Stories tagged with "apathy"

  • Echoes

    by Valley Fey/Pinprick 5 months ago 0 out of 5 stars

    There’s a noise
    A steady drum
    Against my ribs
    In my ears
    It’s in you, too
    But you can’t feel it
    Preoccupation
    Distraction
    But…

  • Slick

    by gemminx 5 months ago 0 out of 5 stars

    As soon as she hears my footfalls, she hits Alt-Tab and flips the screen, but not quite quickly enough. My assistant, Alisa, ...

  • Driven Down the Aisle

    by uselessness 7 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    She wasn’t exactly a supermodel, but she wasn’t ugly. Thirty pounds overweight with frumpy brown hair in waves like a crook…

  • Bastiat's Great Fiction Inspired by text

    by uselessness 8 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    The American founders were inspired to sacrifice their very lives in a bloody revolution against the British monarchy, all fo…

  • 9 Minutes

    by SupRspi 10 months ago 4 out of 5 stars

    The minutes ticked by. I glanced at the clock, almost too apathetic to motivate myself to do even that.

    4:51

    9 minutes left…

  • Yeah, I'm Laughing At You Inspired by text

    by Amaryllis 11 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    She laughed in his face, then nervously stopped as she realized that maybe, just maybe, it wasn’t a good idea to provoke so…