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Stories posted 11/18/2007

• Simon, Dead Girl and the Ghetto-Rigged Altar of Doom

  by Crown Me Tarzan, King of Mars 9 months ago

  Simon’s knees hurt. In truth, he hurt all over, but his knees were the body part he was focused on right now.

  They were all …

• She Wore a Yellow Bow: A Blaze Ratchet Mystery. Part 4

  by MRay 9 months ago

  “Don’t move,” I said. “I’ll be back.”

  I walked over to the light switch. On, off, on. No luck. The office door was open, so …

• A Brief Encounter

  by Capital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus) 9 months ago

  The door burst open. It saw him, growled, and leaped.

  He fired.

• Mute Witness

  by blackbearsrock 9 months ago

  “Oh a butterfuly!” The family of three shouts,I nod my head, not being able to say nothing. After a couple hours of doing mim…

• Pass it on, but Don't Read it!{Saint Chuck's Challenge}

  by Bring Out Your Inner Emo Kid <3 9 months ago

  I passed the crumpled post-it note to Rachel, whispering “Pass that to Carrie, but don’t look!”,
  she nodded. giving it to Mik…

• Anywhere. Anywhen.

  by Nick 9 months ago

  “What’s that?” Sarah asked the strange man.

  The man, this Doctor from Who-ville, tilted his head in contemplation. “It looks…

• laughing

  by skylar 9 months ago

  They were so young they didnt know better

  . They thought that the world was still on there side.

  I wish i could tell the...

• The Trees Have Ears

  by i live NYLSC 9 months ago

  Outside a small town that you probably never heard of is a barren wasteland of dead wood. It’s said that if you walk through …

• Anywhen You Want to Go

  by SKermitgorf 9 months ago

  Sarah indeed did want to take a peek inside the strange blue box.

  “Well it just looks like an ordinary telephone booth to me…

• Redemption

  by an25901 9 months ago

  It is dark. I feel scared yet full of hope. Hope that one day I will be remembered, not for the things I’ve done wrong but th…

• Undetectible{Post it Challenge}

  by The Ghost in the Machine 9 months ago

  The scruffy man leaned over his work, breath coming in quick gasps. He had a pile of post its in front of him, a little space…

• seasonal haiku

  by Ana Cristina 9 months ago

  (1)
  There’s a weight in me,
  A stone that sinks deep in me;
  Its name is regret.

  (2)
  Winter’s on the vine
  and my icicle tears …

• A Million More Post -it -Notes

  by SKermitgorf 9 months ago

  Billy used to complain all the time about all the post-it-notes around the house that his wife Barb had left everywhere to re…

• First Day At Clover High

  by Lone Writer 9 months ago

  Has anyone wondered why people refer to Cleveland when talking about something boring? I have. So I went and did some researc…

• Seasonal Haiku Sequal

  by MRay 9 months ago

  Tis the time to play
  the snow so white and fluffy
  and ice so frozen

  my cheeks turn pinkish
  numb to the cold about me
  but tis…

• more haiku

  by Ana Cristina 9 months ago

  (4)
  I saw something in
  your eyes come alive—
  flicker like a flame.

  (5)
  Love opened her eyes,
  saw the frost upon the leaves…

• More Haiku: A Sequal

  by MRay 9 months ago

  Your eyes are dead black
  like marbles. I understand.
  You are leaving me.

  Love darkened those eyes,
  your face as a stone. Ugl…

• Post-It Note Challenge: The Jackass

  by MRay 9 months ago

  I was sitting at my desk when the phone rang. The caller was a nuisance, but important, so I listened. I grabbed the nearest …

• Post-It Notes Challenge: A Post-It Note Haiku

  by MRay 9 months ago

  Post-It notes are thin
  pieces of yellow paper.
  Who invented them?

  I use them often
  to write down a to-do list.
  But then I fo…

• Technical Difficulties

  by Ana Cristina 9 months ago

  While Dr. Gage writhed on the cold marble of the altar, Angela watched with a mixture of revulsion and sympathy. The flesh of…

• Meeting Snap

  by Lone Writer 9 months ago

  I stared at him. What does he want?
  “Are you having trouble with your locker?” he asked, his voice deep and rumbling.
  “Um, ...

