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• "X" marks the spot...but how do we get to "X"?

  by Ana Cristina 6 months ago

  I gave myself a mental shake and focused on the paper in my hand. There would be time to reminisce later, hopefully over a de…

• True Stories

  by Faith 7 months ago

  I don’t usually like to read
  fictional stories that people wrote.

  I think
  there’s something odd
  about buying a book
  t…

• Voyage on the High Seas of Awesomeness

  by uselessness 7 months ago

  The treehouse is our pirate’s galleon. I’m the courageous Captain No-Beard; at my side, first mate Ben Gumm, chomping on a wa…

• One Man's Trash

  by Fyora Cartagan 7 months ago

  All these ideas, floating around in my head. All bones, pieces, lacking flesh, even structure.

  I can’t make anything of them…

• A bud is beautiful too

  by Insert Pen Name Here 8 months ago

  What is it
  that we see inside
  a clenched, curled up bud?

  A fist, enclosing deep inside,
  a secret,
  a treasure,
  a surprise,

  W…

• Captain Squiggles beginning

  by cyclismo 9 months ago

  The wind fills the sail. The old wooden ship heaves over the waves as she takes to the ocean. A lone man stands on deck with …

• Drums in the Deep

  by Batak Beatrix 10 months ago

  The shadow of land loomed ominously before them in the fading twilight as the men rowed the boats to shore, lanterns swinging…

• Cap'n Scally Wag & The Treasure

  by SKermitgorf 11 months ago

  The Vulcutur landed ashore, the crew nearly all dead.
  Captain Scally Wag hobbled ashore on his peg leg, Jolly Roger, his firs…

• All That Glitters Isn't Gold, Mate

  by Batak Beatrix 11 months ago

  The captain sat heavily on a barrel and pulled out his pipe. As he lit it, the flaring flames cast shadows on his craggy face…

• Meanwhile, Back in the Dragon

  by Throat Wolf about 1 year ago

  Cindy relaxed in a huge marble tub. The place was more luxurious than the Duke’s castle. After she was done soaking, she coul…