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• Parade

  by J.C. Shaley 25 days ago

  We were marching.

  A long parade of people. Young and old, all marching down the main street. One big parade, we were all wea…

• Literally Cruel Irony (It's an Irony Parade!)

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) about 1 month ago

  Ain’t it ironic that on my first monster vocab test of the year, the one word I spelled wrong was “ignoramus”?

• Rain on Your Parade (AFC)

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) about 1 month ago

  I couldn’t believe it: a gun’s cold iron was pressed against my sweaty palm. As I raised towards the SWAT guy my hand tremble…

• Parade!

  by .:band baby:. 2 months ago

  I bounced around my hotel room getting ready.

  “Where are we going?” My mom asked. I rolled my eyes at how she acted like she…

• Seeing more of Each Other?

  by Bartimaeus 2 months ago

  After getting dressed and doing my usual morning ruitine, I picked up my cell phone to call Rose again. My dad came into the …

• I'm the Easter Parade Horror!

  by OrangeOreos 2 months ago

  Now, almost 14 years later, I couldn’t believe what I was about to do.

  My fingers were shaking as I struggled with the zippe…

• Parade

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk 8 months ago

  It was a sticky hot July Fourth. I sat on an old blanket draped over a scorching sidewalk. There were hundreds of people line…

• Only In Philadelphia: Mummers Strut

  by SKermitgorf 9 months ago

  They strutted down Broad Street on New Year’s Day with their colorful parasols, makeup glistening, ostrich plume feathers sw…