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• Hmmm (What's the Challenge?)

  by Laine P. Grey 10 days ago

  It stared back at me from the confines of its paper cage. Was that a tattoo on its chest?
  It smelled divine. It smelled imma…

• The Cult

  by Laine P. Grey 22 days ago

  Chapter 3: The Third Reason. You can’t walk into the bookstore without your mother’s face watching you.

  The bookstore was …

• Beautiful Grey

  by Laine P. Grey 26 days ago

  Her red lips curled into a smile, waiting for me to answer. “Grey? I never really thought about that.” She chuckled to hersel…

• Shades of Grey

  by Laine P. Grey 27 days ago

  There was nothing particular about her. Her hair was short, black, it curled against her pale cheeks as if to caress them. He…

• Bibliophilia

  by KasumiRose about 1 month ago

  She pushed through the round glass doors and breathed in the familiar scent of coffee mixed with ink. A smile spread across h…

• The Perfect Binding

  by uselessness 3 months ago

  I met her at the bookstore. I had just come from work and was looking for the new Jack Ryan story; she was sitting cross-legg…

• Book Store Browsing: A Shopaholic's Inspirational Sentences

  by Kermitgorf 3 months ago

  I curled up in the old chair at Barnes & Nobles, taking a sip of hot chocolate and reading a book called Pruny Umbrellas.

  T…

• Barn's Nobles Decision

  by Amo de Tuus Aetas et Mors 4 months ago

  “The vegetable garden, recently repossessed by the State, was to be destroyed by the millions… and millions…. AND MILLION…

• Whats that Saying about the Birds?

  by The Ghost in the Machine 6 months ago

• A Shopkeeper (Perhaps Called Bob)

  by someday_93 7 months ago

  Manager of Main Street Books (we’ll call him Bob):

  I don’t think these strange three kids were actually doing research f…