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• Another Door Closed (Nostalgia Challenge)

  by [pens&feathers] about 5 hours ago

  My life is a series of doors, closing and opening on unpredictable hinges and sometimes the wind still sweeps one open.

  A sc…

• Bittersweet

  by CelticStar393 about 1 month ago

  Rage was empowering every inch of her body. She could feel the heavy pulse of blood flowing through her veins. The bitter swe…

• Prom

  by [pens&feathers] 6 months ago

  I’m standing outside on the balcony, facing the fading day. Out here, the music is only a deep bass tremble I can feel in the…

• Reflecting on Sisterhood

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk 6 months ago

  I sat outside on the swing, dragging the end of my shoe across the sand. Devon giggled and sang beside me as she swung as hig…

• Summer (Hellos and Goodbyes)

  by [pens&feathers] 6 months ago

  I’m parked outside your house.

  The sun spills into my open windows, baking the black interior of the car. A slight breeze st…

• The taste of salt.

  by Ana Cristina 6 months ago

  My earliest memory brings with it the briny smell of sea, the feel of sand stuck between my toes, the sound of waves pummelin…

• Something About the Snow

  by [pens&feathers] 7 months ago

  It’s kind of a funny thing, but the snow makes me miss you more than ever before. Staring through the window at the dizzying …

• Scenes from a Football Game (Autobiography Challenge)

  by [pens&feathers] 9 months ago

  I’m in the stands, leaning against the brushed aluminum railing. It’s a perfect night for a football game – on the chilly sid…

• Coming Home

  by [pens&feathers] 10 months ago

  Just when the days start getting colder, I walk the streets I never knew. Behind the library and across the cemetary, where t…

• Straight out of the Rain

  by [pens&feathers] 10 months ago

  I know it’s Henry when I hear the bell from the top of the door.

  He comes over to the counter of the small diner, hair stre…