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• Peripheral Evil: Part 5- All's Well on the Sullen Home Front

  by Jenunique 4 days ago

  Sully’s father and mother looked at him with gaping mouths, afraid to blink or the moment would pass. Dad finally folded his …

• Love Stinks: Part 1

  by writer4life00nj 4 days ago

  Okay, to tell the honest truth, love really does stink. It was all his fault. Okay, how could I blame it on him? He was a…

• Summertime Memories (unexpected twist challenge)

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk 16 days 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…

• Counter Offer (summer vacation challenge)

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk 13 days ago

  My speech was excellent, the colorful pictures were pasted in place, the quoted monetary amounts were close enough approximat…

• At Grandma's (summer vacation challenge)

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk 13 days ago

  As it turned out, Grandma had plans of her own.

  “Oh I’m so glad to see you! Look how much you’ve grown! We’re going to have …

• Fool-Proof Plan (summer vacation challenge)

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk 13 days ago

  Brochures, pamphlets, atlases, and torn magazine pages littered the floor in my bedroom. My little sister and I had collected…

• At Least He's Cute (Scavenger Hunt Challenge)

  by Jenunique 14 days ago

  Lulu was waiting as patiently as she could in front of the old Colonel Kullmann home. Her backpack was getting heavy and the …

• Killing from the catbird seat. (The Long Patrol Chapter 2)

  by Trafalmadorian_Mighty-Joe Young 21 days ago

  “You sure they comin we twenty miles out?
  “Just make the shot, got it Yack?”
  “I don’t understand why Ringo Norman is going to…

• Hope For It...

  by OrangeOreos 21 days ago

  Lordy, I can’t believe school’s out already! thought Campbell as he walked home from the last torturous day of high school …