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Stories posted 1/15/2008

• The Missing Office is Mailed

  by TreeBeard 9 months ago

  Flint entered Boxes ‘R’ Us. The door chimed and a tall teenage boy came to the counter.
  “What would you like to ship today s…

• The Detour

  by Bafuzma 9 months ago

  It all started upside down. The interior of the car appeared in a gradual haze, like tuning rabbit ears on an old TV. My mout…

• Not Another Face In The Crowd

  by A Joker 9 months ago

  You know what? A lot of people don’t get me, and a lot of people don’t want too. So why do I purposely try not to fit in? Bec…

• My answers to the quiz with the incredibly long title

  by zkid 9 months ago

  1. Blue, with seashells.

  2. Home. My bedroom to be more specific.

  3. Well, my hair is kinda halfway between blonde and brow…

• Run

  by J.B. Williams 9 months ago

  “What’s wong? Does the wittle baby miss his baba?” Jerry asked. “Shut up. Just leave me alone, for real,” Herm replied. “I’m…

• Everything Will Blow Pt. 16

  by Melia 9 months ago

  Someone was leaning over my body, nudging me gently.

  “Hey.” she whispered, close to the ear of my unmoving body. “Hey, are y…

• On Why Southerners Love Dead People

  by Eckhouse 9 months ago

  When people first arrived, they were greeted by acres of nothing surrounded by impenetrable pine forests. What they had, they…

• Miss Bardot's Answers to the Incrediblly Long and Attractively Nutty Quiz by Insert Pen Name Here

  by Nouvelle Bardot 9 months ago

  1. I’m really not quite sure if I see any tissue boxes, but my best guess is that its a mauve sort of paisley, you know, thos…

• Trapped in a Rowboat (Stovohobo's Inspirer)

  by Nouvelle Bardot 9 months ago

  I woke up in a rowboat with a makeshift sail stitched of gray uniform fabric. The sky had a hazy strawberries and cream compl…

• Elliot and Mae [3]

  by Nouvelle Bardot 9 months ago

  “I don’t believe I have, wait, who writes it again?” Elliot asked.

  “Jack Kerouac,” Mae said, looking at Elliot as if he were…

• Coffee is Evil (The Stovohobo Inspirer)

  by Melia 9 months ago

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

• Creatures

  by Saint Chuck 9 months ago

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

• The Absent-Minded Serial Killer

  by Hobo Beard Bob 9 months ago

  “You don’t have to do this, you know?” the girl pleaded as she struggled against the ropes that bound her to the tree. Bastia…

• Irrefutable Evidence To The Contrary [The Stovohobo Inspirer Not-A-Challenge Challenge]

  by Howie Amourscow 9 months ago

  The missiles had been activated. All he had to do now was pull the string with his left hand and turn the key with his right,...

• Here to stay

  by heartbeats echocho 9 months ago

  I don’t want your worries to go to waste.
  Don’t say your prayers for me in haste.
  I’ll be alright, I’ll be okay, at the end o…

• My Blind Girl

  by J.B. Williams 9 months ago

  I always loved her. She is so beautiful, modest (sometimes), intelligent yet…harsh and swift at times. We always been toget…

• Too Stupid Cold!

  by heartbeats echocho 9 months ago

  I stood by the window pouting. (Okay, I shouldn’t say pouting cause that sounds so childish, but it’s alot cuter then frownin…

• Brushing the bully

  by heartbeats echocho 9 months ago

  ‘So,’ Amber said as I slammed my locker shut, ‘Why were you so out of it during class earlier? You’re never like this, not ev…

• A Pathetic little story

  by yoITSme 9 months ago

  The simple yet complex clicking of three buttons that are as addictive as chocolate. The wanting to play every second. The c…

• Back At Matt's

  by Phosphate11 9 months ago

  Matt hung up the phone and went to pack up his stuff.
  He entered his room that he shared with his brother. Found a duffle bag…

• False smiles

  by I LOVE FRANK IERO AND WILLIAM BECKETT!!! 9 months ago

• Man-Made Armageddon

  by Stovohobo 9 months ago

  The air was choked with sweat and dust, while the earth threw chunks of itself up into the air faster than thinking. Projecti…

• Anne and Charles [3]

  by Nouvelle Bardot 9 months ago

  Charles sat on his sofa, examining the card. Actually, he was debating wheter to set it on fire or not.

