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• You and Me, in a Blanket of Smoke

  by [ wall.doll ] 3 months ago

  In my dream the air is humid and hot. The smoke from the swamp fires is laying thick all over the city, and the light from tr…

• The Little Unknown Baseball Player

  by Scary Thing I Aint Dead Yet about 1 month ago

  It was the middle of the summer. The heat was scorching the fields players were hitting runs for their teams, it was always m…

• Behind Grey Grey Eyes

  by [pens&feathers] about 1 month ago

  Winter fell and it fell hard, and there was different about him in the winter.

  Something closed behind those steely-grey eye…

• Stranded (Use Your Senses Challenge)

  by Fantasy 2 months ago

  The dry sand stretched out as far as I could see. There was so much of it, and nothing else. I could almost smell it. My eyes…

• 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 Apalled

  by NightMaiden 2 months ago

  The only sound that I can hear is the ticking of the clock. Frankly, it’s getting quite annoying. But what if he’s going thro…

• The Writer Stubbornly Protects Her Manuscript

  by NightMaiden 2 months ago

  He’s been absolutely silent…it’s a bit intimidating, to tell the truth. I told him about how he was sprawled (most comicall…

• 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 Temporarily Forgets Her Sleeping Companion

  by NightMaiden 2 months ago

  I feel quite uncomfortable, to say the least. I’m putting the words on paper so slowly I’m afraid I’ll start to write backwar…

• The Writer Philosophizes

  by NightMaiden 2 months ago

  I’ve taken the chance and given the man on the couch some Tylenol. Hopefully, it’ll bring down his fever. Now, I tell you, it…