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Stories posted 12/18/2007

• its now or never

  by La bLaNqUiTa 9 months ago

• My Shoes 1

  by That Girl 9 months ago

  For such a fantastic summer, I was really depressed for a seven year old. My summer had been spent with all 15 of my cousins,...

• My Shoes 2

  by That Girl 9 months ago

  I ran across multiple problems along way. The first, my Velcro shoes. They were all the rage in my Kindergarten class the yea…

• A Falling City

  by RedWolf 9 months ago

  The news that three airplanes were hijacked by a terrorist group, was broadcasted over all major television stations. Unprep…

• A falling City pt 2

  by RedWolf 9 months ago

  96 HOURS LATER - Our own government abandons NYC, and works to enclose the city within walls, mines, and armed checkpoints….

• [The Gassy Challenge] ...For A Breath Of Fresh Air

  by Howie Amourscow 9 months ago

  “I’ve got gas! Wait, now I don’t.”

  Lt. Christopher punched the console and felt it in his elbow. The blow knocked him away f…

• The Night Little Franklin Died

  by horrorfan13 9 months ago

  As Rod Stewart played softly in the background, I started to clean off the dinner table. The pickles were on the table, as we…

• Maintenance

  by Liralen Li 9 months ago

  Of course, we got a bit disillusioned with each other after the first eager runs around town.

  There my first mistake in traf…

• Five Honest Truths

  by Saint Chuck 9 months ago

  1) I’m a huge dork. I like fantasy books,indie rock, and dancing in my underwear. I also spend hours on Wikihow learning how …

• Developing

  by butterflygirl6106 9 months ago

  My head hurts, my nose is red, I have coughing and sneezing, yet I can hear activitiy in my nasal passages they are talking a…

• Five things I wish someone would tell me(but they never will)

  by Mask By The Moon 9 months ago

  1) You’ve inspired so many people to do the right thing and to get into writing, thank you.

  2) I’m really impressed.

  3) I’m…

• Routine

  by Ben Paddon 9 months ago

  Every day, Robert’s alarm clock would go off at precisely 6:00am. And every day, Robert would wake up at approximately 5:58am…

• Burning Desire

  by Russell Ruffino 9 months ago

  I close the door and turn to push it, double checking it’s locked, I don’t want anyone getting into the apartment that easily…

• Feel

  by MeAndTheMoon 9 months ago

  Covering myself up I looked into his eyes and screamed.
  Just a cold, long scream.
  So he could see my pain and anger.
  So tha…

• A Very Specific Narrative (challenge)

  by MeAndTheMoon 9 months ago

  The day I ruined my boyfriend’s favorite sweater started off wonderfully.
  I was so excited to finally be at the concert of m…

• Abandon All Ho-Ho-Hope

  by Batak Beatrix 9 months ago

  The dread was building up inside me, like an internal balloon filling up. The house loomed before me, looking so innocent, wi…

• The Insane Knight in the Afterlife

  by Hobo Beard Bob 9 months ago

  It was dark. Uncomfortably dark. The kind of dark that would make one wonder how light could ever penetrate its depths. Prett…

• Remember to Love

  by yoITSme 9 months ago

  To the guy who forgets how to love:
  Love doesn’t ignite those words. Just cause you love me doesn’t mean you can call me ugly…

• CPBD(New Disease Challenge)

  by flute faerie 9 months ago

  “Yup, they definitely have it,” he said grimly.
  “All three of them!” my mother shrieked.
  “What, what do we have!?” We aske…

• Five Things

  by flute faerie 9 months ago

  1) I think more about my past than my future

  2) I am always afraid of messing up. I always feel as if I have to be perfect. ...

• The Betrayal

  by Dr. Mousse 9 months ago

  The weeked moved slowly after history class. I found it amusing that after trying to become popular, the fact of me moving ma…

• Lover's Worry- The Ending?

  by flute faerie 9 months ago

  “But, that’s impossible. Just last night, we were laughing and dancing, without a care in the world. No, this can’t be right…

• 5 Things I Have Never Told Anyone

  by Hobo Beard Bob 9 months ago

  1.) Your hair tastes like pasta. Mind if I cover it in Prego?

  2.) My house is made out of Vienna Sausages.

  3.) The governme…

• No Better Than Scum

  by Phosphate11 9 months ago

  “HE IS SUCH A JERK!!!!!!!!!! EVAN IS THE MOST HORRIBLE PERSON EVER!!!!!! HOW COULD HE?? HOW COULD I EVER LIKE SOMEBODY LI…

• Competition

  by Never Explain 9 months ago

  I looked into Jack’s face. His green eyes collided with my steel-blue ones.
  That asshole
  I could have punched him.
  _This …

• *under construction*

  by llamaluvsmenotu 9 months ago

• Poor Girl!

  by llamaluvsmenotu 9 months ago

  Adie flopped onto her bed, pushing her Hermès Birkin bag out of the way. She was crying so hard she couldn’t even make a soun…

• Fritz and Zooey: In Which We Discover Zooey's Full Name and Chat About David Bowie

  by Nouvelle Bardot 9 months ago

  The old woman leaned forward and squinted dangerously at the elavator operator.

  “I thought I told you my name was Katherine …

• Z prepared

  by Algai 'd' Aman 9 months ago

  I finished reading World War Z about a week and a half ago. Boy was I paranoid.

