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• Novel Canyons and a Cross Without a Church

  by THX 0477 2 months ago

  The boy turned to his father, face aglow. For a moment I was flattered that my gift had meant so much. But his eyes held a qu…

• A Long Way Isn't Always the Best Way, but Neither is the Easy Way

  by N555champ /\and/\ X-Ninja 3 months ago

  It was hard to run in the bio-hazard suit. Steve cut through an alleyway. He stumbled over a dead body, luckily no one he kn…

• It Suits You

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 3 months ago

  I tried fruitlessly to wipe the tomato from my eyes, spitting an occasional seed from my mouth. The vendor was angrily yellin…

• This Is The Fun Part!

  by thebetweenspace 4 months ago

  A sadistic grin on his face, the officer turned to Sassy. “This is the fun part!”

  Into the radio he said, “Suspect fleeing…

• Vain Pursuits

  by THX 0477 6 months ago

  De Grave wound his way through the London streets as he did most nights, from one privileged diversion to the next. He rounde…

• Salvation or Something Else

  by THX 0477 7 months ago

  I’d hate to be thought of as prideful, but I was feeling pretty good about myself. My ill-fated high jump over the fence had …

• Give Chase

  by Ryan Earle 8 months ago

  He was a machine.

  A machine, Henry was a machine. Rebecca shook herself—behind the veil that hid his face was not flesh a…

• Stunts and Motivation

  by THX 0477 8 months ago

  Wishing I’d remembered the old neighborhood better I turned blindly down an alley. I wasn’t sure how much distance there was …

• Theseus Had It Easy (desperate monologue challenge)

  by Russell Ruffino 11 months ago

  Oh, another blue wall stretching away into the distance, what a shock. Every wall has been blue and stretching away into the …

• Recursion

  by Ben Paddon 11 months ago

  Menacingly, they stepped towards him. He had no choice. If he stayed here, he’d be just as dead. But if he took a chance, and…