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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

He left me hanging.

2 stories · started over 15 years ago
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“Pob lwc.” the elder of Saint Joseph’s had wished me, after his strange warning. I presumed he meant for my first Mas...

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A dog leg to the right

”Beware the Bwgan Fawr.” the old Vicar sighed. “Every chapel has to have its ‘Ysbryd capel’…” “Its chapel ghost?” th...

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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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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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Hero · Villain · Goal

Kelsey · Kent · End the bloodshed

5 stories · started over 16 years ago
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Breathlessly she pried open the little box on her palm. Her eyes widened. "How, how could this..." Footsteps approac...

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To Make a Change

Kelsey had always hated Kent. Kent was a skinny, chaste, and weak man. His skin was light and ashy, his hair not blon...

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Kent was stabbing someone. I think it was Mary. Maybe it was Bill. I don't know. The important thing is that it was a...

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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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I lost my grip on the wheel.

9 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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Ice

It was late, one winter night. I was not accustomed to being awake at this hour. My car didn't handle the cold well, ...

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Losing my grip

I lost my grip on the wheel. It had happened before, but it wasn't nearly as embarrassing as now. I had just left P.E...

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Driving along a road at night, rain pelting down, tall trees waving low branches across the sky, no moon, no road lig...

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5 stories · started about 16 years ago
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The Teleporter, Part 4

When Martin woke up, he was still in the back of the van. He didn't know, how long he was unconscious. He couldn't se...

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The Soldiers Are Coming

Shots were fired all around town. Poor innocent lives we're taken in a matter of seconds. They were taking over... ev...

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History

The snow had hardened overnight and was crisp now. It wasn't what you would call a cold day and Fran had left her jac...

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19 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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Is Anyone There.

She was walking down the sidewalk in the downtown area of Seattle when she noticed a pile of white blankets and other...

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The birds

They would never stop. She used to love the sight of birds on a rooftop, electric wires, even clotheslines. She used...

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Wallside Man

Disappeared into the cityscape, hiding unintentionally, friend to only the birds, for they are the only ones who wi...

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Hero · Villain · Goal

Homeless Man · Public Bus · Life

5 stories · started almost 17 years ago
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The Substitute

Every morning, the No. 7 bus drives down Cherry Lane. The kids waiting for the bus get splashed by a puddle whenever ...

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Dead Man's Hand

Leave me behind as you do is because of my fault. The fault you saw in me is the one you said you'd fix, it's the fau...

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Small Choices

It was an odd feeling. Looking at a family. He'd been away from his own family for so long that he felt like he'd nev...

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