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Stories posted 1/12/2008

• Moving in? (sorta!)

  by howhardlifeis♥ 8 months ago

  They pull up to Krissy’s house. They walk into the house.”Hun?” A voice coming from the living room says.

  “Yeah ma! It’s me …

• An Inspiration Quiz

  by back in your head 8 months ago

  1. Can I “Crank Dat”? Hell yea, I’m da ish.

  2. I like mixing cereals but the worst combo was Berry Cap’n Crunch and Cocoa Kr…

• Of arms and the man I sing...

  by White Hat 8 months ago

  There were a number of things we learned during the first ten years of war.

  First: Weapons of mass destruction are a Bad Ide…

• Don't Read Please!

  by Freedom :] 8 months ago

  Hi.

  I’m so sorry you opened this, but this is a test. I am really bored and having a brain block so I decided to make this…

• Freedom's Name Background

  by Freedom :] 8 months ago

  Freedom: My name’s background

  My first ficlet name was Write-4-Freedom but I soon changed it to just Freedom. The main r…

• A picture's worth a thousand words, but what about foam?

  by kells 8 months ago

  The coffee shop was empty, the deserted hour between lunch and dinner. The lone employee kept himself busy as he tried not to…

• A Little Inspiration Quiz (Freedom)

  by Freedom :] 8 months ago

  1. Can I Crank Dat? Of course, what else would you have danced to in 2007?
  2. I once ate an ant that was alive. On accident.
  ...

• ms. perfect

  by Gerr Bear :] 8 months ago

  the little things that pick at you everyday,
  bother and bother,
  wishing they would go away.
  its so perfect, she thinks sh…

• Giving up

  by Gerr Bear :] 8 months ago

  giving up,
  letting go,
  something we want to know,
  caring so much,
  wondering which way is right,
  we have to hold on tight,...

• If you don't have anything nice to say...

  by White Hat 8 months ago

  I have only one nice thing to say about the Pathfinders, though everything I have to say about them they’d take as a compli…

• Emancipation of Eowyn: Profile Picture Challenge

  by Cavalry Calhoone 8 months ago

  “I am no man.” Eowyn, lone female action hero of LOTR. Instead of playing housekeeper and doing what she was told, Eowyn chos…

• TheLast and First Shot (Sports Challenge)

  by flute faerie 8 months ago

  “Ok, guys, now let’s not try to think about how easy this team is to beat, ok?” coach said.

  You could see the eagerness i…

• Life Thoughts (running with scissors challenge)

  by flute faerie 8 months ago

  Don’t be afraid to let go; for what really counts in the end is that you had fun, not that you were ‘cool’.

  Love unconditi…

• Profile Picture Challenge: The infamous tic-tacs

  by Bartimaeus 8 months ago

  ok, it all started back in November of 07’. I was at Rock City on a trip with my High School orchestra. We walked through tha…

• an inspirational quiz: answerd entirely by Insert Pen Name Here, who rocks.

  by Insert Pen Name Here 8 months ago

  1. “Crank Dat? Excuse me? Ahem: OF COURSE”
  2. Nastiest thing….once when i was bike riding, a bug flew into my mouth and dow…

• Insert Pen Name Here's answers to the inspirational quiz continued!!!!!

  by Insert Pen Name Here 8 months ago

  7. Charlie for a boy, bridgit for a girl.
  8.you know, i assume that this is supposed to be a rule that applies to moi, but i …

• Some colors are different.

  by Insert Pen Name Here 8 months ago

  Some colors are different.

  Some colors are washed out and pale, or blotchy and veiney.

  Some colors are dusty and dark, smud…

• More Than Just a Gift{Running With Scissors(and your heart)'s challenge}

  by Bring Out Your Inner Emo Kid <3 8 months ago

  Life, a concept that is difficult to grasp. Actually, it’s not a concept, it’s a gift. A present tied in it’s own unique wrap…

• Just "swish" it{Kermitgorf's sports challenge}

  by Bring Out Your Inner Emo Kid <3 8 months ago

  I felt the basketballs texture at the ends of my fingers. I felt the pressure, we needed two points to win the game, there we…

• The Strays

  by Melia 8 months ago

  They marched into the neighbourhood with the pulse-pounding beat of a terrible rhythm. Hundreds of jack-booted soldiers poure…

• Deep Trouble (1)

  by Insert Pen Name Here 8 months ago

  The first thing I saw when i opened my eyes was a beautiful shower of pink. I sat up, slowly stretching my sore body. I touch…

