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• The Painting

  by wytherwings 3 months ago

  I thought he would bring me to an alley. Or his dirty old car, or the back of some building. I didn’t expect him to bring me …

• I Feel More Like I Do Now Then When I First Got Here (Spam Challenge)

  by ALRO613 ♪ LoA ♫ 4 months ago

  It was tomorrow when I thought I could go down the stairs to the basement of a big house. The big house, so small, enticed by…

• Invisible

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 4 months 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 …

• twigs for a birdhouse

  by litowhy 5 months ago

  history is yanking the hairs off of my arms. mountains progressively shift in my sight. a lark? a never ending battle between…

• She jumped the gun, and he failed to hold her interest

  by JMSquire 6 months ago

• They Sit Cross Legged

  by birksy 6 months ago

  They sit cross legged – together ‘cross the dirty floor they do little more than watch as wind let in through broken windows …

• Pinhole: Virginia Park

  by birksy 7 months ago

  She stood watching. Still; her breath – the sole disclosure that she was more than stone and clothes, sculpture and scarves. ...

• Brown Ponies

  by birksy 7 months ago

  A tuft of hair poking from beneath the bed. Brown like a pony dreamed of. Grazing the field, head bent, legs wide in stance. ...

• 'Normal Is So YESTERDAY!'s Time Challenge!

  by kells 10 months ago

  You want to know why people have such a hard time of coming up with the definition of “time” in the first place?

  Because the…

• Attaining Apogee

  by Cryptocrystalline about 1 year ago

  I was standing on the head of a pin. The most infinitesimal nudge would have sent me toppling into triviality, but for a mome…