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Stories posted 10/28/2007

• {Gumshoe Challenge} What a Doll

  by Sue London 10 months ago

  Lara dropped a stack of papers on her boss’s desk and quirked her blonde eyebrow at him. “Gotten any further on the Cobs case…

• A rambling thought of me

  by Sailor Emo 10 months ago

  you are so broken
  shattered like a million mirrors
  7million years of bad luck
  trailing you ,
  and you’ve fallen behind in you…

• Lair of the Morbidly-Obese-Man Eater

  by Stovohobo 10 months ago

  “Oh, no, monstrous humanoid, don’t eat me! I’m all tough and lean!”

  “If I had a penny for every time I heard that…well, th…

• {Stovohobo Challenge} Wedding Jitters

  by Sue London 10 months ago

  Leisha affixed the boutonniere to her eldest son’s jacket while he fidgeted nervously and looked pale. “Does that look right?...

• {Lyric Challenge} Do You Ever...?

  by Sue London 10 months ago

  “Are you one of the fortunate kind, alone but not lonely?”

  Jessie tapped her thumb on her knee in time to the music as she…

• Chocolate Covered Strawberries

  by Ms Kit Kat 10 months ago

• Hopefully this title will catch your attention. Part 6

  by 4759 10 months ago

  I go to counseling every day. And this..this counselor calls me her trouble patient. Her unsuccessful one. Her tragedy kid. ...

• Chocolate Covered Strawberries pt2

  by Ms Kit Kat 10 months ago

• Chocolate Covered Strawberries pt3

  by Ms Kit Kat 10 months ago

• Chocolate Covered Strawberries pt4

  by Ms Kit Kat 10 months ago

• Chocolate Covered Strawberries pt5

  by Ms Kit Kat 10 months ago

• Chocolate Covered Strawberries pt6

  by Ms Kit Kat 10 months ago

• Done With Losing Sleep

  by artistsrunwild 10 months ago

  The orb of the moon shone too bright into her window. The breeze was too loud; the tick of her clock too irritating. She sat …

• Forgiven?

  by .:band baby:. 10 months ago

  We had a huge fight. I haven’t talked to him in a week. I just couldn’t believe he’d do such a thing. It was 1 a.m, but I c…

• Greta's Bruises (On My Body)

  by someday_93 10 months ago

  I go to bed every night. I’m the one who pulls the covers over my head, who shuts off the lights and says goodnight. But ten …

• Them

  by .:band baby:. 10 months ago

  We ran out of gas ten miles from town. Oh great. We’re going to die, was all I could think about. Those.. those..things...

• Now I Know

  by Lone Writer 10 months ago

  They were right outside the windows of our car and closing in quickly. I should’ve been terrified but all I could think abo…

• Run!

  by .:band baby:. 10 months ago

  We ran so far so fast. I could hear them behind us, following us. I had said it. I had told him I loved him. How weird it had…

• Not Now

  by Lone Writer 10 months ago

  I could tell by the way she kept looking over my sholder at Them that now was not the time.
  “James, what part of “We will …

• The House

  by .:band baby:. 10 months ago

  “James! Snap out of it!!” I screamed putting all my weight against the door. He blinked and ran. He started pushing a dressor…

• Just a halloween ish poem, a classic

  by jesithepoet 10 months ago

  Because I Could Not Stop for Death
  Poem lyrics of Because I Could Not Stop For Death by Emily Dickinson.

  Because I could not…

• Robot Uprising (pt. 3)

  by kwatz 10 months ago

  George absentmindedly listened for the sound of sirens as he walked to Marly’s yard. He was not surprised when firetrucks fai…

• What Gram Doesn't Know (pt. 1)

  by Howie Amourscow 10 months ago

  What Gram didn’t know wouldn’t hurt her, he thought.

