Cristal S.

Joined February 2025

78 stories

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I've noticed that when I follow the path I enjoy most, I often end up swimming upstream. So here I am, right in the middle of it – writing about it all and more. ♡

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Heart thumps, bladder shrinks. Three long minutes—thump-thump-thump. Two stripes. Thump. Thump. Thump.
By Cristal S.a day ago in Poets
Framed
"Girl, I know you’re a little extra sometimes, but when did you get this done?" Nara asked, walking into the kitchen where I was elbow-deep in a cardboard box, looking for some cutlery.
By Cristal S.4 days ago in Fiction
mirage
long linen dress embraces each and every curve wrinkled on the hips thin horizontal line of sweat seeping through
By Cristal S.8 days ago in Poets
Be
Sit or lie down. Settle in. Take a few deep breaths. Feel the rise and fall of your chest. Turn your senses inward. Be with yourself. Only you.
By Cristal S.12 days ago in Poets
Healing Is a Piece of Cake. Top Story - February 2026.
Without ever noticing it at the time, I realised that after the years, I’d turned into a version of him. I’d started speaking like him, moving like him, eating like him, acting like him—and now that I think about it—looking like him.
By Cristal S.13 days ago in Humans
Craft Over Catharsis. Honorable Mention in Craft Over Catharsis Challenge.
Okayyy, craft over catharsis, craft over catharsis.... What do they mean by that? Why don't I get it? Is it a language thing... is that why I have such a hard time understanding this challenge? Or am I just stupid? A fraudster? A swindler? What word am I looking for?
By Cristal S.20 days ago in Fiction
Dust
Dust heavy on the shelves, my heart all the same, though I’d really want, there’s no one else to blame for the fate I carry
By Cristal S.23 days ago in Poets
Seven O'Clock
Finally! Fucking finally! He'd been waiting for the day. The day he could finally leave. And now that the time had come, he planned to do just that. For the past four years, it had been the only thing on his mind. He'd been preparing. He'd been imagining...
By Cristal S.27 days ago in Fiction
Serenity of the Mundane. Top Story - January 2026. Content Warning.
The familiar wave of calm washes over me as soon as I walk in the door. Leaning on the door frame, I exhale deeply, flushing out the busyness of the outside world.
By Cristal S.about a month ago in Fiction
sweat and gin
lips bent in borrowed happiness all caution thrown in the wind oblivious, delirious amid the mess the layers between bodies thinned
By Cristal S.about a month ago in Poets
For the Needs of the Business. Runner-Up in Public Announcement Challenge.
‼️‼️‼️ Notice, all employees! ‼️‼️‼️ It has come to our attention that the administration of the department has experienced gross neglect
By Cristal S.about a month ago in Poets
For the Next Girl. Winner in Instructions Included Challenge. Top Story - January 2026.
Hey, Next Girl, I’m Holly. You and I will probably never meet, but for some reason life has brought you here – to Walter’s broom closet. I know when I started working here, I could’ve done with some instructions... anything at all.
By Cristal S.about a month ago in Fiction