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A Tale of Two Tunnels
“Are you sure we’re going the right way?” Polk stopped his gloomy trek down the tunnel and turned back to face his friends. Looking from misfit to misfit, his eyes finally landed on the inquisitive, injured triple A battery, who was slowly leaking potassium hydroxide out of its negative terminal.
By Kale Sinclairabout a year ago in Fiction
The Rose That Waits (Part 2)
Author’s Note: If you have not read part 1 of this story, written by the remarkable author and person named Maryam Batool, then please do so via the following link below before reading this part two.
By Rowan Finley about a year ago in Fiction
The Cat's Choice
On a moonless night, when the wind whistled in her ears and snow swirled in icy flurries that stung her eyes and matted her fur, the cat knew the time had come to go Inside.
By Brittany Leeabout a year ago in Fiction
"Which Cult Were You In?"
“Which cult were you in?” St.Peter asked strictly. Helen looked around, confused. She still hasn’t realized she was dead, standing at the Pearly Gates.
By Lana V Lynxabout a year ago in Fiction
At the Lighthouse 40 Years Later
– Two words before goodnight? – Make me enjoy, I'm excited. This was the beginning of their online relationship, sparked by chance in a tasteless public chat room on an early January night.
By Riccardo Valleabout a year ago in Fiction
Businesswoman Chapter 3
When one of the hard hats had finally been distributed, Loreen knew she had to affix it right in consideration of her hair. She knew both safety and vanity. Two other women and three men walked behind her at the construction site.
By Skyler Saundersabout a year ago in Fiction
Winter's Note
Winter — I’m wearing the scarf you gave me. It’s cold here without you. I want to give you the mask but I know you won't take it so I wrote a note instead. In case that dreaded day comes.
By Jui Hanabout a year ago in Fiction
Part 2: Ravens Ridge- missing person . Content Warning.
But what he didn’t know was that he would see those souls again, those souls from the hospital, struggling to get to the other side; lost in their attachment to the world they have never quite known.
By Caitlin Charltonabout a year ago in Fiction
Just in Time
There’s no way it should have worked. The damn thing had no basis in science, and yet, there I was. An older, wiser, scarred version of myself stood across from me—a soft smile, a quiet disposition, and a calmness that defied our current circumstances.
By Bradley Ramseyabout a year ago in Fiction
Going Down?
They used to call them cages, did you know that? Probably because that's what they looked like, all metal bars. It's still a good name for them. The way you feel inside. Trapped. Isolated.
By L.C. Schäferabout a year ago in Fiction
Blood Ritual
Note: I have a stockpile of generated pictures that I was cleaning off my computer and came across the one above. No idea why or for what story. I chose to give myself one last challenge for 2024 and write a story based on the image in thirty minutes. ( Editing took longer)
By JBazabout a year ago in Fiction
365 Writing Strips One Bare
She hadn't married him for looks, because he was most unsightly. She married him for his brain. Theirs was a marriage that was the opposite of the cautionary tale of those who marry their "one true" trophies for looks.
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Fiction