  He tossed it down on…

• The Guardian Council

  by Bartimaeus 9 months ago

  When Antares entered The Great Hall, light seemed to pour gloriously through the enormous open doors. His blazing red hair se…

• No Longer

  by One Time, One Chance 9 months ago

  I like this shirt, it’s goes with those pants over there, I should grab them too..

  Oh! Money. I’ll need that.

  _What els…

• 5 Things I Prefer Not to Talk About

  by Valley Fey/Pinprick 9 months ago

  1. I feel that, even if i get my dream job, I won’t be successful by everyone else’s standards. I know I shouldn’t care, but …

• The Fall

  by Bartimaeus 9 months ago

  It’s so powerful i can feel it… moving within me… every pulse warms my body… my mind is in a state of wonderment and aw…

• It's Too Bad Trees Can't Lie

  by Acantha 9 months ago

  The tree curled possessively around the entrance, creaking hugely in the oppressive silence. I shivered. In the canopy above,...

• OCD (Pen's Habit Challenge.)

  by Snarky 9 months ago

  When I’m nervous I hold my arms at my sides and jump up and down, bending only my feet.

  Every time I see a My Little Pony, I…

• What?

  by Never Explain 9 months ago

  I was sitting at my kitchen table with my Dad, eating a steak dinner.
  “How come Matt doesn’t eat with us anymore?” I asked.
  ”...

• The Paved Road

  by J.B. Williams 9 months ago

  Where am I? That’s a stupid question, but I really don’t know where I am. It’s been so long since I walked on the paved road….

• Being Real

  by butterflygirl6106 9 months ago

  Gee I am out going, pretty, intellegent, and kind what does it take to fit in here?

  Everyone is just so snobbish, its as if…

• Unique Love Story: Something Cherished (Challenge)

  by Alexis DeHearts 9 months ago

  “Alright, class, sit down!” Mr. Bright called the class of rambuncous 11th graders to their seats. He turned to the black boa…

• Does this smell ok to you?

  by Emmyful 9 months ago

  “Does this smell OK to you?” Cheryl asked her mother as she was walking down the hallway. She had just bought a new perfume f…

• A Long Stream of Continuation (2.4.3)

  by Music-Hearted 9 months ago

  How ironic: It was the perfect foil of the situation in reality.

• For Real?

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

  I was too suprised to say anything, he did just turn down Kirsty, was I right? Oh, yeah, Friday. “Homework sucks.” did that…

• Quirks: May or May Not Come from ADHD [challenge]

  by Alexis DeHearts 9 months ago

  I suppose I have half-quirks. I don’t know if ADHD counts as a quirk in itself, but I’m sure it has caused others to sprout.
  ...

• Me: I Remember This... (Pt 18)

  by Freedom :] 9 months ago

• I think it may not

  by ~tenkou~ 9 months ago

  Alex, your talent so does not come from ADHD. You focus a lot better than Ryan first of all. And your musical intelligence wo…

• Will you?

  by Never Explain 9 months ago

  I laughed as we headed off to science class. The teacher is a total dunce, can’t control a class and gets everything from the…

• Disbelief

  by ~tenkou~ 9 months ago

  “What do you mean?” Ariel asked.
  “You’ve been gone for years Ariel. Everything here has changed.” replied Mia
  “How long have …

• Love, blinded (Challenge)

  by J.B. Williams 9 months ago

  Funny story how Mei met Deshawn. One day, in high school, Mei was with her boyfriend, whom just slapped her in the face for t…

• And the Rest, as They Say, is History

  by [pens&feathers] 9 months ago

  The hologram turned off with a soft click. They found themselves back in their warm home unit, safe and untouched.

  “Of cou…

• A Place for a Challenge

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk 9 months ago

  I feel inclined to write a challenge. Why? Maybe it’s because I have underdeveloped ideas, festering, not willing to break th…

• Answers Should Always Tell A Story (Response to Insert Pen Name Here's Quiz)

  by pie_is_good 9 months ago

  I sit at the computer a lot, twirling my long brown hair while I read fic and listen to the B side of Abbey Road. I spend mos…

• Not Much (Mistress Elsha Hawk's challenge)

  by Phosphate11 9 months ago

  It wasn’t much.

