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• The Writer Leaves an Unintentional Compliment

  by NightMaiden about 2 hours ago

  I leaned back, several thoughts swimming in my head as I watched the fire take its last breaths.

  “You’ve been silent for q…

• The Writer Mulls Over Earlier Events

  by NightMaiden about 2 hours ago

  I hadn’t understood then, but I can now laugh with her warnings.

  _Our family was never one for very radical things – we lo…

• The Writer Keeps Remembering

  by NightMaiden about 3 hours ago

  I quickly averted my eyes (which were stupidly swimming with tears), and sniffed abruptly.

  “Sorry,” _I hastily apologized,...

• The Writer Finds Another Shard of Memory

  by NightMaiden about 3 hours ago

  _Now, the fire was nothing but a few dying embers, glowing with throbs and pulses of scarlet radiance that reminded me of a d…

• The Writer Engages In Philosophical Conversation

  by NightMaiden about 3 hours ago

  _The fire crackled and popped, illuminating the room with cheery sparks – some were amber colored, others red like newly-pick…

• The Writer Overlooks The Reading Of Her Favorites

  by NightMaiden about 3 hours ago

  The words had reeled him in, just like they had done to me long ago.

  _After a few moments of being still, something inside…

• The Writer Utilizes Poetry As a Weapon

  by NightMaiden about 4 hours ago

  “What d’you mean, ‘come again’?” I said, looking up at him. “My mother used to read me these poems.”

  “As a child? No wonde…

• Grace the Librarian

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 1 day ago

  “Can I help you find something?” He looked into the kind face of a young librarian. She possessed a naturally curious aura, s…

• Mixéd 1.414

  by White Hat 10 months ago

  The doors opened into an endless sea of books. The young man in black lead the way on a twisting path between faux-redwood sh…