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• Young and Younger

  by pianoman 23 days ago

  When I was young
  And you were younger
  We had the thirst
  The year the hunger
  To fly away and so we did
  When I was young
  And y…

• Within Reach

  by Lee Braiden 6 months ago

  “Ahh, you did it that time, didn’t you Aery? What did you see?” Her grandmother was so excited that she could hardly contain …

• West to Adventure...Or Not

  by THX 0477 6 months ago

  Sissy rolled her compact to the highway on-ramp, her younger siblings bickering in the back. The dreaded ride home from schoo…

• Four Legs Are Better than Two

  by NightMaiden 7 months ago

  Sioni sat down on a log, exhausted from hunger and blood loss; she put her head in her frozen hands.
  _My head is starting to…

• Places Gone By

  by THX 0477 10 months ago

  The warm Carolina breeze kisses my cheek as I walk down the familiar road, now grown unfamiliar with intervening years. This …

• Fountain of Youth

  by Algai 'd' Aman 11 months ago

  The teleporter failed again . . . I thought.

  This time we were careless. I didn’t pay attention to detail. Alice didn’t thin…

• Sister Marie

  by MeAndTheMoon 11 months ago

  Sister Marie walked silently into the old woman’s house. She had never brought food to this house before.
  “I’m Sister Marie. ...

• Chasing Dreams

  by `espressotherapy. about 1 year ago

  we’re all just a bunch of kids tryin’ to fly.
  chasing shadows.
  running free.
  chasing dreams.

  sunshine.
  growth.
  love.

  bubble…

• Stop by the Cells

  by Stovohobo about 1 year ago

  The Marshall’s footsteps shook the halls more than any volcanic eruption could. He tramped along the marble, down, down, down…

• The Fountain of Youth

  by Stovohobo about 1 year ago

  “You must be wondering how all of us look so young,” the Marshall said. This mind-reading thing was getting annoying. “Surely…