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• The Glistening Moonlight of our Wasted Youth, Part 37: Wherein David meets his Birth Mother, and Jacob comes to terms with the death of Loretta

  by Ben Paddon 18 minutes ago

  “What are you doing?”

  “Me?”

  “No, the other disembodied voice in this story. Of course I mean you.”

  “Oh. Well, I’m writ…

• Hadron Incident: The ultimatum

  by ALRO613 ♪ LoA ♫ 20 minutes ago

  The white cotton-like t-shirts and clinical pants did little to keep away the chill of their cell, not to mention the damp co…

• Despair

  by Ezzie 24 minutes ago

  He failed another test. What else is new?

  He lost his only best friend, whom stuck around the longest. His friend got sick o…

• Hadron Incident: The Meeting

  by ALRO613 ♪ LoA ♫ 31 minutes ago

  Vahl took the request to Administrator Kahnon.
  “Absolutely not!” Kahnon shook his massive head, “To disturb the Syndicate wit…

• Residing Dreams (Chapter 147)

  by SaveTheUnicorns 32 minutes ago

  Visiting Casimir was a lot like visiting anyone in a hospital.A couple of my friends had participated in volunteer programs,i…

• Life and Times of Lorraine Dakota- part 31

  by Ezzie 42 minutes ago

  Everything was so foggy for me. Where was I again? The hospital? But why? I heard someone whisper in my ear, was it Nick? Nic…

• Life and Times of Lorraine Dakota- part 30

  by Ezzie about 1 hour ago

  I can’t believe it. Of all the things to happen to me: my water breaks at school. I’ve been praying for this to not happen. A…

• Residing Dreams (Chapter 146)

  by SaveTheUnicorns about 1 hour ago

  He reminded me of somebody I had known previously. A bit in appearance, but also a bit in attitude. There was a girl that I w…

• to late

  by moonlight_girl about 2 hours ago

  you were to late to stop me
  from doing the one thing you didnt want me to
  you were to late from stopping the pain
  that my …

• Too late

  by Lysteria.ws about 10 hours ago

  The tendrils of smoke crept under the door, curling seductively. Evanescent wisps whispering of hungry flames; a warning and …

• Strange indeed

  by Lysteria.ws about 10 hours ago

  How strange.

  She felt the wind caress her skin, her hair, whispering softly around her. The sunset told of beginnings. Light…

• Repair

  by Poozzab about 13 hours ago

  Knock. Knock. My eyes flick up to the mirror, and I register the sound. Someone is at the door.

  I walk downstairs, cross th…

• Welcome

  by pianoman about 14 hours ago

  Welcome
  Welcome
  Come in
  Come in
  To me,
  My
  World
  To me,
  My
  Life
  To me,
  My
  Heaven and hell
  My
  Mind and soul
  I invite you
  I o…

• Dance The Night Away

  by .:band baby:. about 14 hours ago

  “Dance with me?” He asked.

  I laughed and looked at him. “There’s no music!”

  He walked over and hit a button, filling his ro…

• Bobby is gone Missing

  by Wyatt Aapr about 15 hours ago

  The boys stood looking down at the array of bones. Billy said, “The bones are yellow. Maybe these are old bones.”
  Ernie dropp…

• Take My Hand

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) about 15 hours ago

  Your face appears like a spotlight in a crowd; I am amazed.
  Alex gazed in amazement at this girl who’d caught his eye. Time…

• the yellow leaf tree

  by User 10851 about 15 hours ago

  Sunshine flooded in the room, it crept in from every crevice possible, through the sheer white drapes onto the duvet. The yel…

• The Dove Three

  by flute faerie about 15 hours ago

  So the two of us we lived forever and ever,
  as long as that dove lived too.
  For that dove lived as long as our love, which en…

• Mom Knows It Too

  by pianoman about 15 hours ago

  I stand
  Face drained
  Pailed
  White
  I was caught
  I knew it
  Mom knew it too
  She inquires
  I lie
  I know it
  She knows it too
  I am …

• The Dove Two

  by flute faerie about 15 hours ago

  Good husband I asked, how can it be.
  this dove still looks the same?
  I told you young love, it resembles me,
  when its time co…

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