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• I Am Missing

  by More Ways Than One 7 days ago

  If I could
  Believe me, I would
  I’ve taken chances, and I’ve taken fists
  Buried my soul for you
  Turn it away and I left withou…

• Welcome Oblivion

  by THX 0477 10 days ago

  Though they happened so quickly as to become jumbled in order, Sissy was aware of some number of pistol shots, one loud bang,...

• Deep in the mine [The Dead Tell Tales Challenge]

  by JMSquire 12 days ago

• Salvation in Watery Shadows

  by THX 0477 12 days ago

  Sweat cascaded off Gordo’s uneven head. His heart pounded inside his chest, and the humid night air pounded back from the out…

• Two Hands Touching in the Darkness

  by [pens&feathers] 20 days ago

  I bet you can’t, but I remember the first time our hands intertwined in the darkness, of, predictably, a movie theater. It ha…

• Rats and Angels

  by THX 0477 21 days ago

  There exists a stark difference between the darkness you create and the darkness that steals upon you. One is a refuge, the o…

• In the Near Darkness

  by Ana Cristina 24 days ago

  There were two servant girls waiting in the hallway in front of our bed chamber. They helped me off with my tunic and boots, ...

• The Other Power

  by OboeTheres 25 days ago

  The organization had been created to fulfill this operation, so Amal took his job very seriously. With the fulfillment of thi…

• No, Not This Time

  by More Ways Than One 25 days ago

  “Someone is loving the stars.”

  “Someone is right.”

  “So why do you think they are amazing?”

  “I don’t know, they give the fe…