Stories posted 11/22/2007

  • An Accusation

    She sat, running her fingers through her hair, and wondering if she should pick the kids up early.
    Fiercely, she bit her lip…

  • As I saw it coming... Inspired by a photo

    I could see the rich ruby and dirty gold paint.
    It was coming off as delicately as our relationship was coming to an end.
    I w…

  • Ocean Chase Inspired by text

    The steady rocking motion of the ocean waves were interrupted as three crimson and white speedboats, identical to my own, app…

  • That secret grin. Inspired by text

    I spun around toward him without pulling my earphones out. The cogs in my mind we going crazy. Why was he here? More like,...

  • She Wore a Yellow Bow: A Blaze Ratchet Mystery. Part 8. Inspired by text

    I hung up the phone after giving Bertha the name of a good electrician. She was confident the daycare would be up and running…

  • Out of Gas Inspired by text

    We ran out of gas ten miles from town. And, to be honest, I was pissed.

    “See, you can’t do anything right!” I said, banging…

  • Popular Max Inspired by text

    “Forever. Since we were little kids, I mean.”

    He nodded, thoughfully.

    “So I guess you understand each other pretty well,” ...

  • Something, I guess [Something I Guess Series, 1] Inspired by a photo

    I saw her from across the yard. She was sitting at a picnic table with her friends, and they were all laughing about somethin…

  • Hiding with her Inspired by a photo

    The entire twelfth grade was in the woods, play the ‘Predator vs. Prey’ game I was at the bottom of the food chain. Everyone …

  • Jungle Gym [SIG Series, 2] Inspired by a photo

    On the way I walked home, I would always pass The Playground.

    It was the place that all the kids would play, parents chit ch…

  • Banana Trees

    It is a little known fact that banana trees can walk.

    Like the hour hand on a watch, you know they move because they are in …

  • She Said So... (Her Voice Pt. 1)

    The streets are well lit, but that just makes them easier to see. They’re watching you. You know this. They always watch you….

  • I Hate Floating (Aftermath Series) Inspired by text

    What do you think you are doing?” He asked me after he half drug me to one of the offices neatly arranged in the bowels …

  • But I Don't Want to Just leave Inspired by text

    I blinked looking at him. I don’t want to just leave, I want to..

    Stop doing that!” His voice was trembling from hi…

  • Susan's Got it Bad for Jeff Inspired by text

    Jeff, at home, was shaken by Susan’s phone call. He made another cup of black tea, walked over to his apartment window, and s…

  • Get Over it, Susan Inspired by text

    “I know you’re in there, Jeff,” she shouted through the steel door of his apartment. “Not that you care anymore, but I’m givi…

  • the House on Sligo Hill (uncertainty pt 4) Inspired by text

    Boys missing from the house. Mr. Blake called the neighbors house only to find no answer. Mrs. Blake started searching the ho…

  • Gobble Inspired by a photo

    “We used to make those, drawing our little hands on a piece of paper and attemtping to color in the lines.” Kyle pointed at t…

  • The composure Inspired by text

    First came the shock, followed swiftly by the violent reaction. Why was this sick and twisted joke being played? Henry storme…

  • Telegram for Mr. Reginald Inspired by text

    “Habas rawap sinso wertgu entu tyrk opinaga penadse,” Tobias said as pumped the pony keg and handed Jeff a draft beer.

    “Dude…

  • Harsh

    The sun was just coming over the horizon. It was a start of another day. I could forget all that happend yesterday, or at lea…

  • An Undesirable Happenstance

    “People often make the mistake of assuming that monsters lurk in the darkness. This is not true. No, the real monsters are ou…

  • Dear Diary ((The Third)) Inspired by text

    7-22
    Dear Diary,

    Somtimes I wonder if I’d be better off leaving. I had the chance. I didn’t have to go to a public highschoo…

  • Happy frickin' Thanksgiving

    She glanced at the clock and tapped her fingernails nervously on the counter. She was running out of time.

    “Jeeez, how long …

  • "It's magic" part five: Doors,Doors,and MORE DOORS!! Inspired by text

    I rushed out the door and stopped cold.
    “CRAP!!!”I fumed.
    This wasn’t a way out! It was a way IN to a maze of doors doors and…

  • Thanksgiving

    An ordinary Thanksgiving: first, the relatives arrive. There are squabbles over who gets what bed and who sleeps on the couch…

  • It May Be Over; But It Still Hurts

    It may be over, but it still hurts; We may continuously tell eachother “i hate you”, but on my side, it isnt true. We may be…

  • kill me

    ehhhh you ever just want to sit there and cr but the tears wouldnt come…yea thats how i am right now

  • Just the girl

    She’s just the girl in the background that nobody notices.She has her crushes,she has her problems and they all fade away whe…

  • Love?

    I wanna cry but I know I mustn’t.I can’t take it,I have to rid myself of this great sadness.He’s just making it worse,he’s te…

  • 2nd Period: Bienvenue en arrière Inspired by text

    Alright, it’s fine, I can get through this.
    I just need to be strong. Maybe if I just don’t look at him too much.

    Well band…

  • The House on Sligo Hill (the awakening) pt 5 Inspired by text

    Donnell was found in the Park alone and traumatized. Reports were made of the investigation and questions ask but the Police …

  • Don't pretend

    Don’t pretend you still love me,
    Don’t pretend you care.
    Don’t you try and hug me,
    Don’t act like what you did was fair.
    Don…

  • Interview Inspired by text

    “You okay honey?” Mary gently asked.
    “Yeah I, uh…have really bad allergies.” I said, inventing wildly.
    She gave me an odd l…

  • I Give Up

    “I give up. I just want it to be over. Let it end.” this is what Lily thought to herself almost every night before she fell a…

  • Another hour Inspired by text

    We sat there for a while, waiting.
    “When can we move John? This is getting boring and I-” Alex whispered, but i held up a ha…

  • Just What I Needed Inspired by text

    Thank goodness for friends. After school, we all went out to the local pizza place. We had so much fun that my mouth aches fr…

  • His Reply Inspired by text

    _Judie,
    I’m sorry for hurting you so badly. I wish I would’ve told you my feelings before…but you’ve always seemed to be so…

  • Adrien and the Nurse Inspired by text

    Her bell-like laughter clinked off the glass and metal atriums of the hospital’s recreation area, a glass enclosure of plants…

  • Snowball Fights Inspired by text

    I gazed out upon the beautiful sight of the park. It was an amazing night, and I was with an amazing guy..

    ..but I couldn’t …

  • Should I? Inspired by text

    “Hello?” Derick answered.

    “Hey.” I tried to say cheerfully, muffling my tears and the crack in my voice.

    “Um.. hey. Does th…

  • Sucks Fer Shade. Inspired by text

    “So!” she exclaimed. “Welcome to our house! Make yourselves comfortable.” she showed us into our room.

    “Awesome!!” Shade sai…