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• Honoring the National Religion

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk 11 days ago

  Today was the day the roving minister came to the village. I was able to feed Marduke and explain to him that he needed to st…

• Zombie Centralization

  by uselessness 7 days ago

  We’d been driving for an hour.

  Joe and I hadn’t said a word since the gas station, but the women were quietly chattering abo…

• Life On The Farm

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk 13 days ago

  The little dragon wolfed down his corn snake and licked his snout with a forked tongue.

  “Mm, tasty, huh little guy?” I strok…

• Summertime Memories (unexpected twist challenge)

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk about 1 month ago

  In mid-July at the end of long dusty country lane sat a small white clapboard farmhouse. The grass was beginning to turn brow…

• The Old Farm

  by cphpitts 2 months ago

  No one visits the farm anymore. Not after the murders. They say the old man just snapped one day. He stood out in the fields …

• Like That of A God

  by Tad Winslow 2 months ago

  The moon, a dusty orange orb, hangs low in the skyline,

  fringing the wind ushered clouds—outlining the early

  morning d…

• Initiation

  by Krulltar 2 months ago

• Set in Stone

  by Stovohobo 2 months ago

  “So you killed him?” I asked one day as the Scarecrow and I sat on a tree stump.

  It creaked its burlap sack head towards me,...

• Just Your Normal Farm

  by Misfit Dreams 2 months ago

  Not far from a very small town that was long forgotten was a farm. This farm was like any other farm that you might come acro…

• Intent to Murder

  by Tad Winslow 2 months ago

  Clayton watches Addison go—he’s begun counting how many times Addison will turn his back on him. One trick is to interact …