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• Who's that Girl?

  by Maleghast 5 months ago

  He had been watching her for some time, not entirely comfortable even in himself that he was observing her, even if she was a…

• Coiled Ready To Strike

  by thebetweenspace 7 months ago

  Jameson unloaded his heart as Old Bess filled two shot glasses with Patron Silver. As she poured the shots, the snake tattoo …

• Tattoo Artist (Grow Up Challenge)

  by Laine the Grey 8 months ago

  While in the womb, I made up my mind to become a tattoo artist. The smell of ink to wake me up in the morning, and to put me …

• Flying Dragon

  by ZorkFox 8 months ago

  “You wouldn’t like him when he’s angry.”

  “Who?”

  “My dragon.”

  “I don’t see a dragon.”

  “He’s on my face.”

  “That’s… a tat…

• Oranges and Lemons

  by Russell Ruffino 9 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…

• Flashback - Sophie

  by Russell Ruffino 9 months ago

  My arm stung like mad, but I wasn’t going to show that in front of the others, not one of them had so much as winced. I walke…

• Friends Close

  by Russell Ruffino 9 months ago

  I awake at a hostel I’d happened upon the day before, I’ll stay here for a couple of days and then pick another one, at rando…

• Mort Memorandum

  by Russell Ruffino 9 months ago

  Watching Helen, my assistant, wheel it in, I try to work out exactly when I stopped caring. Over the years as a pathologist I…

• The Tattoo

  by Capital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus) 9 months ago

  I always enjoyed watching her get dressed in the morning. But today, something was bothering me. My eyes roved over her body,...

• Step 1, Be as inconspicuous as possible

  by Never Explain 11 months ago

  I was just about to walk through the metal detector, but I was held back by a strong hand.
  “You’ll have to take off your jack…