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• An Unfulfilled Wish.

  by Punkin 12 days ago

  Never again. She looked at her reflection, a ghost of her former self. She couldn’t even find the mousey liberian she had onc…

• Ground Rules

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) about 1 month ago

  Both our jaws dropped in unison. Neither of us can play chess! Is Cricket out of his freakin’ mind?!
  “Ha! I’m kidding!” h…

• Death Style

  by BARomero about 1 month ago

  “Which brings up the next thing,” I pulled up the deferments screen on Grace’s computer. “We can’t forcibly make anyone come …

• Death Rules

  by BARomero about 1 month ago

  Grace arrived at the plant early the following Saturday. We stopped off for coffee, then I showed her to her cubicle and laid…

• The Rules

  by Punkin 2 months ago

  Written in bold print across the top of the page was the word Introduction.

  I am The Book it read. My function is not to be …

• Made More People's Days for the Challenge by John Perkins

  by THX 0477 2 months ago

  I’m not sure if this is kosher, and if it’s not…well, heck, what are ya gonna do to a silly goyum? I decided, or rather my …

• The Ivory and the Ebony: Decree

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 4 months ago

  Later that day, a telegram was sent to our house (Mom refused to have a phone). Mom muttered under her breath, then sighed he…

• New Rules

  by THX 0477 5 months ago

  Hanging…as in “out”. It’s an art form. You can’t under-do it, or it’s a snooze fest. But if you over-do it, then it’s a par…

• Oranges and Lemons

  by Russell Ruffino 6 months ago

  It’s two days and three trains later and I’m standing in front of an office in London. I look up at the logo over the door an…

• Rules

  by More Ways Than One 7 months ago

  I have rules. None are in a book, none are meant to be followed, they are just rules. I’m sure you have rules. Ones you don’t…