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• Strange Normalities: The Reading

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 21 days ago

  Proper Society Vid NOTES:
  Observed: much small talk, no bold topics
  Solution: dive into deep personal questions

  _Obser…

• An Unremarkable Factory

  by Wil Wheaton 2 months ago

  There is a factory in Chongqing. It is unremarkable; there is nothing to distinguish it from the other factories nearby. Work…

• ChronOOPS

  by uselessness 2 months ago

  They said they found his body, but they were liars.

  You see, Hitler never killed himself, he just vanished. Nobody wanted to…

• Where Are You, Mom? {64 characters challenge}

  by ○○♥Promises Broken & Backs Turned♥○○ 3 months ago

  I heard you whisper my name. If only I knew where you were, Mom.

• Dmitri Alexei and the Buried Tomb of the First Emperor

  by Stovohobo 4 months ago

  It had taken years of paperwork, soil core samples, ground-penetrating radar, and arguing before the tomb of China’s first em…

• The Day I became Me {True Story Challenge}

  by ○○♥Promises Broken & Backs Turned♥○○ 5 months ago

  It was August 20, 1996, that was the day I became, well, me. No, that’s not my birthday, but that’s when my life finally fe…

• Dam!

  by Russell Ruffino 5 months ago

  “Wait, so can we get on a boat or not?”

  I don’t know why I was asking them, they didn’t speak any more Chinese than I did. ...

• A Big Wall

  by Stovohobo 6 months ago

  221 B.C.
  Inner China

  Qin Shi Huang shifted restlessly on the stiff bamboo bedmat, scowling at the bright full moon. It shone…

• Murder

  by AeroPen 8 months ago

  Three days before Christmas I can’t wait. Dad will come home from his business trip. Last year he bough me a wooden horse f…

• Dream Challenge: Running Away From ______

  by Ana Cristina 9 months ago

  I have a recurring dream, one I haven’t dreamed in a while. But it’s so vivid every time I dream it that I can conjure up its…