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• A Rescue

  by smarty101 about 1 month ago

  I went to the lower section of the deck and tied a rope to the railing, and threw the other end down to the person. It slid a…

• Stories.. Mirrors 1

  by band geek about 1 month ago

  Mirrors fascinate me. They always have.

  When I was little, and we went shopping with my mom, I always hated it. Fashion wasn…

• A Rose, By Any Other Name

  by Dreamt of Turquoise 3 months ago

  The darkness faded to a different scene..

  _There was a full moon shining down on the water. A girl, probably a teenager, was…

• Tacking

  by Maleghast 5 months ago

  The machine-gun rattle of the ratchet on the jib sheet winch snapped me out of my reverie and reminded me that we were tackin…

• gods of the Sea.

  by BernerOberland 7 months ago

  “I sank bigger ships than you,” bragged Poseidon.

  “It’s not the size of the ship that matters, it’s the motion of the ocean…

• The Kitchen Sink

  by Nouvelle Bardot 7 months ago

  Last night I dreamed that you were drowning. You were floating in the ocean and waving to me, but you weren’t smiling. You ne…

• The Majestic Rule Of The Mighty Wave (Living Description Challenge)

  by OrangeOreos 9 months ago

  It rolled in, blue and majestic, towering above the rest of the vast, shimmering sea. White foam, rumbling, lived at the top….

• The Ring Is Missing

  by Lone Writer 9 months ago

  I could see the slightly apalled look on Captain Corbluff’s face. I would’ve laughed aloud if I hadn’t been so terrified of c…