• The Forest (2)

  by Insert Pen Name Here 8 months ago

  “Oh no, oh no, oh no!” I was panicking, running, faster and faster, calling out for Cirrus, for Kayla, for someone! But no on…

• I don't think those are hunters... (3)

  by Insert Pen Name Here 8 months ago

  I covered my ears, dropping to the forest floor. I knew the rules of hunting, and looked down at my shirt with dismay: it was…

• Up Too Early

  by .:band baby:. 8 months ago

  I tossed and turned all night. Thinking about what he could mean. I was up with the sun. I didn’t remember falling alseep at …

• Mr. Clean Cut and Co. (4)

  by Insert Pen Name Here 8 months ago

  What I saw? What did that mean? But it didn’t matter. What mattered was, I was up in a tree with seven armed men apparently s…

• Sand Women XX- The Oasis

  by Dreamer 8 months ago

  I was silent for a long period of time, when Kynae suddenly called down to where we were standing.
  “_Aeryn, Zulu, come up upo…

• Well, for starters....(5)

  by Insert Pen Name Here 8 months ago

  “Hello, little one.” said Mr.CC. “What are you doing up there?” His henchmen looked up, studied me, scoped out their chances-...

• Ansel

  by Nouvelle Bardot 8 months ago

  Ansel slolwy lifted his right arm and casually brought his head to the dingy white cotton of his tshirt. He sniffed, or merel…

• I Get Caught in a Standoff (6)

  by Insert Pen Name Here 8 months ago

  Mr.Clean Cut laughed. “Just come down, sweetie.” He was really creeping me out then, and I told him so.
  “The boss said come …

• Happily Never After

  by Reverie 8 months ago

  There was no shining armor, nor a golden steed, but you were more than twice the prince I had ever imagined in my dreams, ...

• Love: The Optimist and the Pessimist

  by Dreamer 8 months ago

  Love.
  Love is that feeling you cannot explain,
  Love is the wish for the absence of pain.
  Love is the wanting, the wishing, th…

• Cirrus (7)

  by Insert Pen Name Here 8 months ago

  The hunter laughed.”Oh, I know. We’ll just have to take that chance, I suppose.” He gripped my arm, walking slowly backwards….

• Thirrin Josephine Swan: A not so philosophical explanation of the pen name that uses the names of 3 different people (yeah i know, you're jealous)

  by Spring Chicken 8 months ago

  Thirrin Josephine Swan

  Those are all names of girls in some of my favorite books ever!

  Thirrin is the name of the main ch…

• The Modern Monkey-Rope (Sports Challenge)

  by [pens&feathers] 8 months ago

  I looked up at him from the floor, wondering how it was that he could climb so high with so little to hold on to.

  The room …

• Shots (8)s

  by Insert Pen Name Here 8 months ago

  “Crap!”
  “Well, it can’t be that hard, I mean, I’ll learn!”
  “Would you like it if I said the same thing about shooting your g…

• Baxter and Lola

  by Nouvelle Bardot 8 months ago

  “Didn’t mean to eavesdrop, its just…Well, when I hear my name I do get very curious,” the woman said.

  “And your name is?...

• When We Weren't Cool

  by J.B. Williams 8 months ago

  “Hey what’s up y’all,” I said. My cousins, they’re great, I thought, rather quickly. I wish I could be more like the older on…

• Yellow Line, White Line

  by [pens&feathers] 8 months ago

  I’m looking out at the five o’clock winter. The retreating sunlight pulls the yellow and orange away from my car window, leav…

• The Stovohobo Inspirer

  by Stovohobo 8 months ago

  Not necessarily under the “challenge” heading, because I feel like there are too many of those right now. However, I really w…

• Going going gone! (9)

  by Insert Pen Name Here 8 months ago

  “Ava!” the hunter was yelling. “Get the horse over here!” I kneeled behind a tree, leaning out to yell at him, “They’re shoot…

• Elliot and Mae

  by Nouvelle Bardot 8 months ago

  Mae kept her hand extended for Elliot, but he pulled his arms close to him, and looked at her nervously. Mae gathered up the …

• Work on Mars?

  by emma jo_234 8 months ago

  James’s large frightened eyes traveled slowly around the room. The creatures, some sitting in chairs, others reclining on a s…

• Anne and Charles

  by Nouvelle Bardot 8 months ago

  Charles felt his throat tighten. He dug his hands into his pockets so fiercely, he could feel the seams slowly giving way.

  ”...

