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• The long hunt [Supporting characters challenge]

  by Ridcully Calvert 22 days ago

  N’kwaxgu had had enough of this. He had been running down game over the golden sands of the Kalahari since he was a hundred m…

• One entered the desert, but another left

  by Chgowiz 23 days ago

  The air shimmered from the heat of the merciless sun beating down on the sand and twisted sage and scrub bushes that dotted t…

• Shootout

  by Holdini about 1 month ago

  My finger itched the butt of my silver revolver. I grasped it as the cowboy in the dark leather vest and cow-hide hat drew hi…

• Saving a Savior

  by Bartimaeus about 1 month ago

  Why did I say no to God? Does he resent me now? Can I fix what I’ve done?
  A small voice inside of me says I can, but my hear…

• Fata Morgana

  by PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA) about 1 month ago

  Jaliyah was extremely thirsty. My throat fells like someone pulled an acacia tree through it! she thought wryly.

  The dry r…

• Pyramids! As in Egypt, Not Geometry

  by paper flowers about 1 month ago

  “There it is!”
  It was so terribly hot, and so terribly exhausting…this journey was. My buddy, Scott ,and I have been riding…

• Road Warriors

  by Alexander McGee about 1 month ago

  The Cadillac with its huge engine easily kept pace with the sluggish bus. I didn’t even want to imagine how much precious gas…

• Digging Themselves Out With Spoons

  by Nouvelle Bardot about 1 month ago

  “I don’t know what else to do,” he said, almost pleading with her, “Whenever I think of breakouts, I always think of prisoner…

• Maneuvers Over Sirius II

  by uselessness about 1 month ago