  That was a stupid thing to think. Gram knew almost everything. It was h…

• What Gram Doesn't Know (pt. 2)

  by Howie Amourscow 10 months ago

  So Simon crept down the stairs, staying to the edge of the third step, the one that creaked in the middle, and slunk to the l…

• They don't come out at night

  by User 5908 10 months ago

  As you lie on the ground, stifling the pain from your turned ankle, the thought comes to you that if you lie very, very, stil…

• What Gram Doesn't Know (pt. 3)

  by Howie Amourscow 10 months ago

  “You got a third eye in the back of your head, Gram,” Simon said.

  “You can see that?” Gram turned around on the sofa to look…

• What Gram Doesn't Know (pt. 4)

  by Howie Amourscow 10 months ago

  Not that his Mom would have paid much mind. His Dad, on the other hand, was a good bit more imaginative, and seemed to have s…

• The driver

  by jesithepoet 10 months ago

• What Gram Doesn't Know (pt. 5)

  by Howie Amourscow 10 months ago

  “But that’s just silly, right, son?” his Dad said.

  This was a memory he loved and hated for the rest of his life. Loved it b…

• On His Way

  by writeAlot 10 months ago

  He woke up in the early morning. Standing up Kevin brushed himself off. First things first, he needed money.

  Now Kevin wasn’...

• What Gram Doesn't Know (pt. 6)

  by Howie Amourscow 10 months ago

  And that’s what really brought Simon here, today, hoping that Gram wasn’t at home watching him right now with her third eye.
  ...

• Red Haze

  by Lone Writer 10 months ago

  I stared. It was gone! The trunk with the Book in it was gone! Anna was frantic.
  “James where is it?!” Anna shrieked.
  I blin…

• What Gram Doesn't Know (pt. 7)

  by Howie Amourscow 10 months ago

  Gram said it was dangerous, and Simon knew she was right. He was just a kid, but he wasn’t stupid. But Gram didn’t know about…

• The One and Only Ross Family Traveling Show{ OTOC challenge}

  by SKermitgorf 10 months ago

  “Wow,” Said Cee Cee after meeting all of Joe’s siblings after the play they performed. “That was the best production of The S…

• Lynde's House - Left The Party.

  by One Time, One Chance 10 months ago

  “Hi.. everybody.” Lynde’s mom says, eyeing her daughter for not telling her there would be company.

  “Hi, Mrs. Tylent.” they …

• First Real Friend.

  by One Time, One Chance 10 months ago

  Somebody actually cares? I think, astounded.

  “Please, come out.” she repeats.

  If it’s a teacher, I swear..

  But thankfu…

• The Tunnel

  by .:band baby:. 10 months ago

  I raced up the stairs, pulling James along. He was really out of it. What is his problem?? I was so hyped on adrenaline I…

• Robot Uprising (pt. 4)

  by kwatz 10 months ago

  “I’m not sure,” said Marly with something of a hoarse, crackling whisper. “It started glowing right around the time that the …

• A Fictional Autobiography

  by `espressotherapy. 10 months ago

  “I’m done.” She whispered. “I AM DONE!”

  The words pierced the two people that she was with. Her tone was icy, hard. She shi…

• A Fictional Autobiography [2]

  by `espressotherapy. 10 months ago

  As she drove she sung along to the music and tried to make sense of the confusing thoughts that kept entering her head. Her m…

• Non-artificiality

  by Mask By The Moon 10 months ago

  Of course, he beat me here, left the note, and went back. He’s really not a bad guy, I really shouldn’t have blown up in his …

• Today

  by RunningWithScissors 10 months ago

  She awoke on Marl’s futon couch, no surprise. Popcorn was scattered all around like candy after a pin~ata is broken. Cyn was …

• Indecisive

  by Freckled Ear 10 months ago

  It all happened too suddenly. Sitting there in our motorboat, enjoying the afternoon when the water shook. Little Christina’s…

• The Waite Library (pt. 1)

  by Howie Amourscow 10 months ago

  The building was old, and mostly red-clay brick, but whoever built it had the bad idea of giving the building a vaguely neocl…

• The Waite Library (pt. 2)

  by Howie Amourscow 10 months ago

  —And suddenly his third eye snapped completely open on its own accord, and he saw all the magic in the town, threads and kno…