago

  Something that has always fascinated me, is my blue your blue. When you look to the sky do you see white puffy clouds against…

• Love

  by Freedom 7 months ago

  Love.
  How can you describe it?
  I wish there was a how to love kit.

  Love.
  Some want it and spend the time looking.
  Some read…

• A New & Improved 5 things I've Never Told Anyone, with a few touch-ups

  by ○○♥Promises Broken & Backs Turned♥○○ 7 months ago

  1. I’m afraid that everybody hates me, I’m annoying, and dumb, and…

  2. I wish that everything in my life could just be “no…

• What You Dont Know

  by Living In Wonder Land ♠ 7 months ago

  There are so many things that people do not know, so many things people do. So a girl may look happy and bubbly on the outsid…

• Five Things No One Has Had the Guts to Tell Me

  by MRay 7 months ago

  Five Things No One Has Had the Guts to Tell Me:

  1. Wow…you’re good-looking.

  2. I read your last novel and it was brillian…

• Where The River Flows

  by Living In Wonder Land ♠ 7 months ago

  Lexi closed her eyes as she let her feet flow in the river. She could see herself when she was little running through the riv…

• Something To Say

  by One Time, One Chance 7 months ago

  The moments leading up to when I was going to be able to him dragged on. In that time, I explained everything – about Derrick…

• Just A Poem

  by Apostrophe 7 months ago

  If you say that you love me, and you truly mean it
  you have accepted the consequences
  .
  You have taken full resposibity of …

• Funny Christmas Songs

  by BernerOberland 7 months ago

  All of the holiday songs on his ipod were funny ones.
  He liked to laugh.

  Emil like the song ‘Grandma Got Run Over By a Rein…

• 69 Years

  by Culture Shock w/ Mike Schwartz 7 months ago

  She watched him in his chair from the kitchen. She was fixing him dinner as she had done everyday for the past 69 years.

  Sh…

• Sweet Seventeen

  by Culture Shock w/ Mike Schwartz 7 months ago

  When did this life become my hell
  Picture perfect smiles that scream and yell
  Never striking with fists but daggers of words
  ...

• Dismissed

  by Culture Shock w/ Mike Schwartz 7 months ago

  You’re so vain and cocky
  You think that I care
  I laugh at you constantly
  When you’re not there
  You think that I love you
  You …

• 5 Things LOVE Can Be

  by Overlooked_Merchandise 7 months ago

  LOVE is different for different people. It could mean one thing for one person and something else for someone else.

  Here …

• vTest^

  by Living In Wonder Land ♠ 7 months ago

  We are living in purgatory, taking a test. We fail or we succeed on this test. Theres no second chance . We do it once and re…

• What's Expected Is Unexpected

  by One Time, One Chance 7 months ago

  He seemed incredibly excited with his news, not nervous or jittery at all.

  Maybe this is easier for guys to say?

  “Uh.. yo…

• Recovery

  by Culture Shock w/ Mike Schwartz 7 months ago

  ICU. Those are three very scary letters. Just like “Critical Condition”.

  She was the only one allowed in the room and she wa…

• Reunion

  by Culture Shock w/ Mike Schwartz 6 months ago

  I hadn’t seen him in ten years and there he was standing in front of me ordering a beer. I knew he didn’t recognize me and I …

• Then She was Gone

  by Dragon_sun 515 6 months ago

  Lightning streaked across the sky. Emma watched it from her lonesome perch on the side of the lake. A burst of wind crashed i…

• I'm not that girl's challenge

  by flute faerie 6 months ago

  Sitting at the computer in my fleecy Hello Kitty pajamas, I realise I’ve been online all day. Oh well, that’s why I love …

• To Be in Love and Lonely at the same Time{Flute Faeries Challenge}

  by ○○♥Promises Broken & Backs Turned♥○○ 6 months ago

  Todays the day
  The worst day of my life
  You sulk until it hurts me, but you couldn’t stay awhile.
  I don’t know why.

  I tried …

• It's All White [artistsrunwild's challenge]

  by someday_93 6 months ago

  White…it’s all white. That’s all I can think of, strangely. The sheets on the bed, the floors, the walls…all of it is whi…

• Stand Up Tall

  by someday_93 6 months ago

  “Mom! They’re gonna laugh at me!”

  “Honey, no one’s going to laugh. And if they do, you just stand up tall and ignore them.”
  ...

