Stories posted 8/8/2007

  • Waiting and Writing Inspired by text

    by Officially about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Oliver sat in bed, waiting. Waiting, waitng. It took much too long. Normally this time went by too fast, he had no time to ta…

  • Vanished Inspired by text

    by Officially about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    Oliver paused, unsure of what else to write. His day, he supposed. That’s what diaries were for, right? To record what had ha…

  • A Brief Glimpse into the Mind of Officially Inspired by text

    by Officially about 1 year ago 0 out of 5 stars

    Briefly pondering whether I should do this. Not sure if I’m a talented enough writer to do it, since it seems that most, if n…

  • Never Seen the Wider Skies

    by Scarlett about 1 year ago 0 out of 5 stars

    There shall be no sweet goodbyes
    As we cut loose our tightest of ties,
    The bond between us broken but not forgotten;

    It used…

  • Shadows Shading a Sick Surrender

    by Splindel about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    This new feeling is brewing,
    a stirring of change,
    a new redemption,
    I’m now free from my cage.
    On the surface,
    I seem so pea…

  • The Message That Changed Everything Inspired by a photo

    by Student Teacher's Pet about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    It was three o’clock in the morning. I was tired, but not tired enough to fall asleep. I thought, “Why not check my ‘space be…

  • Mom's Homeade Stew Inspired by text

    by Student Teacher's Pet about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Sometimes I eat apples,
    and watermelons too,
    I enjoy a good veggie,
    and mom’s homeade stew.
    But, what I don’t like,
    I really…

  • Day at the Lake Inspired by a photo

    by Scarlett about 1 year ago 0 out of 5 stars

    Lowering herself onto the edge of the still lake, Keira focused her blue eyes onto the distant moutain range. She suddenly fe…

  • Day at the Lake, Partie Deux Inspired by text

    by Scarlett about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    ... Leaning her body farther and farther away from the lake side, twisting her torso as to face the object of her outburst, K…

  • Expanding

    by User 707 about 1 year ago 0 out of 5 stars

    Dinner at the Mexican restaurant was perfect, from the before-meal tortilla chips (which were clearly homemade) to the desser…

  • The Vibrant Blue Inspired by a photo

    by Autumn Night about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    The little boy ran through the sky. He ran until the hazy gray became pure deep blue, until the blurred sun turned into the v…

  • I Am Sorry I Offended You Inspired by a photo

    by Dew From Above about 1 year ago 3 out of 5 stars

    Please forgive me for offending you. I only said what I did because I am only human too. You see, it was I who first was offe…

  • In a Picture. Inspired by a photo

    by Everwanderer about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    The picture was faded and worn with time. My eyes strained looking over the length of paper. That was my mother alright. It w…

  • My Unborn Son

    by angel_ray about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    I had a glimpse of my son before he was born! It came to me in a vivid dream, where I clearly saw him , my own bundle of joy….

  • Dark Sky-A Memory of Blue Sky Inspired by text

    by Dreamer about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    The sky was a deep navy blue; stars were beginning to emerge. There was yelling inside of the door that I sat a few feet in f…

  • White Sky- A Memory of Blue Sky Inspired by text

    by Dreamer about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    I ran through the hills of our farm and into the forest beyond. I was bursting with energy as I ran through the trees. Then m…

  • White Sky- A Memory of Blue Sky Inspired by text

    by Dreamer about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    “Oh thank God,” She said, “Do you know what happened?”
    “Hit…my head.” She was nodding when a white dog with a brown splotch o…

  • My Plan's On It's Way Inspired by text

    by TotallyNOTBlonde about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    We walked over, strutting our stuff.
    “Okay Lindsay, I’ll show you how it’s done.” She smiled and walked up to Teddy. “Heyy m…

  • Tony Stiles Accused (revised)

    by Tiggerstripn2 about 1 year ago 0 out of 5 stars

    All rise the honorable Judge Hardy presiding.
    Tony jumped as the judge cracked the mallet against his desk.
    The prosecutor …

  • Mist Creature Inspired by a photo

    by Dreamer about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    The mist gave everything and eerie glow: the silhouette of a horse on the field, the orange sky, and the trees in the distanc…

  • Plans Inspired by text

    by Lindsay about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    I like my things in order. I like to be able to have rules to follow. Without a system of organization, how can one expect t…

  • Dollies Inspired by text

    by Lindsay about 1 year ago 0 out of 5 stars

    Spiraling painfully back into reality, Matt realized that he was crying. He remembered the necklace, suddenly. Where was it …

  • No One Knows Where His Shoes Ended Up Inspired by text

    by horrorfan13 about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    “Dance for me, silly earthling, dance!”
    Glancing around in amazement at everyone’s complete lack of caring, he tries to think…

  • I Wish It Were Real, I'd Put It To My Head & Shoot Inspired by text

    by Lindsay about 1 year ago 0 out of 5 stars

    “Where are you going, Matthew?” Flora asked.
    “Just out into the courtyard.” he said
    “Be back for dinner. Master said that i…

  • Also Slythers Inspired by text

    by Laine the Grey about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Delphine looked into the faces of each one. “I can only keep him alive for a few days… Find the Tree. For my sake.”
    “For my…

  • Once apon Love

    by Brebelles about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    GIRL: Once a pon a Love,
    A princess was watchin’ day turn night
    She was thinkin’ ‘bout life and if her dream would come true….

