Stories tagged with "cross"

  • After the Lost Man Inspired by text

    “I’m a goin.”

    “You’re what?” Ginny said with a fair amount of shock as she cradled the dog in her arms.

    “That boy’s poor so…

  • As he Died Inspired by a photo

    I walked down the streets of Darfur.
    I stepped in a pile of blood.
    Walked past the children crying.
    I walked past mothers, st…

  • Blessed Position Inspired by text

    I couldn’t believe my luck. I’d pulled an all-nighter fixing a sort of corset to throw off obvious suspicions (I was thanking…

  • Path to a New Religion Inspired by text

    There are two paths I can go by. God, I don’t know which to choose.

    But that cold feeling comes back. It burns. One path is…

  • Solitary Confinement Inspired by text

    The dark cell was damp, and smelled of humidity.

    The guard that was…well, guarding it, or whatever was in the damned …

  • The Silent Guardian Inspired by text

    The older man stepped back at the tremendous change in my physique.

    Had I control over my face, I would have smiled again. Y…

  • Set In Stone Inspired by text

    My chest clenched as I realized that I was looking down at a graveyard.

    I sat myself down on the rim of the roof, trying to …

  • Nothing (Cross-Gendered Challenge) Inspired by text

    I looked down from the balcony, overlooking my rising creation. Dispite early setbacks, it was almost finished, to my great s…

  • Remind Me Again, Please? [Cross Gendered Challenge] Inspired by text

    “Give me the plate, Williams.”

    Why does she call me by my last name?

    “Get it yourself.”

    “I SWEAR, one of these days—”...