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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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It was the fall that surprised me most.

28 stories · started almost 16 years ago
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Memories of Fall

After the murder I found it hard to recall what happened in my personal life but only remembered other things. The a...

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Friends Past the End

It was the fall that surprised me most. I watched as the sofa slid down the stairs of the women's dorm, I rushed down...

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Grandad's Body

It was a surpise to discover that grandad's home disappeared down the sink hole. The ground literally swallowed him u...

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Lola.

16 stories · started about 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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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 Teleporter, Part 6

As the walked along a long fenced pathway, she told Martin, that she was bringing him to a refugee camp, and that she...

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Vantage Point

She pulled her head back from the binoculars, a scowl on her face. The were all over the streets, and it was only a m...

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The fat girl at Kentucky Fried Chicken touched my forehead with the palm of her hand. Her skin was oily and she had p...

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Hero · Villain · Goal

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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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The Newcomers

The alien craft exploded invisible to the human eye. The inhabitants had exited over an hour ago, running amazingly f...

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Red Squall

He smoked pipes, ate limes, ate the gnats he swiped from the air. The lions lounged in the front yard. He chose lions...

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On the fourth day of the invasion, the defenders opened the gates of the zoo. Let those bastards contend with lions ...

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In hindsight, the solution was obvious.

19 stories · started over 15 years ago
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Sherlock

In hindsight, the solution was obvious. It was the one time Watson had solved the case before I had. He teased me abo...

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Superstition

The idea that bad luck happens when a black cat crosses your path is completely ridiculous. Maybe if the creature tri...

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Interview

I saw it then, I see it now but somehow the access or more the feeling of ownership yes the feeling of ownership over...

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Kenya.

7 stories · started over 15 years ago
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Kenya

The heart beating, dazzling country Kenya is the home of millions of people all formed into one loving family. To som...

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Start Over

It was a random trip, picked quite literally with a dart to a map. Jon would be going to Kenya. He'd never been outsi...

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Seeing Double

Kenya was the name of my doppelganger. I thought it a strange name, thought he might call himself Jim or John, both m...

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Pirate with a Wooden Leg · Woodpecker · Float to Shore

4 stories · started over 16 years ago
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The storm had blown over, but not before it had blown over his ship, along with all of his crew. The captain always w...

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The Pecker

So close, yet so far. Matey the Pirate never understood the phrase until these last few days of his life. The woodp...

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Mirage

The waves were bigger than she'd ever seen before. They were not waves tonight. They were destructive bombs, pulveriz...

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