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• Working on One's Self

  by THX 0477 1 day ago

  Earnestly Charles looked through his papers, 7 sheets of card stock with one word on each. Each had a color scribbled below t…

• Job Interview

  by kwatz 2 months ago

  Seriously? This is what the job entails? Following around a little kid?

  You make it sound wrong when you say it.

  You don’...

• Tough Case, Old Church, Better Judgment [400 Ficlets Challenge]

  by THX 0477 2 months ago

  “Seriously, that’s it?”

  “Afraid so, Postle,” the older man rasped.

  “Well, it’s not much to go on, is it?”

  “I’ve had worse …

• Me and the Muse (The muse challenge)

  by Quizmaster 3 months ago

  They call her Calliope. It means literally “Pretty mouth”, because she’s meant to be the eldest, and the wisest, of the muses…

• Study Non-Date [Starbucks Challenge]

  by THX 0477 3 months ago

  “So, uh, we should find some place to study, right?”

  “Yeah, should you, you know, call her and…”

  “No, no, it’s not like I…

• Thought Slaves

  by JamGrrl 5 months ago

  “You see,” he explained, “It’s about catching a fleeting thought. You have to pin it down before it flies away. Once you have…

• "Can I tell you a story?" Continued!!

  by JMSquire 5 months ago

  “She had these green, and I mean really really green, eyes and short red hair, she was really a stunning girl and I remember …

• "Can I tell you a story?" Continued!

  by JMSquire 5 months ago

  “So, John and I were on this bike ride and he starts telling me all about this girl he’s just met a few weeks ago whose name …

• "Can I tell you a story?"

  by JMSquire 5 months ago

  “Can I tell you a story?”

  “Of course you can, you know that.”

  “You have to promise me that you won’t quote me out of contex…

• Department of Creative Licensing

  by JamGrrl 6 months ago

  “NEXT!”

  “Ah, yes, hi, I’m here for a Creative License.”

  “Application?”

  “Sorry, ma’am?”

  “Where’s your application? Oh, a c…