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• A Sign for Julio

  by THX 0477 29 days ago

  Julio leaped to his feet.

  “Dios mio, la nina!”

  Emerging from underbrush at the edge of the back yard came two small figures…

• An Assortment of Characters Trapped With the King

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk about 1 month ago

  King Bluetooth had fettered himself inside his smoldering ring fortress with the oddest assortment of fellows.

  His priest wa…

• Nanothulhu

  by ZorkFox 2 months ago

  “Danger,” said the sign, babbling simultaneously in four languages. It was an old plastic thing from the early days of mediat…

• Blessed Discovery

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 2 months ago

  I estimated when we’d would be in front of my spot by the tracks.
  I only had one shot at this…
  I flew from my hiding spot, ...

• Conquering the Fear

  by RainDance 3 months ago

  “I can’t tell you what happened Hannah, you have to remember,” he whispers.

  “But I can’t, I don’t know how!” I begin to pani…

• Path to a New Religion

  by Poozzab 3 months ago

  There are two paths I can go by. God, I don’t know which to choose.

  But that cold feeling comes back. It burns. One path is…

• Alone For Too Long

  by RainDance 3 months ago

  The neon sign outside the tavern flickered as I opened the door beneath it. I seemed to be having that effect on things recen…

• Hula Crossing

  by OrangeOreos 4 months ago

  As we walked across the side of the road, careful not to attract attention, we laughed about our latest achievement as rebels…

• The Silent Life (Literary/Grunt Challenge)

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk 4 months ago

  I have never heard a spoken word. I have never spoken one myself. I was born this way.

  I was finishing my grocery shopping a…