• Don't Ignore Me or I'll Make You Listen

  by i live NYLSC 9 months ago

  An average kid in an average school in a normal town. Sounds boring to me, but what if that kid was not so ordinary? I’m not …

• Substitution

  by Howie Amourscow 9 months ago

  _And it doesn’t come in by the lungs. That’s what they see, all but the dear, desperate man next to you who writhes and chews…

• "Forbidden Love" By mecca

  by LuvShortee1 9 months ago

• A dip

  by Ames 9 months ago

  Each leaf rocked with the wind, each twig swayed. The temperature rose, and the breeze stirred. A small bubble popped on the …

• Country Road

  by User 6488 9 months ago

  “Fog always puts me in a bad mood.” Eva mumbled under her breath.
  “Everything puts you in a bad mood” I replied as I pulled…

• Midnight Blue

  by LuvShortee1 9 months ago

• Something not quite right...

  by Ana Cristina 9 months ago

• Visions & Changes

  by Leave Me A Note 9 months ago

  In his eyes you could see hate, love, loneliness, hope, anger, and fright. You may not see that he is vulnerable, not brave, ...

• Voice Dissapeard threw clear air

  by Raex 9 months ago

  glass glow
  ashes drop
  orange glow
  surround the cancer
  open your mouth inhale
  exhale the smoke
  dreaming of a winter tale
  leave…

• Teenage girls

  by Raex 9 months ago

  Cant wait to find out who they are
  They are valdurable
  And they dont even know
  As they change they seem to glow
  They witness …

• Teenage girls pt.II

  by Raex 9 months ago

  Then coming back to reality
  She knew nothing like that could possibly happen
  Or stay that way for long
  She losted her hope
  An…

• I'll give you the key

  by Tears of Phoenix 9 months ago

  I looked into his eyes for what felt like a thousand summer sunsets by some nameless river, but it could only have been a few…

• The End.. sort of

  by RunningWithScissors 9 months ago

  “Hmm?” I answered, not really thinking. Jack had just kissed me. I had his taste on the tip of my tongue and his hands in my …

• Battering Away From The Outside, Wanting Back In

  by Howie Amourscow 9 months ago

• I've Been Thinking

  by JRM1013 9 months ago

  I take long showers. It just dawned on me why I do that. When im in the shower I do most of my thinking. I have a lot to thin…

• Through the nighttime woods

  by i live NYLSC 9 months ago

  She ran strait through the town and found herself in the woods, alone, and in the dark. Trees took the shape of monsters and …

• The Deserted Ally

  by .:band baby:. 9 months ago

  The guard looked towards the door, but she was already through it.
  “There ain’t no girl there Bub. Stand still. Arms out.” He…

• Simon Takes Control Again

  by Ana Cristina 9 months ago

  Simon felt a slight tug on his veins, his pulse quickening as Angela entered him. He could feel her as she inhabited his body…

• The outcome of divorce part one

  by Blondie Babe 9 months ago

  When I was just 5 years old my partents sat me down and said to me “honey your father is going to leave only for a while when…

• The outcome of divorce part two

  by Blondie Babe 9 months ago

  (you have to read the first part to get it) I’ve gotten every thing a girl could want but i guess you could say i’m not your …

• She has a case of.... [[Band Baby 4 Life Challenge]]

  by Flute Loop<33 9 months ago

  “WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY?! THAT I’M CRAZY?! I AM NOT CRAZY!! YOU THINK I’M CRAZY?!?”

  “No, honey, I do not think you are c…

• Forest Encounter

  by Mizz Pie 9 months ago

  You’re running through a forest in the black of the night. Leaves crackle underfoot, but you don’t hear them. You don’t know …

• That Day.

  by unknown and not discovered.... 9 months ago

  Sydney eventually convinced me to give him that note that I wrote like two weeks ago. She was like an angel, or thats what I …

• She Didn't Like Him

  by unknown and not discovered.... 9 months ago

  This was what happened:

  It was in Science. We were just getting into the classroom. He, with his sweet smelling cologne, sat…

• Post-It Note Challenge: If Jeff Won't Have Me...

  by YodaOnCrack 9 months ago

  Susan placed the yellow pad of Post-it notes on the desk. She pulled three sheets off the top and placed the tip of her Bic p…

• Just A Peek

  by Nick 9 months ago

  The Doctor From Who-ville slid thru the newly opened doorway in the strange blue box. Tipping his head out, he asked: “You’re…

• Meaness.

  by butterflygirl6106 9 months ago

  Stop the press, I was told that I sounded uneducated. That my creativity is flat. If I thought for one second that this would…

• Post-It Challenge: Sandy Johnson Must Die

  by Ana Cristina 9 months ago

  Sandy Johnson threw her pompoms into her backseat and sighed. These tournaments always left her frustrated. Frustrated becaus…

• We are here to pump (clap) you up

  by Throat Wolf 9 months ago

• His..

  by unknown and not discovered.... 9 months ago

  His pericing stare scares me when he’s mad.
  His loving smile amazes me when he’s happy.
  His mixed up personality confuses me …

• Creatures of the Forest

  by flute faerie 9 months ago

  I was standing stock-still in the silence of the night. It was an eery night, one where all you can see is the full moon cov…