Stories tagged with "quarter"
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Beltane
by NightMaiden 4 days ago
It was a starless night.
The mountains stood jagged, tearing at the night’s dark sapphire fabric with their coarse teeth; th…
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DaD
by jinn about 1 month ago
Here is a story my dad told me once:
When I was your age (about 9), I worked for a living, I laid telephone poles in the gro…
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Game Therapy (mundane challenge: a quarter) (Formerly called Bullying)
by Mistress Elsha Hawk about 1 year ago
I slammed the front door behind me and threw my books down on the couch. “Mom! I’m home!” I yelled at the top of my lungs.
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Of Payphones and Brothers
by Laine the Grey about 1 year ago
“Hey, Miss, you got a light?” Scarlet turned to the man behind her. Something was familiar about his strong chin, his tell-al…
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The Deviant and the Victim {Stoner's challenge}
by blueyedwonder about 1 year ago
He looked, with wide 4-year-old eyes, at this boy in front of him, holding out his hand and tapping his foot.
“I’ll give you…
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Closing Time (Challenge: Mundane Object)
by Batak Beatrix about 1 year ago
I hate closing time. That last call for all those who have nowhere to go and nothing to lose. I used to pity them, staring mo…
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One down
by m8ryx about 1 year ago
Every day he stands at the freeway entrance, squinting into the sun, back bent slightly, shoes worn through long ago. His sig…
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{Challenge: Mundane Object} Let the Currency Fly
by THX 0477 about 1 year ago
“I hate you! I hate you!” the girl screams as she stands in the corner of the classroom, face red and eyes wild. Ah, the lot …