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• wake to remember

  by pianoman about 1 month ago

  “I love this crazy tragic,”
  “ Sometimes almost magic,”
  “ Sad and beautiful life.”

  I don’t remember where I heard this. Mayb...

• Dream Lover

  by THX 0477 3 months ago

  An eternity in those brawny arms would have been a welcome purgatory for all my frustrated romantic longings. Entwined in one…

• The Hardware Age

  by NightMaiden 4 months ago

  Children in a class huddled together, murmuring and pointing at the item inside the glass vault. They were fascinated by the …

• Heaven On Earth

  by Bring Out Your Inner Emo Kid <3 6 months ago

  _I wasn’t thinking when I ignored the stop sign on the intersection of Elm St. and Skyway Ave. speeding past houses. But …

• Morning

  by Capital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus) 7 months ago

  She woke, slowly, her mind not wanting to let go of the dream. She couldn’t remember anything about it, but thinking about it…

• Let Sleeping Dragons Lie

  by Capital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus) 8 months ago

  It popped open an eye and looked at me. Half of me was screaming, “What, exactly, do you think you’re doing, you idiot!” Th…

• "Grounded."

  by Ana Cristina 9 months ago

  “Wake up, Sioni, wake up!”

  I woke up and found my mother standing angrily over me.

  “Wha-What is it, mommy?” I sat up, confu…

• No Whiskey Before Supper

  by Ana Cristina 9 months ago

  My father lay in the bed, still just as pale as before, but now the beloved black eyes were open and full of life. He fingere…

• Wake up!

  by Never Explain 9 months ago

  I woke up way too early, but to find Mel sleeping right next to me, and my arm wrapped snuggly around her waist.
  _She is so …

• Routine

  by Ben Paddon 11 months ago

  Every day, Robert’s alarm clock would go off at precisely 6:00am. And every day, Robert would wake up at approximately 5:58am…