Parsley Rose
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Just a small town girl, living in a dystopian wasteland, trying to survive the next big Feral Ghoul attack. I'm from a vault that ran questionable operations on sick and injured prewar to postnuclear apocalypse vault dwellers. I like stars.
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The Forgotten Meadow
In the hollow of my mind, there exists a meadow that time has abandoned. Here, I lay motionless in grass that grows wild and untamed, each blade reaching toward a sky that remembers neither prayer nor plea. The stems whisper against my skin with the weight of centuries, and I am both visitor and ghost in this place that exists nowhere but within.
By Parsley Rose 4 months ago in Earth
So I watched The Paper
"The Paper" Rating: 7.5/10 A New Chapter in Familiar Territory "The Paper" is a spinoff of "The Office" and follows a faltering Toledo newspaper whose staff is desperate to turn the tide. After nearly a decade since The Office finale, Greg Daniels and Michael Koman have returned to the mockumentary well with ambitious results. While the show doesn't quite capture the lightning-in-a-bottle magic of its predecessor, it eventually finds its footing as something worthwhile in its own right.
By Parsley Rose 4 months ago in Geeks
The Secrets My Mother Kept
The Morning Light August 19, 2005 The beach stretched endlessly in both directions, a ribbon of silver sand unmarked by footprints or debris. It was that liminal hour just before dawn when the world held its breath, suspended between night and day. The lighthouse at the far end of the bay had already stopped its rotation, leaving only the faintest echo of its beam painting ghosts across the water.
By Parsley Rose 4 months ago in Fiction
The Lake at Twilight
You look out over the reflection of the sun, through the still waters of the lake, as the sun sets behind the gentle darkening mountains. The sky recedes from yellow to orange, to red, before hinting a shade of violet and blue. The clouds once gentle shades of off-white are now turning into darker shades of gray.
By Parsley Rose 4 months ago in Confessions
A Dreamer's Journey
The neural crown fitted snugly around Pudding's head, its crystalline sensors pulsing with ethereal light as they delved deep into her unconscious mind. She had been asleep for nine months now, her frail body suspended in the gossamer threads of the Dream Weaver—a chair that seemed more grown than built, its organic curves shifting subtly with each of her breaths. Above her, translucent screens bloomed like jellyfish in the sterile air, displaying the vast archipelagos of her sleeping thoughts.
By Parsley Rose 4 months ago in Fiction
Nice Guy
There really is No, written all over me. I've been sitting at this metal table outside the café for what feels like twenty minutes now, watching the steam rise from my barely-touched coffee while this stranger continues his relentless conversation. He'd approached with such casual confidence, asking if the seat across from me was taken, and before I could even process an answer, he was already settling in, already talking.
By Parsley Rose 4 months ago in Horror
I read When You Wish Upon A Star by Elizabeth Lim
When Magic Comes with a Price: A Review of "When You Wish Upon A Star" by Elizabeth Lim Elizabeth Lim's "When You Wish Upon A Star" (2023) stands as a compelling addition to Disney's "A Twisted Tale" series, offering readers a fresh and darker perspective on the beloved Pinocchio story. Rather than simply retelling the classic tale, Lim asks a provocative question: "What if the Blue Fairy wasn't supposed to help Pinocchio?" This premise launches readers into a complex narrative that explores the consequences of defying cosmic order for the sake of compassion.
By Parsley Rose 4 months ago in BookClub
