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Closet Life
Women are powerful. That may sound extremely narcissistic to some. However, for me, it is simply reality. Somehow women manage to survive more than a man ever could. They also have more sway on the affairs of men in a way that goes unnoticed by their manly, act-now-talk-later mindsets.
By Dae Gaston4 years ago in Fiction
A Very Important Date
10:59. The subwoofer in the lounge club was so powerful, it vibrated in his very bones. There were no windows. Instead, the neon lights that framed the bar danced along the soft ridges of the molded texture in the midnight blue walls. The air was thick with smoke, swirling with the air currents and stinging the eyes and nose, but no one seemed to mind; the occupants in this room were some very dangerous people, but it didn't seem to bother the newcomer among them.
By Kit Queen4 years ago in Fiction
Escaping Fate
Memory: Part 1 I can’t believe this is happening,” I cried aloud as a low hanging branch scrapped across my face. I felt the sticky warmth of fresh blood trickle down my cheek from the abrasion left there by the branch’s thorny bark. I ran down the game trail, feebly attempting to avoid the rocks and fissures that marred the earth.
By DC Hope4 years ago in Fiction
Dreamer - Chapter 16
Disclaimer: This story has multiple parts. To read the previous part, you can click here. "You are an hour and a half late, young lady." The young receptionist in the front office said to me. Her eyes were still facing her computer as she typed away on the keyboard in front of her.
By 'Lissa Stufflestreet4 years ago in Fiction
Dinerside, Part 1
Sunrise, like a creeping rot, seeps in. Silently, it wipes away the darkness, cuts the earth off from the new-lit sky. The sight of it fills me with untold horrors. I pray for the swift coming of the night.
By Danny Carlon4 years ago in Fiction
No Matter the Cost
Furl watched the executions with resignation. Only low-ranking officers and commanders had been found. The rest had either fled before the attack or been smuggled out in the chaos, along with approximately one third of the Kriton invaders. The rest had been killed or imprisoned.
By Kristen Slade4 years ago in Fiction
Boomerang of Happiness - 15
It took the Border Patrol about two weeks to have the phone in their apartment fixed. All that time, Anna complained about not being able to do anything. She fell into a habit of going to the city’s main post office that had a long-distance phone connection and calling her mother from there. She spent hours talking, with her mother patiently listening and then relaying the gist of the conversation to Boris. Anna’s father tried to stay away from their chatter but they inevitably pulled him in, with Anna complaining and crying and her mother begging him to do something to get them “out of that horrible place.” All these conversations always ended the same way, with Boris saying again and again that he had no power over Alex’s assignments and Anna crying and ending up with a 2-3 ruble bill for one phone conversation. It was an enormous amount of money by those times standards, when Alex’ salary was about 100 rubles. Anna tried to keep the conversations secret from Alex so when she ran out of her own money, she asked her mother to send her some money so that they still could talk, which her mother promptly did. When Alex asked Anna what she was doing during the day, she’d always tell him she went out for a walk and tried to see if she could find a job.
By Lana V Lynx4 years ago in Fiction
Three Rivers Chapter 3
A black pick-up truck pulled up in the alleyway across from the police station. It was just after dark when it came to a stop, the driver killing the engine and turning off the lights. Taking a Glock from the bag next to him, Jeffrey tucked it under his shirt. The open gear bag had several guns, ammunition, zip-ties, his phone, and other various supplies he might need. With Alex watching the hospital, Jeffrey had nowhere else to be, and that suited him fine. One way or another, Jeffrey was going to get some time alone with Joeseph.
By Jason Ray Morton 4 years ago in Fiction
The Spooky Night Episode 4: Riding On A Ghost
Once upon a time, there was a Celtic village at the foot of the mountain. Every winter it was haunted by the ghosts of the dead. They sometimes wandered in the valley, sometimes snuck out in the village. Some not only were as strong as the bulls but also had giant bull horns.
By Bond Wang4 years ago in Fiction
Knight's Haven
We all grew up on fairytales, right? Stories of magic, witches, princesses, the brave knights saving the damsel in distress. This isn't one of those stories. It is connected, however, based in the same place as all of those stories.
By Robin Sear4 years ago in Fiction
Don't Look Back - Chapter Two
"Dan, I'm telling you, there's a story here," Cooper insisted, pacing the length of her motel room. Dan rubbed one hand over his weary eyes, the other holding the receiver to his ear while he sat at his desk. Story here, my ass, he thought bitterly. His best journalist was in the middle of nowhere Wyoming chasing ghosts again, and all he could do was sit back and let her. She was the work equivalent of a daughter to him. It was pity, and the fact that she wrote enough articles to be considered doing the bare minimum of her job requirement, that kept Cooper on his payroll. But there was only so much he could do before people started to question his judgement and his responsibility to the paper.
By Elle Ware 4 years ago in Fiction
Mortal - Chapter 14
Premise: In this young-adult dystopian novel, people can no longer die. But they still feel pain, and suffer--and it's maddening. Because of the chaos that ensued, the US Government created a program to figure out how to kill people. When Garrett, a teenager, falls into a coma for weeks as a result of an experiment, the Program sets its malicious sights on him.
By Liv4 years ago in Fiction