  It wasn’t much at all.

  But I won’t ever forget it…

  It was the summer going into 5th grade. And it went b…

• Statements of wisdom!!!! Are you wise? If you don't click on this then u probly arent.

  by Bartimaeus 9 months ago

  I have 3 main statements of wisdom that I live by:

  1. Be yourself, no matter what they say.

  2. Hold on tight to your dream….

• The answers to a really awsome quiz

  by theworldscrewedmeover 9 months ago

  The answers of Quiz

  1. what color/ pattern is the nearest tissue box to you right now?
  It’s this werid-out purple pattern a…

• To Truly Love

  by Living In Wonder Land ♠ 9 months ago

  “Would you say you truly love someone?” I asked the elderly man sitting next to me in the jostling bus full of people.
  “Yes, ...

• My room (A place for a challenge)

  by Bartimaeus 9 months ago

  Ahhh so many memories…

  I’ve had my room for eight years now, and boy, if only walls could talk. There would be so many st…

• Silver Dream 11

  by Blossom Ruoqen 9 months ago

  did not hear it above her own whirling thoughts. He said, “Aren’t you a chatterbox. It’s my lucky day I guess…At least she’s …

• The Really Big Rock (Mistress Elsha Hawk's Place Challenge)

  by pie_is_good 9 months ago

  My mom used to take me to front of our neighborhood when I was little, where I’d play on a giant rock while we waited for my …

• Places Gone By

  by THX 0477 9 months ago

  The warm Carolina breeze kisses my cheek as I walk down the familiar road, now grown unfamiliar with intervening years. This …

• I Think I'm In Love

  by LovingYourHeartbreak♥ 9 months ago

  My heart beats fast
  Whenever you’re around
  Why can’t you hear it
  It makes so much sound
  I can’t seem to speak
  Whenever I see …

• Almost

  by LovingYourHeartbreak♥ 9 months ago

  It’s almost perfect
  Your love is almost true
  All this fairytale needs
  Is a better prince than you
  You almost got my heart
  An…

• Pamela: The Beginning

  by LovingYourHeartbreak♥ 9 months ago

  Today was the beginning of the end.
  Well actually today is the beginning of the chronicles of Pamela. (hah, Maryyy) I shall n…

• Tidbits of wisdom

  by heartbeats echocho 9 months ago

  Here are my tidbits of wisdom:
  1. Start at the beginning. It’s the best place to…
  2. Hold your head up high. You just might…

• Disappointment (True Story)

  by Fyora Cartagan 9 months ago

  Maybe I’m naive, maybe I’m just foolish, or even stupid.
  But, in my opinion, the following story should not go as it did.

  I…

• Disappointment (True Story 2)

  by Fyora Cartagan 9 months ago

  In an email time-stamped 7:26 the next morning:
  “I would like to extend my apology in regards to not being able to submit the…

• Living In Wonder Lands Statements To Live By

  by Living In Wonder Land ♠ 9 months ago

  1) Live your life becasue you only get one to live
  2) Dont give up on those who will fight and care for you becasue support c…

• Ice Cream with Jake

  by .:band baby:. 9 months ago

  Saturday came to quickly. Jake and her were going to get ice cream at a shop near his house. Chelsea was, of course, over at …

• YES!!

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

  “Will you go out with me?” did he just ask me that? Oh my freaking God!YES, YES, and YES! Garrett just asked me out, the wo…

• Something Happened

  by DOGScare Me JK 9 months ago

  Something big happened the other night
  Sure it happened quickly, but it still felt right
  After it happened, my brain was reel…

• Finally! A QUIZ I CANNOT FAIL!!!! WHAT A RELIEF!! AND IT'S FUN, NOT TO MENTION VERY INSANE!! WITH A VERY LONG TITLE. WHY THIS IS IN CAPS, DON'T ASK

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

  1.)What tissue box, my homes stash of tissues is kind of low at the moment.
  2.)The comfort of my own home, or very scary loft…