• The Balloon

  by Insert Pen Name Here 8 months ago

  “Laurie!” He was shouting from above me, his voice raw as if he had been shouting for a long time. I groaned and opened my ey…

• Ansel and Zia

  by Nouvelle Bardot 8 months ago

  The woman approached Ansel, too close for his comfort. Normally, he would have enjoyed being in close proximaty with an attra…

• Baxter and Lola [2]

  by Nouvelle Bardot 8 months ago

  As soon as the melody escaped his mouth, Baxter slapped his hands over his face to supress it. He was absolutely mortified,...

• Running, But Not Fast Enough

  by someday_93 8 months ago

  One foot, other foot. Just pushing, pushing away from the pavement. Harder. Faster. Maybe, maybe if I shove hard enough again…

• A Long Day (10)

  by Insert Pen Name Here 8 months ago

  We shot throught the forest, with me desperately telling Cirrus which way to go and the hunter just as desperately holding on…

• A Friends Duties

  by J.B. Williams 8 months ago

  “Why don’t you just pull the trigger?” I asked myself. Then you can make the next move, I thought. This isn’t working, I have…

• I don't wish you bad luck!

  by jinn 8 months ago

  So many things have crossed my mind. My one question, why did you let it go on for this long? I lay that at your feet.
  Greed…

• Settling down for the night (11)

  by Insert Pen Name Here 8 months ago

  He laughed, “I bet it has! And that’s ok, Ava, I understand. You’re the horsewoman, you do whatever you think is best for tha…

• 5 More Awkward Things To Do or Say Right Before The Lights Go Out

  by SKermitgorf 8 months ago

  5. “Do you think that the monsters that live under the bed are afraid of the dark?”

  4. “I should have gone to the bathroom b…

• The Word Wow & What I Have Done

  by Leave Me A Note 8 months ago

  Wow. Looking at what I have done in the past made me think of the person I used to be. What I did. What I’ve done. The words …

• Walls

  by Leave Me A Note 8 months ago

  I pushed my hand through my hair like I usually do when I’m frustrated, sad, or just don’t know what to do. I don’t know why …

• And Then it Rained

  by Storykeeper of Fae 8 months ago

  Drip. Drop. What is that tickle on my numb, unfeeling arm? Rain?

  It hasn’t rained in two weeks. I pick the day it rains to …

• A Bedtime Story (12)

  by Insert Pen Name Here 8 months ago

  “Um…thanks, for, um, for saving my life back there.” I shifted awkwardly on the log. The hunter smiled at me. “Seems to me …

• My Story (13)

  by Insert Pen Name Here 8 months ago

  “I was riding through a field about a mile from our farm- Pleasent Acres- and we were trotting, then- well, something scared …

• Life With Liam

  by SKermitgorf 8 months ago

  Liam loves Santa Claus. He loves presents. He loves the whole idea of Christmas except that it takes place in the morning. He…

• Elliot and Mae [2]

  by Nouvelle Bardot 8 months ago

  Mae summoned the waitress by slightly lowering her sunglasses on the bridge of her nose and shouting, “Hey Barb! Barbara! Wai…

• Sustaining Heartbeat

  by Maiera 8 months ago

  Time is irrevolant
  developing a habit to stand still
  while breathing is no longer vital
  and dreams begin to build
  I am frozen…

• Anne and Charles [2]

  by Nouvelle Bardot 8 months ago

  Charles woke up on the floor, little shards of Bach and Mozart clinging to his jacket. He had to blink to make the room stop …

• Jake Laughs

  by Officially 8 months ago

  My eyes fluttered closed and, as weak and helpless and, yes, infuriating it sounds, I forgot what I was saying and simply l…

• Have A Double!

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk 8 months ago

  He sat at the bar nursing a beer. He wore camo pants and a bright orange sweater jacket.

  “Why so glum?” the bartend attempte…

• 'cause I STOLE it. [profile picture challenge]

  by Officially 8 months ago

  Ok, I’m going to be completely and totally honest in this ficlet right here.

  It’s not mine, ok? I stole it. I stole the stup…

• How Could You

  by One Time, One Chance 8 months ago

  Seperated we stand
  United we fall
  That might have changed
  If I were the only you saw.

  But instead you
  Decided to play the f…

• Fighting myself...

  by Bartimaeus 8 months ago

  I wake up… It is there… i can feel it clawing at the essence of my soul. Hatred… anger… regret… fighting to keep wh…

• View from Above

  by Bafuzma 8 months ago

  All looked well with my brother Tom and his wife Carla. They had just finished supper with their son, Tom Jr. and his family….

• Surprise.

  by .:band baby:. 8 months ago

  There, sitting on my kitchen table, was what Blake had been talking about. A bouque of roses, pink which were my favorites, w…