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• Hesitation

  by Ana Cristina 10 months ago

  Nina hesitated before reaching for the phone. Something stilled her hand, but she couldn’t put a finger on what it was. What …

• Yellow Line, White Line

  by [pens&feathers] 10 months ago

  I’m looking out at the five o’clock winter. The retreating sunlight pulls the yellow and orange away from my car window, leav…

• Shopping Story(one time, one chance's challenge)

  by flute faerie about 1 year ago

  So, it’s the biggest shopping day of the year. I find myself standing in line at FYE. I’ve been waiting in line to reserve m…

• Shopping=sweaty people in need of anti-perspirent{OTOC black friday challenge}

  by More Than Meets The Eyes about 1 year ago

  I stood there tapping my foot to the Boys Like Girls song Five Minutes To Midnight, I’ve been standing in this line since t…

• {Tiggerstripn2 Challenge} Gonna' Make An Actor Out Of Me

  by THX 0477 about 1 year ago

  “Five minutes to curtain, Mr. Ebbins,” the nervous stage hand called through the door. I try to breathe.

  Staring at my own …

• Can You Guess What It Is?

  by Stovohobo about 1 year ago

  The unbroken chains
  Unhindered, they rain
  Down upon me,
  They’re all me,
  They’re on me,
  They’re all me.

  The sharp delivery
  A …

• Just Another Day at the Office

  by Stovohobo about 1 year ago

  I sighed. This place, so mundane, so…human. It reeked of it, as if one of the more powerful gods decided to kill off ever…

• Deathly Line

  by Eleanor Daley about 1 year ago

  They just kept walking.
  “Please stop!” She cried, “You’re going to fall!”
  But they weren’t listening.
  The strangers with stil…