  I couldn’t leave to go to work in the morni…

• Still Smiling

  by someday_93 9 months ago

  I’m the happy girl, I know that. I’m your constant. That’s why I smile for you, day in and day out. Even when I think the who…

• Five Things I Don't Say About Me

  by Liralen Li 9 months ago

  1. I’m all masks, switching to what people need or want or say they want. hiding so that no one can see me and hate me for it…

• My Everything

  by RunningWithScissors 9 months ago

  _She asked Janet if she could see the bracelet.
  Janet thoughtlessly handed it over.
  She picked it up delicately, rather ironi…

• Cold

  by Liralen Li 9 months ago

  The Vat was cold.

  It’s always cold. Sometimes I think it gets colder with each replacement I take. That slow, sinking feelin…

• An Abusive Relationship

  by Momiji-chan 9 months ago

• Stuck

  by insomniac 9 months ago

  It gave her an uneasy feeling of being trapped. Being so alone, so isolated.

  Even though she had her friends, even though sh…

• One More Thing to tell

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

  6)I’M AFRAID OF FAILING LIFE!!!!!!

  I know it’s really short, but I just thought of this one

• Dear Disaster

  by Leave Me A Note 9 months ago

  Those words that he had said chimed into my head, I hate you.I wish I never met you.I hope you go to hell.
  I looked outside…

• The psychic

  by //miss mia// 9 months ago

  “So do you have the answer to my question or not… because i’m not about to sit here and get a fool made of myself.”
  “yes …

• All I Thought

  by SocccerISmyLIFE 9 months ago

  I walked and walked and walked. My legs were tired. I was not wearing the right shoes for all this walking! “Linz! Linz!” I h…

• Bingo

  by SocccerISmyLIFE 9 months ago

  He totally flirts with her. Everyday. All the time. How am I supposed to get in there without him in the way? I need to get r…

• Scary Stalker Story(alliteration/metaphor schallenge)

  by flute faerie 9 months ago

  As she was walking to her mailbox on a mournfully morbid midnight, she listened to the loud footfalls of her freakishly frig…

• Akward Moment (soccerismylife's challenge)

  by flute faerie 9 months ago

  “Omg, you mean he didn’t tell you we held hands! It was only for two days at camp, but still, I thought he told you!” I excl…

• Waterworks.

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

  I was happy. I was happy because he actually cared about me more than I thought. I was still on the phone with him.
  “Are you …

• Rally!

  by Robotech_Master 9 months ago

  One night at the drive-in, there was an advertisement for a big road rally race in a week. She was really excited, and I had …

• Llamas n Cheese

  by flute faerie 9 months ago

  Bored. Boredom. Llama. Cheese. Llamas luv cheese. Or do they. We will never know. Or will we?

• Bad Girls Go Back for Seconds

  by Throat Wolf 9 months ago

• I Love You Anyway

  by `crayola. 9 months ago

  Her coffin is made of mahogany, the interior a fresh white cotton. The perfect coffin for the perfect girl. Everyone was shoc…

• Pretty in Purple {Color Challenge}

  by Brebelles 9 months ago

  Purple. It describes me in the utmost way. It is how I feel and think. It is deep in richness. I feel all warm and fuzzy insi…

• A Haven for the Hopeless (Alliteration Challenge)

  by Batak Beatrix 9 months ago

  He carefully crawled into the vestibule of the venerable church as the silent saints watched with sad eyes. His sins had surr…

• Brenda's New Job

  by Wahnfried 9 months ago

  The day of her interview with the advertising firm of Bippitooti & Whelchel our heroine Brenda Trablipocris awoke feeling vag…

• Golden Digestion

  by Throat Wolf 9 months ago

• Brenda's Cousin Suelyne Has Things Happen

  by User 707 9 months ago

  Meawhile, across town, Brenda’s cousin Suelyne was strutting around her condominium. “I am so great,” she sang to herself aga…

• Brenda And Suelyne Get Gay

  by Wahnfried 9 months ago

  Almost as soon as Suelyne mentally murmured the name of her cousin Brenda, the telephone rang shocking Suelyne out of her rev…

• Brenda Calls a Familiar Phone Number

  by User 707 9 months ago

  She got a pair of pantyhose from her special pantyhose drawer and put her cell phone in the foot part of a pair, then rolled …

• Cousins Talking (Talking on the Telephone)

  by User 707 9 months ago

  “That’s not a very nice thing to say,” said Suelyne in a fussy manner she had that Brenda did not like to hear.

  “Stop being …

• A Plan Is Hatched

  by Wahnfried 9 months ago

  “She’s So Unusual” thought Brenda but did not say. “It’s more unusual that somehow she managed to throw a brick through my wi…

• They Forgot Some Things

  by User 707 9 months ago

  “Yeah!” giggled Suelyne. “Totally.” She stopped laughing. “Wait,” she said. “Who were we talking about again?”

  “What?”

  “Wer…

• Life After Death

  by Culture Shock w/ Mike Schwartz 9 months ago

  Cleopatra spent the rest of her life the way any immortal man-eater would. Eating, drinking and carrying about. She saw the r…

• To Live Forever

  by Robotech_Master 9 months ago

  They had finally done it. The scientists had unlocked the secrets of genetics to perfect cloning, and had figured out how to …

• Shivira(Anara's Fear)

  by Mask By The Moon 9 months ago

  Anara shook her head. _But, but Jeremiah’s dead! He’s dead, he’s dead, he’s dead, I saw him die, he’s dead! The Government sh…

• Jenny, Listen

  by .:band baby:. 9 months ago

  “No! It’s not true. Your lying to me. I talked to Dan yesterday. He seemed fine!”

  _No he didn’t though. He told me he loved …

• "Britney is Dead" is News That Would Make These Two Cry

  by User 707 9 months ago

  “Lose weight without dieting—it’s easy and safe,” said Brenda.

  “Britney Spears is pregnant again!” shouted Suelyne. “Christ…