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• Rosemary Lane - Espers [Music Challenge]

  by OrangeOreos 7 days ago

  Until a young sailor came there to stay, my life had been normal.

  And that was the beginning of my misery.

  Nothing strange …

• Memories Stuck In the Past [Literary Challenge]

  by OrangeOreos 12 days ago

  “Mom? I’m here!”

  She walked into the wallpapered room gingerly, almost as if she was afraid of waking the sleeping figure si…

• China Patterns

  by Nouvelle Bardot 15 days ago

  My grief was now replaced with anger. I grabbed my empty teacup, my mother’s favorite china pattern, and threw it as hard as …

• Normal Day

  by NightMaiden 6 months ago

  I woke up, my cheek pressed against my soaked pillow. Seems like I had been crying in my sleep again. From what I’m saying, i…

• These memories kill. [extended haiku]

  by Ana Cristina 29 days ago

  Every night, I crawl
  into my cocoon of pain
  and disintegrate.

  All I want is one
  night without stars, only moon,
  and no suff…

• Invisible

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) about 1 month ago

  Late that night, I took my invisible “working” form, and soared off into the chilled air. I work at night, so as to catch my …

• Memories of Grandma

  by M.Paul Regret about 1 month ago

  At Grandmas house, the summer of 68, My brother Mark and I were having breakfast, a box of Cheerios or some such round oat c…

• A Mourning of the Past

  by RainDance about 1 month ago

  The man Margine thought she would be safe from for at least another hundred years twirled her around with a flick of his fing…

• Suppression By The River

  by T.F. Torrey about 1 month ago

  The memories come back in a rush, and he grasps at the curious threads and tries to assemble them before he loses them again….

• Words Read and Words Unwritten {Bookshelf Challenge}

  by RainDance about 1 month ago

  Jack Sparrow stands on the shelf, looking out for a yard-long ship to suit his miniature 2-inch form. But I think he likes it…