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• L'heure Bleu

  by Ana Cristina 1 minute ago

  I pulled her back into my arms and rest my chin on her head.

  She shifted in my arms to peer up at me. “You said once that th…

• A Machiavellian Wrinkle

  by thebetweenspace 7 minutes ago

  The next morning, Jameson woke up, a single, heavenly thought on his mind: Prandi. His eyelids flickered. He smiled and ope…

• Waiting for THE Question

  by penguincaptain18 15 minutes ago

  “Oh yeah..” Kyle looked as if he were fighting himself.
  _Maybe he’s got a little voice in his head too?
  You can ask him once …

• Scared or Startled?

  by penguincaptain18 about 1 hour ago

  At last! Monday. The voice said as Janice climbed up the steps of her school. She didn’t know whether to be excited or terr…

• Beauty must be seen.. {Part 2 - Unexpected Twist Challenge}

  by Quizmaster about 1 hour ago

• Beauty must be seen.. {Part 1 - Unexpected Twist Challenge}

  by Quizmaster about 1 hour ago

  “Honey, I think between us should be over”, he said with an absent voice, sipping the once warm tea she brought him to bed, a…

• In the Half-Light

  by Ana Cristina about 1 hour ago

  “He’s your father, Bella. He’d be more suspicious if you didn’t visit him.”

  “How about when he starts to get old and I sti…

• Third Person

  by Never Explain about 2 hours ago

  “Mmph!!!” I tryed to yell over my choker, but that guy was walking towards me while his eyes seemed to rake and bore into me …

• Bella's Sorrow

  by Ana Cristina about 2 hours ago

  Bella nestled into my arms, resting her head on my chest. She sighed, but it was not a sigh of contentment. It was one of gri…

• Nature's Cure

  by Ramy about 2 hours ago

  I felt like there was no hope left in the world, like I wasn’t even there. I looked up at the darkened sky and found hope. It…

• Nature's Cure

  by Ramy about 2 hours ago

  I felt like there was no hope left in the world, like I wasn’t even there. I looked up at the darkened sky and found hope. It…

• life

  by moonlight_girl about 3 hours ago

  i walk along this road called life
  scared and alone
  never really knowing
  where my steps may lead
  i use to have a path to …

• Embrace

  by PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA) about 3 hours ago

  The pair enters and with a practiced kick from her heel the door slams shut. The resultant boom reverberates though the taste…

• Remembering the Kitchen Floor

  by Dreamer about 3 hours ago

  My face was pressed against the cool tile floor. It felt good there, cleansing (although it was probably covered in bacteria …

• Remembering the Monster

  by Dreamer about 3 hours ago

  The sickening guilt hit me with surprising force. I remembered all the times I’d unloaded my problems to her and how she’d sa…

• Memory 3/ Remembering Her Face

  by Dreamer about 3 hours ago

  I drove straight home, my mind fixated on one memory, swirling about in my head.
  A promise she hadn’t been able to keep.
  I wa…

• Guest

  by PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA) about 4 hours ago

  The oily puddle on the cobblestones glistens in the orange light of a nearby lamp. The last few drops of tonight’s rain dance…

• Boy in a corner

  by Freakinalecks about 4 hours ago

• Mysterious Black Glove

  by Freakinalecks about 4 hours ago

  It seemed so mysterious, that black leather glove in the road. I picked it up and looked around to see a matching glove anywh…

• Remembering Crying

  by Dreamer about 4 hours ago

  Drew looked like he was choking. “Drew?” I asked, alarmed, “Are you ok?” His eyes were suddenly distant, cold. He was no long…

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