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• My Mother's New House - Part 5

  by artistsrunwild 16 days ago

  My aunt and uncle live around the corner from Mum’s new house, which she won’t admit was the reason she bought it. We have ne…

• My Mother's New House - Part 4

  by artistsrunwild 16 days ago

  My leg hurts the whole way home as the TV box digs into it. I mention this to my parents but it doesn’t seem to faze them.
  “…

• Accursed Memory

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 23 days ago

  I sat bolt upright in a dark room, panting and dreanched in cold sweat. I could’ve sworn I heard my leader and mentor Pat shr…

• Accursed Relations

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 19 days ago

  I twinged. Something was dreadfully wrong.
  Ezra, my twin brother! I was supposed to meet him! I shuddered.
  “Cold?” Henry aske…

• Accursed Memory, Blessed Salvation

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 23 days ago

  _Lex had shoved me roughly into the safe. Just before he closed the door on me, he muttered to someone outside, who came in i…

• 50th Ficlet Challenge: WWIII Begins

  by SKermitgorf about 1 month ago

  I guess we always knew it would happen. The president had but one month left in office when he gave the order for Marshall L…

• Say a Few Words? [Literary Challenge]

  by THX 0477 2 months ago

  They call me a talker, say I have the gift of gab, whatever that means. Well, if ever there was a time for some loose talking…

• The Relativity Problem

  by Amaster 4 months ago

  ”...and when the smoke clears, we will dance!”
  As I sat there, listening to my uncle’s weird plan to become famous, I realize…

• The Royal Beauty

  by Tad Winslow 5 months ago

  The diamond emitted its own energy—projecting the color of the caribbean onto the otherwise white linoleum floor.

  “It’s …

• Familiarity Breeds Contempt...

  by NightMaiden 5 months ago

  I turned in my position in bed; I couldn’t sleep, naturally. I was thinking about the anniversary. It would probably be the s…