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• A Whole New Chase [Olympic Exercise]

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 13 days ago

  I was so excited I was shaking. I was among the first ever to compete in this event! I’d started a petition to get this sport…

• Trot Your Way to Glory [100th Ficlet Writing Exercise]

  by NightMaiden 13 days ago

  I fidgeted, and my coach looked over to me, his face creased into a frown.

  “Calm down; you’re going to rub your jitters off …

• I'm in the Olympics, Baby! [100th Ficlet Writing Exercise]

  by THX 0477 14 days ago

  Timing is everything. I remind myself of that a hundred times a day, but today is different. Today is big. Today is Olympics …

• Cricket's Got the Moves!

  by NightMaiden 26 days ago

  “I’m g-gonna do what?” Cricket was incredulous as I pulled him over to a corner.

  Lin was sitting in the center of the roo…

• A Small Setback for the Adversary

  by NightMaiden 26 days ago

  There was silence in the room, and only Cricket’s ragged breathing could be heard in the quiet.

  “Let’s say I had a way to…..

• The Disadvantages of Best Friends

  by NightMaiden 26 days ago

  I swore under my breath, and then my voice picked up volume.

  “What did you do to Master?” I asked, my hands balling themselv…

• The Summer of '08

  by NightMaiden 27 days ago

  “Good Lord, must you be so stupid?“

  Again, my mouth was getting ahead of me. “What if that had been a real, heavy – duty,...