• On My Pillow

  by someday_93 6 months ago

  And she’ll start to lose her hair. The doctor’s voice echoes through my mind; I knew this was coming, knew it was going to …

• Love Me Always

  by someday_93 6 months ago

  “What is it, Katie?” Ashley’s sitting cross-legged on my bed, facing me, but my tongue is stuck to the inside of my mouth. I …

• Love was made for you and me, Lyrics Challenge

  by Blusparrow 6 months ago

  *I could feel it from the start
  For the first time
  You’re everything
  In these crazy times
  When you look me in the eyes
  The st…

• Were Just Human

  by Living In Wonder Land ♠ 6 months ago

  I’ve never really been close to my parents. We fought everyday, I was screamed and called names everyday. Sometimes I want to…

• Meltdown {16}

  by Yeah Write! 6 months ago

  I was mostly distracted by the strange minglings of my mind for about ten minutes before it became unbearable: What was he do…

• Not Like This

  by [pens&feathers] 6 months ago

  After I get the news, I find myself in the back of a church, wearing black like you’re supposed to when somebody you used to …

• The Marriage (How I live Now Challenge)

  by flute faerie 6 months ago

  We were walking down the sunlit beach on an early Monday morning. I took off that day, and my whole office knew my plan.

  ”...

• Jesus, I Am Your Father

  by Fyora Cartagan 6 months ago

  “I need you to find me…A Virgin, female, velociraptor.”

  Lucifer VI looked up at the deity and raised an eyebrow and opened…

• There Was a Collapse

  by [pens&feathers] 6 months ago

  I don’t get a call, I read it in the paper. And I never read the paper.

  But, there you are, splashed all over the front page…

• "I can't."

  by [pens&feathers] 6 months ago

  Three years ago, today, we were swinging in the hammock in our back yard. There was a diamond on my finger, and a blanket aro…

• She Was the Mother (lyrics challenge)

  by Culture Shock w/ Mike Schwartz 6 months ago

  She comes and goes and comes and goes
  Like no one can
  She said she needed a break
  A little time to think
  Now I’m left
  Cleanin…

• Cat the Dancing Mouse: A Philosophical Exploration of the Pen Name That Rocked Your Socks...And a New Contest: *CLOSING DATE ANNOUNCED*

  by Cat the Dancing Mouse 6 months ago

  Cat the Dancing Mouse. It makes as much sense as two peas in a pod, as peapods never have two peas. Of course, I am referin…

• Emma Jo_234: A Philosophical Exploration of the Pen Name that Should have Been a Little More Creative

  by emma jo_234 6 months ago

  Emma Jo 234. Really, quite a fascinating title when you think about it for a few moments, but lacking a certain…hmm….se…

• I Can Hear You

  by Living In Wonder Land ♠ 6 months ago

  Tears ran down her face as she gritted her teeth trying to hold them back. She could hear her parents talk about her. They al…

• My Birthday Present

  by Dragon_sun 515 6 months ago

  “Just a bit further.”

  I patiently stumbled along, following the voices of my friends. If I wasn’t patient they’d leave me to…

• My Quirk

  by Phosphate11 6 months ago

  I saw this challenge and I was like awesome!!! But actually I have no idea what I should use. I’m pretty quirky. So i’ve chos…

• Just Having Fun

  by Tad Winslow 6 months ago

  open and pen (virtually)

  through typing the (absurdity)

  winning ingredients

  put your eyes in the scope

  and

  view the r…

• quirks challengee

  by yoITSme 6 months ago

  my quirks? there are many

  /every fourth of every month, i eat goldfish for breakfast
  /before a math test i always get an A i…

• My Numerous and Various Quirks (Pens' Challenge)

  by Storykeeper of Fae 6 months ago

  Quirks? Me? Well…

  There’s the fact that whenever I read dialogue aloud, and I’m alone, I read it in a British accent. Neve…

• Geheim Sir Ayita: A Philosophical Exploration of the Pen Name You couldnt figure out yurself

  by Geheim Sir Ayita 6 months ago

  Well i had tones of fun actually putting together a meaningful Pen Name cause this competition made em notice how shallow min…

• A Philosophical Exploration of the Pen Name That Is Creative, Kind Of.

  by `crayola. 6 months ago

  `crayola.

  her pen name was once `molasses. but she borrowed that from a friend on livejournal. the girl thought it was cute…

• Mask By The Moon: A Philosophical Exploration of the Pen Name That You've Heard About a Little Too Much BUT SEE IT AGAIN!

  by Mask By The Moon 6 months ago

  Mask by the moon. A name that has a mysterious air about it, especially for such a “peppy” little kid like me! You’ve all h…