Psychological

something is wrong here
I sit by the window. I’ve opened it a crack, gentle breeze caressing the curtains. I’ve already assessed the view outside—it is not the problem. Not the thing that is making me itch in an untouchable discomfort. An intangible minute difference.
By Raine Neal6 months ago in Fiction
Abyss Gaze
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. – Friedrich Nietzsche
By Paul Stewart6 months ago in Fiction
View
A thousand ships in formation. Glittering brighter than stars against the purplish near-dusk. Pomp and ceremony to befit a royal marriage as her father used to say. And just as well, Empire loved its displays.
By Alexander McEvoy6 months ago in Fiction
Hope in Darkness
The air in the basement shelter was thick—full of dust, fear, and memory. The stale smell of damp concrete mixed with the metallic tang of rusted pipes. Dust floated like ash in the air, suspended in shafts of moonlight that crept through the cracks above, faint and silver. The walls groaned now and then, as if struggling to hold the world together.
By Atiqbuddy6 months ago in Fiction
The Perfect Man. Content Warning.
Look at him. He is every woman's dream, according to the media and red tops. Men admire him, and that is what they aspire to. If he spoke to you, you would trust every word that he said.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 6 months ago in Fiction
The World Forgets Devonne. Content Warning.
Devonne woke to silence. Not the ordinary silence of dawn, but a silence so heavy it pressed against his ribs. He rose from bed and stepped into the hallway of his apartment—only to stop short.
By E. hasan6 months ago in Fiction
The Secrets my Mother Kept
1:47 p.m. The Birthday lunch sat untouched on the dining room table. Mom's favorite plates - the blue and white ones with the waves around the edges - had been set out with careful precision. A weak attempt at normalcy.
By Parsley Rose 6 months ago in Fiction
The Ichor Manuscript
Nobody came to Clinic 9 without a diagnosis. That was the rule. If a patient was here, it meant every test, scan, and specialist had failed. They were mysteries—sent to Dr. Elara Myles for unraveling.
By Whitney Blackburn6 months ago in Fiction
Who's the real Monsters?
Back in the vents I made a straight shot for Aunt Patty's office. She'd have a contingency plan for everyone here, including the Colonel himself. Sifting through the files I saw two with the name of Armstrong. Checking on Henry Armstrong III first to see if I can use him against the Colonel.
By Lucy Torralba6 months ago in Fiction
A good laugh. Runner-Up in The Shape of the Thing Challenge.
Not so long ago, new and overly exuberant neighbors moved in a couple of houses over. Normally, the neighborhood is a maddeningly quiet place. Makes you feel sometimes that no one actually lives here. Even the young ones keep it pretty decently discreet, a few F words here and there, yelled to feel their Moxy - to say "we are arriving world', see, we can cuss too".
By Novel Allen6 months ago in Fiction
The Teen Who Built a Tech Startup in His Garage
The Teen Who Built a Tech Startup in His Garage When passion met code, a billion-dollar app was born Business / Technology / Startups
By waseem khan6 months ago in Fiction
Waiting Place. Runner-Up in Everything Looks Better From Far Away Challenge. Content Warning.
They let us see the stars before we go under. Let us spend a few "days" wandering around in the grey, lifeless ship and look out at the universe. A few people always break a little, just a little.
By Alexander McEvoy6 months ago in Fiction