  • "No One!" Amilie promised Inspired by text

    by Laine the Grey about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    “What do you want?” She approached them with caution.
    “We want what you want.” Said one with an unmistakably human voice. “To…

  • Evidence (revised) Inspired by text

    by Tiggerstripn2 about 1 year ago 0 out of 5 stars

    Clare caught up to davis. Davis, still struggeling to make top prosecuter in the state . What makes you think he so guilty …

  • Friends but Different

    by Brebelles about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    We are friends,
    we are sisters
    tighter together than tree peas in a pod.
    I’m on your side and you are on mine.
    Together we’ll…

  • Rolled, Unbitten Inspired by text

    by Laine the Grey about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    “Here it is.” Amilie handed the apple to Mathieu. He eyed her carefully. Florence shoved a piece of the apple into Guillaume’...

  • Guillaume Is Yours, Now Inspired by text

    by Laine the Grey about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Mathieu sighed. “We’re trying to protect you, Amilie!”
    “If you eat that apple,” began Delphine. “You will surely die.”
    “Die?”...

  • Friends Forever

    by Brebelles about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    S: Friends Forever oh
    A: Friends Forever -ay
    B: Oh
    ALL: Forever
    Secrets aren’t kept to ourselves
    B: I’m glad I can trust y…

  • Oh Billie!

    by Beautiful Rain about 1 year ago 0 out of 5 stars

    I sit here, letting the smooth texture of her voice flow in little gentle waves over my soul. Tilting my head back, and closi…

  • Memories are a Ghost (SBF #1) Inspired by text

    by [pens&feathers] about 1 year ago 0 out of 5 stars

    I hadn’t seen him in ten years, but everything about him was the same, even his startling ice-cold eyes. There was something …

  • Like Yesterday (SBF #2) Inspired by text

    by [pens&feathers] about 1 year ago 0 out of 5 stars

    I hadn’t seen him in ten years when I got the letter telling me he was dead. Ten long years he’d been removed from my life, a…

  • By love I shall speak

    by Brebelles about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    By night one day,
    by day another.
    This is apoem
    I shall not utter.
    I love you and this is the truth.
    Our house is leaking thr…

  • Advice from Owen (BSF #3) Inspired by text

    by [pens&feathers] about 1 year ago 0 out of 5 stars

    I hadn’t seen him in ten years the day he picked me up in front of a tired-looking cafe, in the same beat-up gray pickup truc…

  • Sunshine Man

    by uselessness about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    One man sat in darkness. The other basked in sunshine.

    The first man had been mostly consumed by a parasite, a leech of supe…

  • Divine (SBF #4) Inspired by text

    by [pens&feathers] about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    I hadn’t seen Him in ten years, not since I was waiting with Carrie in the emergency room. She was holding a wet towel around…

  • Swift Ashen Mirages Inspired by a photo

    by YodaOnCrack about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Sometimes Sarah would walk through the fields for hours,
    only returning to the Ohio farmhouse when she was hungry,
    or tired…

  • Yellowish-Orangey-Red Inspired by a photo

    by upintheclouds about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    The sky fills
    With colors that
    Streak across
    The sky.

    The Sun reaches
    The tips of the
    Pine trees.
    Spraying them with
    It’s …

  • Forgiven Or Forgotten? Inspired by text

    by Phosphate11 about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Dear Dani,
    I will understand if you rip this note up the second you realize that it is from me. And I know what I am going t…

  • What I wish my BF would say to me. sigh... Inspired by a photo

    by Dreamer about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    I know we’ve had a horrid fight
    But please won’t you come hold me tight.
    Oh won’t you just come close and hear,
    How much I’ll…

  • Train Stations (SBF #5) Inspired by text

    by [pens&feathers] about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    I hadn’t seen him in ten years, but I instantly recognized him, even in the fleeting second it took his train to pass. He mus…

  • "I'm Afriad He's Blind" Inspired by a photo

    by Richard Peck about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Dec. 24th.

    The door of the yellow school bus folded open, yeilding the bundled kids of St. Peter orphanage. Armed with woove…

  • Orange Sky-A Memory of Blue Sky Inspired by text

    by Dreamer about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    I sat on the porch watching the sunrise. My mother was sitting on her rocking chair, sewing a patch in a pair of jeans I’d to…

  • And, He Was... Right Inspired by text

    by Laine the Grey about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    “Arson? That’s your answer to everything that happens in this world, Zooey!” Judas exclaimed in an irritated voice. “There ar…

  • Stream of Consciousness Challenge

    by [pens&feathers] about 1 year ago 0 out of 5 stars

    This is a challenge for anyone who wants to take me up on it.

    Here’s what you do: write down everything that comes into you…