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• speculation on dramatic devices (i was bored, sue me)

  by black dog 724 38 minutes ago

  when does a story become a tragedy?
  when a hero, or, maybe not a hero in the conventional sense, but, a hero as pertaining to…

• pizza

  by keepbreathing about 1 hour ago

  “Steven?”
  I said once we were moving.
  “Hmm?”
  he asked absentmindedly.
  “I really do love you.”
  My face softened up.
  “I know.”
  ...

• friendly fire

  by chakatreatmentson! about 1 hour ago

  My candle burns at both the ends,
  it gives eternal light.
  It warms my friends,
  it burns my foes
  and chases back the night.

• Boy Shopping!

  by Emilyscool about 3 hours ago

  So i met Stephen sort of on a whim. Ashley and I decided to go to the mall and shop from boys. We never suspected we’d find n…

• Chapter 7

  by Emilyscool about 3 hours ago

• Journal of the Insane (Post #15)

  by Dementedsoul about 3 hours ago

• A few seconds of relief

  by Bartimaeus about 4 hours ago

  I sat in my chair, my head burried in my hands. I heard myself whimpering, and felt myself holding back tears.
  I turned up my…

• They have no lawyers, and their women go topless

  by The Dod about 4 hours ago

  It was a very small planet. A classical army post from the times of the second empire, with one building big enough to defend…

• Memories of Love

  by xxpinkislife23 about 4 hours ago

  Dear Wiley,
  _My brother, Caleb, he spoke of you just the other day. Oh, you must remember him, he was so much younger than …

• Front Porch Conversations--Eight

  by Watween about 5 hours ago

  “Look at that bird!”

  “Ooh, it’s so pretty!”

  “What kind is it?”

  “I dunno.”

  “You DON’T KNOW?”

  “Um, yeah. I don’t know.”

  ”...

• Letter to Wiley

  by .:band baby:. about 5 hours ago

  I sat in my room and remembered that fateful day… when the first letter came.

  _Dear Wiley, my Wiley…

  I am sending you a…

• A Fellow Writer

  by .:band baby:. about 5 hours ago

  After a long, tiring day of packing and then unpacking I was very excited to come home and sit on my bed to check my Ficlet…

• Hope

  by xxpinkislife23 about 6 hours ago

  She was nothing but a child.

  She was so innocent and what happened to her was so very terrible.

  Almost to this day I stil…

• This Side of the Hudson: Do Your Research

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) about 6 hours ago

  In Auburn Courthouse:

  “How does defense plead?”
  “Not guilty. Joseph Libbin and his accomplice John Johnson were merely tak…

• Half Angel Pt.2 of 2

  by Poozzab about 6 hours ago

• Half Angel Pt. 1 of 2

  by Poozzab about 6 hours ago

• Diabolically Villainous Challenge Answered

  by Wyatt Aapr about 6 hours ago

  Richard (don’t call me Dick) MacElwain slammed his desk drawer, and rolled back away from his desk, knocking over his waste b…

• Making a Date...Sorta

  by xxpinkislife23 about 6 hours ago

  “Lacey please, you don’t have to worry about me. Just as long as I’m talking to you I should be fine.”
  “Awe..that is so sweet…

• The gift and the question

  by Bartimaeus about 7 hours ago

  After that day, Rob came to visit the orphanage every other day on his lunch breaks and on weekends. Laia seemed to like him …

• I Love Him

  by xxpinkislife23 about 7 hours ago

  _Keith moved in closer to me and made me feel, for once today, safe and comforted. Just the look in his eyes made me want to …

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  I sighed, having been pushed enough toward my breaking point as it was. But no, he simply had to demand more, to get as muc…

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  by Smile4life! 4 days ago

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  by Stovohobo 2 days ago

  Oval Office
  1300 hours

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  by Ana Cristina 2 days ago

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  by SKermitgorf 1 day ago

  _I wish I could take time off and someone else do my job for me. Like a weeks Holiday. Away from suffering and death. I’d avo…

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  by Trafalmadorian_RabbleRouser 9 days ago

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  by ficus 10 days ago

  Great-Meaning wonderful, great in size, notable, etc…
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  by YodaOnCrack 7 days ago

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  by THX 0477 2 days ago

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