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• Tally [Jailbird Challenge]

  by NightMaiden about 1 month ago

  How long has it been?

  I looked to my wall, long mutilated with marks of others and mine, something steady in this world of…

• Letter to Wiley

  by .:band baby:. 2 months ago

  I sat in my room and remembered that fateful day… when the first letter came.

  Dear Wiley, my Wiley…

  _I am sending you…

• Any Minute

  by [pens&feathers] 2 months ago

  It was quiet.

  He stood just outside the city on a dirt road, looking east. They sky was perfect blue. The sun was out. Warm….

• The Plan and the Arvian

  by The Ghost in the Machine 3 months ago

  I’ve never been so scaredin my life, whether as a human or Arvian. The Queen was gigantic; she towered over the other Arvians…

• Ferdinand Forgotten [Twisted History Challenge]

  by OrangeOreos 3 months ago

  “Your highness, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, please, step this way.”

  I stood behind the large gardens on Apple Quay, waiting fo…

• Hot breakfast from a mess tin

  by Markellus 3 months ago

  The field kitchen was serving hot breakfast. The cook ladled a thick stew made of chunks of corned beef mixed with water, pot…

• "It's Not That easy, Mr. Mortimer."

  by Never Explain 4 months ago

  My hands were shaking from the injection. I still had plenty of energy left.

  “It never will.” I responded.

  “If only, Mr. Mo…

• Inconsistent Reality?

  by Maleghast 4 months ago

  Peter mopped his brow again and squinted in the torchlight. He was supposed to be on the A303, on his beautiful bike and prob…

• Hypothesis

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk 4 months ago

  We had anticipated this moment for hours. Soon the Earth would give us a view of the North America. We could check to see if …

• 23 hours left

  by Holdini 4 months ago

  Jack finally arrived at the CTU building one hour later. He opened the door and stode inside. “You!” He shouted pointing to t…