Hero · Villain · Goal

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5 stories · started about 16 years ago
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Ink

Sitting at a desk with pen in hand. "It's us against the world." "Watch out, America." The circle of faces tight...

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Traitor

I was an optimist. I thought that I, like Hemingway, could weave my influence between countries, live in the welcomin...

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Dying in the rain

He couldn't see through the rain. The rain covered everything in sight, like a thick veil of mosquito netting had bee...

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The city was empty.

13 stories · started over 15 years ago
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The Final Girl

The city was empty, like the set of a sci-fi movie when the aliens have chased everyone away or a nuclear explosion h...

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Empty

I sat on the bench in the park. Breathed in the air. Smelled the ash and dust. It was quiet here, beneath the shade ...

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In the Shadows

I've been following Soulscum for a while now. I don't know what he wants. I don't know why he's here. All I know i...

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The results were in.

16 stories · started over 15 years ago
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The results were in...

Marie wiped her sweaty palms on her jeans. Breathing heavily, she glanced impatiently at the bland, hospital door; it...

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The Results

The results were in, she said. And he ran and ran and ran and ran, disregarding the shouts of teachers behind him, ju...

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Winning is Everything

The results were in. The young men standing before the judges fidgeted anxiously in their military-style uniforms. Ja...

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Green.

10 stories · started over 15 years ago
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Green

Green cover holds me. Oak Tree stands guard behind me. Sun warms me. Stream sings me to sleep. Sleep meets with Dream...

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Vihreä

Her eyes were green. No, not just green. Emeralds, yet infinitely more precious. Like the sea, though far more deep a...

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Running Away

Green. Indubitably so. A vast expanse if it, spreading out to the horizon. Different shades breaking it up into secti...

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Lola.

16 stories · started over 15 years ago
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The Old Library

Prompt: Lola “Who’s for another?” it came out as one word. Jack knew it and hid the knowledge with busy bustle. He...

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Lola

The moment she walked into the room, I knew I was in for a wild time. Dressed to the nines, head to toe in the most w...

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Lola

Lola, she was a dancer... something about flowers in her hair or was it her underwear? He couldn't actually remember ...

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2 stories · started about 15 years ago
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Coat money

Didn't even stop to look the dude in the eyes before shoving him off the bridge. The coat was fancy, that's all that ...

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Choosing

There was a man who rode on a white horse. He wore a golden cloak. He was handsome and upright in posture. When he pa...

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They crouched to peer beneath the stairs.

14 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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They crouched to peer beneath the stairs, the grime and dirt on the old hardwood floor unsettling beneath their feet....

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Stairs

They crouched to peer beneath the stairs, their eyes reflecting the light like stars in the darkness. Not that anyone...

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Winchester

There was only a sliver of space between the floorboards and the door under the stairs. It wasn't even really a door....

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17 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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Images

Thank God the image was blurred thought Johnston looking over his daughter's shoulder. She had accidentally found his...

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I stepped into the bathroom, which was green. There was a tape player and it was playing Chinese gongs. There was a s...

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Up

Harold finally decided to turn his life around while he was standing in front of the elevator. Even though his meet...

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The conversation lasted two words:

27 stories · started over 15 years ago
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The conversation lasted two words: "Too much." Too much pain? Too much regret? Too much suffering. And who's? From tw...

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"Go"

I am trying to make up words as I tremble in Fear. I can feel the first drop of sweat starting to run down my face. H...

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Till death do us part

"I'm sorry", the two words that shattered her world. She let the dial tone ring out, as a hot tear ran down her cheek...

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6 stories · started over 15 years ago
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Hey Lady Liberty

It had to be the bumblebee parachute. I wanted one with Hello Kitty on it but Al said no. Black and yellow clashed wi...

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Let's hear it for New York.

Wow. The Statue of Liberty. I've lived in New York my whole life, and have personally seen it one time, and it's on m...

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Lady Liberty

He could remember the first time he saw that statue. It was one of those things you simply never forgot, like a first...

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