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• The Writer Talks to an Old Friend

  by NightMaiden 2 months ago

  _I hustled over quickly to the counter, Scooter jumping irritably off of my lap. I picked up the receiver, slightly breathles…

• The Writer Is Left Alone Again

  by NightMaiden 2 months ago

  “No,” Emma answered, laughing slightly. “It’s just really weird that you’ve got company. All you usually have is that canta…

• The Writer Grows Compassionate

  by NightMaiden 2 months ago

  I frowned and clicked my tongue when I recognized the chilling burn of fever underneath my palm.

  “What now, Scooter?” _I w…

• The Writer Finds A Fever

  by NightMaiden 2 months ago

  _I sighed, taking a look at the phone. I set it back down on its base, shrugging off the fact that Emma might not call back f…

• The Writer Observes

  by NightMaiden 2 months ago

  Many a times, Mama had commented on how she missed Ireland and the rains. I’d seen the ‘Emerald Island’ myself, and I can saf…

• The Writer Finds a Companion...Well, Somewhat.

  by NightMaiden 2 months ago

  What possessed me to drive into the Godforsaken desert, I’ll never know. It was horribly hot, and I would much have rather st…

• The Disjointed Writings of a Loner

  by NightMaiden 2 months ago

  The afternoon is dry. Dry like a desert. Well, that’s a lie, since this place practically is a desert.

  Overhead, the sky …

• Fata Morgana

  by PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA) 4 months ago

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

  The dry r…

• OUTTA WATERR

  by LovingYourHeartbreak♥ 5 months ago

  I’m just a fish out of water.
  I don’t know what I’m doing.
  And I can’t find a pond deep enough
  To keep me alive
  To keep me in…