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It approached.

14 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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It Approached

She could feel the terror drenching and cloaking itself around her. Don't be afraid, it whispered. You've known for y...

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The Gang

It came at me. At a speed of lightning. I couldn't think. Speak, or even hear correctly. The crowbar was flung direct...

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The fires

Looking out my thirteenth floor office window, I marveled at how dark, gritty and simply dirty the air looked. It wa...

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First line

I held it at arm's length.

15 stories · started over 15 years ago
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It’s all relative

I held it at arms length. A scruffy business card in battered Russian. Something like “путешествие во времени” (“pute...

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Birthday Present

I held it at arm's length. Three feet long from blade to hilt it, the replica Confederate cavalry sword is beautiful....

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Mission Possible

I held it at arm's length, pressing the butt of the gun into my shoulder. It was heavy and my muscles screamed and bu...

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6 stories · started over 15 years ago
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Letting Go

I always imagined that I'd feel nothing. Instead, I feel everything. Every paper cut, every broken heart, everything...

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Leap

Heather had never found her talent. The smallest amount of knitting made her arms feel like they'd fall from her sho...

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Jump.

Standing on the edge, my mind was white. No; it was clear. Nothing I had experienced in my 18 years was going through...

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Change of Heart

I knew that my outfit was risky, the plunging black bra exposing large breasts and cleavage. White sheer dress with b...

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and what i mean to say is

"You don't like her, do you?" "I don't have to." He glanced at her, although kept his eyes on the road. "You ha...

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Criollos

We almost died on the way to Guayaquil. I think we would have been more worried if there hadn't been a near-accident....

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Hero · Villain · Goal

Maggie · Customs · A Cup of Tea

8 stories · started about 16 years ago
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Contraband

Maggie knew it was only a matter of time before she was caught. It was inevitable, as certain as the rising of the su...

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Tea With Mother

"hello Maggie." Said mother I couldn't believe that she was trying to talk to me now. After all the things she put me...

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I Won't

"Just drink the tea, Maggie." Custom said. He had set up a beautiful table with scones and tea and all the fripperi...

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A trip to the Zoo II

There's no way that's possible! But this horse-like creature, it clearly looks like what could be described as a uni...

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A trip to the Zoo.

One summer, I went to the Zoo with my family. Me, my husband and daughter all decided to go out of town for a week fo...

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"Of course, no one can make a unicorn," Pareth said, in that tone of voice he used when lecturing his students, "but ...

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Hero · Villain · Goal

An abandoned child · An abusive father · Escape the family – alive

5 stories · started over 15 years ago
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Escape the family - ALIVE!

"Welcome back! Our next contestants are the seven year old Billy and his abusive father Jim, from Fall River, Texas. ...

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Twisted Escape

He heaved a sigh as he walked down the hallway. The revolver hung heavy in his hand. He had no idea what model or bra...

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sins of the father

He was coming. Footsteps down the hall. And, of course, he was alone. Nobody else inhabitated this old house - his...

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4 stories · started over 14 years ago
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No Little Girl

It was supposed to be a nice relaxing drive. We were going to my mother's house for Christmas, the presents all stack...

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The Something

The curtains were the safety. I could never sleep unless the curtains were draped and folded over each other, obscur...

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Rain Rain Go Away

The car stalled. The roads were half washed out and the rain pounded like a blacksmith's hammer on the hood. The stor...

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8 stories · started over 13 years ago
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Alone

Sometimes, the best cure for loneliness is to actually be alone. Which is actually kind of hard to do, considering t...

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There was originally only one photograph. Now there were two. Well, two halves. Incomplete. Roughly cut down the midd...

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Potential

The ghosts of her past continued to haunt her. The parents she'd disappointed, the boy she'd left behind, even the t...

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Hero · Villain · Goal

A girl with caramel colored eyes · A traitor with a dark past · escape the chaos... before it's too late

6 stories · started over 15 years ago
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Perfect..... hm maybe not

"hey madeline sorry im late" amanda says apologetically. I look into her caramel coloured eyes, shes always been bett...

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Followers

Three new followers, this morning. Steady growth. Not YouTube Channeller level. Not like millions of subscribers. But...

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Just Another Girl

A girl with caramel eyes. That's all I know about her. She's a girl with caramel eyes. I wonder, vaguely, what shade ...

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