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When I was 12, I went to sea.

11 stories · started over 15 years ago
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An unexpected sight

When I was 12, I went to sea. I was on my father's ship for 6 months and 4 days when i caught a glimpse of her. I ...

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Oppimaton

When I was 12, I went to sea. Don't ask me which. I don't know. It was sometimes blue, and it was sometimes green. ...

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Sea of Apathy

When I was 12, I went to sea. I went to sea to see the sea. I had yet to see the sea until I was 12. Then the sea I s...

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100 feet away.

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The Imminent

I am really nervous. It's there. Looming. And I feel like if I move it will know, and everything around me will crumb...

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Synchronicity

100 feet away I watched the smugglers struggle to get over the jagged stones, collapse onto the wet sand, expel salt ...

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X-Files

100 feet away Mulder knew the Sasquatch was waiting. This was it, the moment of truth. Jonas, the new field agent c...

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The bear was furious.

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The bear was furious. He was knocking on doors, climbing stairs, and waiting for elevators, and he couldn't find Gold...

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Silver Velveteen in the New Order

The bear was furious. He could no longer spot where the rabbit had gone. In the New World Order, this was something t...

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The bear was furious. Dr Who had eaten his chocolate again. This time he wsn't going to let the jumped up timelord ge...

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There's somebody standing in the corner of my room.

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Darkness

There's somebody standing in the corner of my room. Well, "standing" may be the wrong word. There's someone IN the c...

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Dependence

He likes his own room, but he likes mine more. He's five. Half the time, if he had his way he would climb back insi...

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Corner of the Room

There's somebody standing in the corner of my room. That's what she told me most days and as normal, I ignored her. I...

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Taste.

12 stories · started about 15 years ago
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Overcompensation

In the beginning, he tasted like rainwater: salty. Dried sweat around the rim of his mouth, a taste that clung to his...

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Overcompensation

In the beginning, he tasted like rainwater: salty. Dried sweat around the rim of his mouth, a taste that clung to his...

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Flavors.

I can taste the tingle on my tongue the second it touches. I can smell the sweet/sour, crisp, smell. The food is amaz...

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Water.

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Power of water.

Where the sun sets, and the wind blows, two girls run across the ocean, having fun with each other. The two girls liv...

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You know how people always use that metaphor of how an iceberg shows a small portion of the story, but the ice travel...

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Space-worthy

If humans are mostly water, what happens when you remove it? This was the idle yet macabre thought that raced throu...

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In 1921, he flew from the Great Rift Valley.

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Bob from Calpfinn

In 1921, he flew to the Great Rift Valley. He came back from the world called Calpfinn. The place where not only ordi...

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listful

In 1921, he flew from the Great Rift Valley to the California shore In 1934, he was spotted near a bank robbery that...

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Biplane

In 1921, he flew from the Great Rift Valley, along the trails left by the ancient Martians, to find the Temple of the...

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the opening

the grand opening was boring yet it was also very romantic me and my husband had went to the opening because he knew ...

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The Cheater

He looked upwards. My goodness - it was high! What would he feel like under these arched ceilings, dwarfed by the mas...

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No "the"

Arches atop tall pedestals opened into an ample space, magnified by groin vault ceilings. Red brick, scrubbed clean, ...

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9 stories · started over 15 years ago
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Fly bird Fly

I open my eyes and see a light. The sky is bright and everything seems dull. Thats how he felt. He was diagnosed with...

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Hatching an Idea

"I think we need to take the Easter eggs back," Gerald said. Louise looked up from placing an Easter bunny on a table...

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1:30 am

OHMYGOSH A BABY CHICK! AHH!! IT'S A PICTURE OF PEOPLE SWIMMING ON AN IPHONE! WHAT DID PEOPLE DO BEFORE THE INTERNET...

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I jumped.

21 stories · started about 15 years ago
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Jump

The wind whistled around me, caressing me like i was its lover. Its icy touch leaving trails of fire all over my skin...

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The Fake Suicide

i jumped off the bridge and hit the water. OK, so i didn't judge the height of the bridge or he depth of the water, b...

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Open

You could use a little direction, said Junie to Sam. They were sitting cross-legged in the wood chips on the playgr...

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