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• A Sympathetic in Cell Block G (jailbird challenge)

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk 2 days ago

  I was sent to Wade Women’s Prison last week. I’m not sure how long I’ll be here. This is my third one in 2 years.

  I walked d…

• The Mad Hatter Cures Insomnia

  by OrangeOreos 6 days ago

• Ill at Ease

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 26 days ago

  It took no time at all for Cricket & I to get down to the simple, but heavily guarded, abode of my teacher. A guard & Cricket…

• Execution

  by Stovohobo 2 months ago

  The line proceeded slowly and fitfully, like an engorged centipede that’s been tortured by a selfish five-year-old. Gray peop…

• Changing the Guard

  by Maleghast 3 months ago

  Loric was starting to wonder if he was ever going to see any action at all. It was all very well being in charge of the gate …

• Kofi's Wall [When I Grow Up Challenge]

  by Eckhouse 3 months ago

  Kofi was building a wall as he had been told. It was approximately thirty yards from where he was told to bury his mother two…

• The Guardian

  by Russell Ruffino 5 months ago

  The thief had made it, he was deep in the bowels of the most guarded building on the planet. He’d have broken in here ages ag…

• Distance

  by Ana Cristina 5 months ago

  “Emily!”

  I ran blindly, not seeing where I was going. Not caring. I was dimly aware of people scattering to the left and to …

• Longview

  by Ana Cristina 6 months ago

  We reached Longview when the sun was almost above our heads. A guard immediately came up to us, wanting to know our business …

• Blood, Sweat and Regicide

  by Ana Cristina 6 months ago

  “It all started the night of the murder. I mean, of course, the attempted murder. We made our way into the theater. My men …