First line

There was blood on my pillow.

15 stories · started about 15 years ago
Write to this
M
That all wrapped up nicely

"there was blood on my pillow and a noose in my heart" These country singers were getting downright moros, good thou...

0 0
M
Blood On My Pillow.

There was blood on my pillow. It's 6 a.m. and there is blood on my pillow. I started to try and remember what happene...

0 0
A
Terror In Their Midst

Whitechapel 1888. There was blood on my pillow again this morning when I awoke. My landlady has already been asking ...

0 0
See all 15 stories →
Image
14 stories · started almost 16 years ago
Write to this
E
The Payphone

"What's that, Daddy?" James hid a smile behind his hand and answered, "That's a telephone, sweetie. You put money in...

2 0
N
Meth-talk.

It's ringing. Ringing. Ringing. Ringing. STOP it from ringing! Karla never wanted to hear his voice again. Never wan...

0 0
A

A dry, sandy summer like this one. I had met him just a mile down, by the Shell gas station, his cowboy boots kicking...

0 1
See all 14 stories →
Image
10 stories · started over 15 years ago
Write to this
N
predator

The earthy smell of autumn leaves surrounded me and stimulated my senses. The crisp crunch of leaves was projected th...

0 0
S
The red dawn lies

Some mornings, when the sun rose just right, it was almost like nothing had happened. This was one of those mornings...

0 0
C
Wind Wind Wind

She ran off into the plants and tall grasses and let her body sway with the wind. She called it her meditation, the o...

0 0
See all 10 stories →
Image
7 stories · started over 15 years ago
Write to this
J
Macarena!

"Hey Macarena!" Robert watched in complete disbelief as the group of Anonymous supporters-turned-flash mob began to ...

0 0
G
Viral

It was practically viral by now. the video a friend of mine had posted on youtube, of our mass dance party for cance...

0 0
T
Dance sugar dance

It was all good and well having a goal in life. Knowing your purpose. He had known his for years, he had worked tirel...

0 0
See all 7 stories →
Image
11 stories · started almost 16 years ago
Write to this
G
Plugged in

The implant's biggest drawbacks were the headaches. The gear-man had assured her that would abate in time, but meanwh...

0 0
C
Take Out

Geraldine, I'm serious give me that back, I don't have time for this... Because it's mine. Give it back now. It's rin...

1 0
A
The Pirate

Johnny, my boyfriend was aptly named. Laura, my dad's girlfriend called him 'The Pirate' because of his long dark cu...

2 2
See all 11 stories →
First line

Knives

10 stories · started over 15 years ago
Write to this
G
Knives

Knives. Knives. What was she going to use them on next? The silver blades shimmered in the sunlight streaming thro...

0 0
J
A Walking Arsenal

He was a walking arsenal with knives strapped to his armor at forearms, biceps, chest and back. Two smaller throwing ...

0 0
G
Knives

That was the last thing she saw. It was headed straight for her chest, a glittering blade, and she saw it in slow-mot...

1 0
See all 10 stories →
Image
5 stories · started about 15 years ago
Write to this
G
I Forgot One Thing

"No parking anytime" read the sign on the tall, black, iron gate. "Well, if I'm going to break the rules, I guess th...

0 0
J
The House No One Dared To Enter

There once was a house that no child or adult dared enter, the house was known to be haunted. Even though that the ho...

1 1
G
No Parking Anytime

Joshua parked in front of the iron gate, irritated at this sign, just one of many from his absentee father. He was ne...

2 0
See all 5 stories →
Hero · Villain · Goal

Gene · Heather · Guilt

10 stories · started almost 16 years ago
Write to this
G
The first one

She was looking ahead, eyes parallel with the ground. She was looking ahead, eyes perpendicular with the ground. Pa...

0 0
G
Not SO done

In her rear-view mirror, she saw Gene turn. He looked at the bush, at her, at the bush again, and then felt his pocke...

0 0
J
Done with him

Heather didn't like being out in the rain. She was going to get even with that bastard Gene - how dare he dump her in...

0 0
See all 10 stories →
First line

I'm in love with a robot.

13 stories · started over 15 years ago
Write to this
S
I'm In Love With A Robot

I'm in love with a robot. I know, I know, that sounds strange. But I am. It's name, or at least the name I gave it, i...

0 0
M
The girlfriend side of the bed

I am in love with a coffee machine. A robot that makes coffee. I am giddy about it my mornings are filled with percol...

0 0
A

Golden skin glowed in the afternoon sun, revealing a fine tracery of pale blue at the inside of the wrist. Lips, lus...

0 1
See all 13 stories →
Image
4 stories · started about 15 years ago
Write to this
C
My Father

I remember when I was a kid. I sat on the edge of my father's car, waiting for him come home from his walks. I would ...

0 0
M
Soft Mountain

I remember the smell of wet snow on a blinding morning. Squinting through glare and steam. Battleship twigs wobble in...

3 2
J
America the Bountiful

The winter of 1970 in the Bay Area was not something I ever expected to experience- especially since I was born in 19...

0 0
See all 4 stories →

Contact


We like you. Say "Hi."