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The End
He held the tarnished heart shaped locket in his hand looking down at it with blurred vision from the sweat rolling off of his forehead and the tears welling up in his eyes. He could hear the screams coming from her like it was just a moment ago that he lost his beloved. Some days he wasn't sure how or why he kept going but he did. That locket kept him going. The hope that he could see her again. It was a quiet night. All you could hear was the crackling of the fire and his heavy disembodied breaths as he tried to gather his thoughts. He remembered it like it was yesterday.
By Melynn Marie 5 years ago in Fiction
The birthday present
Then When I was a teenager I was a wannabe Goth. I used to regularly frequent an old warehouse that had been turned into an indoor market for people with alternative tastes. There was a shop selling Dr Marten boots, a tattooist and piercer, a shop that sold glow in the dark neon club wear that I was too young and too vanilla to actually wear. Upstairs there was a cafe that specialised in amazing vegetarian and vegan food before being vegan was really a thing. I used to go in with my school friends who would humour my alternative leanings whilst harbouring obsessions with boy bands and high street fashion. And we would order vegetarian quiche or jacket potatoes accompanied by up to three different salads - brightly coloured grains and vegetables. I felt the height of alternative sophistication with my fake nose ring and my badly applied eyeliner.
By Rachel Jones-Wild5 years ago in Fiction
Summer Breeze
Chapter 1 “How will my heart continue?” thought Lara. It had been three years already and she was not anywhere near ready to face the world. She could still remember the past as if it were yesterday. They had packed up to go up to the cabins that Aunt Sussie had in North Dakota. Beautiful sunsets and cascades, woods everywhere and snow-capped mountains. It was Heaven on Earth! They had announced a storm on the radio, but nothing was going to prevent them from enjoying a week away from the static that had become their lives. They needed this and by God they were going to enjoy it.
By Eugenie M Jimenez5 years ago in Fiction
Apollo's Gift
Cool metal rests gently against my back as I patiently wait by his side. I feel a firm grasp against the bar and glance up; I see his pale and calloused hand on the soft handle of the harness. I know it is time. Carefully, I guide him towards the door, ensuring that he doesn’t lose his balance. He lifts his other hand and I nudge it gently until it touches the brass doorknob.
By R.C. McLeod5 years ago in Fiction
Sarah's Escape
Blood obscured Sarah’s vision as she ran through the forest, she tried to wipe it away, to see where she was running, but it just kept flowing from the gash across her forehead. She ran, and ran, and ran, the tree limbs she pushed through only caused more bleeding on her arms and her cheeks. She could feel her fist, clenched around her mother’s heart-shaped locket, filling with blood. She could barely breathe, barely run anymore, but she had to.
By Michael Bivens5 years ago in Fiction
The Nanite Locket
Fire reigned from the sky as thousands of meteors littered the sky. In the days following, it would become known as the Skyfall. Millions laid dead in the streets, burnt beyond any recognition billions more were missing. The craters leftover from the meteors cleared areas throughout the world, ending society as it was. For the survivors, it was the apocalypse. Most hoped that society would return to normal, like a phoenix rising from the ashes.
By Ojay Franklin Gragert5 years ago in Fiction
Secret
I used to dream of the glistening blue sky, the fresh sweet morning dew on the ends of the long grass blades. I thought maybe this was all a nightmare I could wake up from. Crying myself to sleep, hearing gunshots be fired, screams of humans fading into the background. I am tried of living like this, but in the end I always wake up back to this place.
By Monserrat Pacheco 5 years ago in Fiction
