fact or fiction
Is it a fact or is it merely fiction? Fact or Fiction explores relationship myths and truths to get your head out of the clouds and back into romantic reality.
Mechanics and Farmers
I was desperate. You must understand that. It was harvesting season. For many, many months no crops grew among the 10 acres of land I till and live on in rural North Carolina. My great grandfather left the farm to his son and down the line it went. Each generation of Thomas men before me worked the ground til their fingers bleed, til the sweat collected in rivers down their cheeks. Somehow, when granddaddy died and Dad couldn’t work anymore because of a bad back from a life in the fields, the land fell to me. Asa Toniko Thomas. I studied economics and comparative religion , not horticulture. I didn’t know the first thing about maintaining 10 acres of land and avoided the trade to keep my head in the books. Mother’s orders. Now was my time and I was squandering the legacy of Thomas men who migrated from the island of Hispaniola to North Carolina with an inheritance built in the rice and sugar cane fields of Port-au-Prince and even on the beaches of Jacmel. The land reigns in the Thomas family.
By Marquis D. Gibson5 years ago in Humans
MAN MADE
MAN MADE By La’Garyus An Underground Lord named Lilith is at large and growing further down into darkness, she lives in a castle created within the earth. One of her soldiers is a man with a black book containing different locations to hidden money and different treasures, the soldier was one of her closest soldiers. She put acidic bombs in her soldiers without their knowledge. The Bomb liquidates the man’s insides, burning a whole in his chest that looks like a bullet wound.The traitor had been taking notes on Lilith and her evil plan for the people who have lived on her land. The traitor sacrifices himself to give the people a fighting chance knowing it would lead to his death. The Underground Lord follows the tracker to the traitor in the worst part of the neighborhood, the first person to find the traitor is someone from the area. A young man named Low, he pickpockets the traitor’s corps stealing 20,000 dollars in cash and in his hand is the black book. Low dashes around the corner grinning about how he just hit the biggest stain in history, he reads the book revealing different addresses where millions of dollars have been stored. Low alerts the block and they strategize an idea to rob this person. By the time the soldiers of the underground lord get to the traitor, the corps is left in a bloody tang top and boxers. Low strategizes with his military friend Will, where they come up with the idea to move quietly. They all agree to split the money among the four gangs, Low shows them the 20k to remove all doubt. Since there were 4 locations they decided to work together, they split the gangs up according to the book. Lilith only has 8 men; however, they are all supersoldiers. Low realizes he has an advantage in numbers, but a disadvantage in skill. The more Low read from the book the more obstacles would come up, so that his army wouldn’t be walking into the traps he rips out the pages from the book and gives it to his army. Most of Low’s soldiers weren’t really soldiers, they lacked the fight of a warrior. Most of them are thieves and fiends, but most of them know how to work a gun. Low has around 63 people who weren’t afraid to fight against the underground lord, the others who walked away feared death and Lilith. Low reads to his men the horrors that live inside the hidden locations, this exposes the dark truth behind The underground Lord. The neighborhood is built on an ancient burial ground where men have died by her hands, she has been living off of this ground since A.D. (After David) but she's been living longer than that. Low realizes that their neighborhood is just a feeding ground to keep her alive, he realizes that his life has never been his own. The news would always bring up issues involving missing people some were children, but no one was found. Low read the black book showing the reason why she is the way she is, she was betrayed by the people who created her. They used her and abused her, forcing her to become a woman when she was young. Her reaction started as just vengeance and has gone deeper into darkness, she sacrificed her human heart to an evil power that keeps her alive and strong. The only issue is she can't be around her heart. The ability to love takes her power since it was created by evil, it’s the only thing that could give her peace. The ability to feel will make her human again, Low and will make a game plan to go on a separate mission to retrieve the heart. The location of all the hidden spots are placed in the form of a large square, and in the middle is the entrance to the underground castle where gravity works differently. As Low and Will go down they pass a point where they realize they are for some reason going up and begin to wonder why. Inside of these locations are the tombs of the people she's killed throughout the generations, Lilith uses them as guardians since she can’t go to the heart. She doesn’t know that the traitor has given away all this information and doesn’t send soldiers to defend it till it’s too late, the traitor is very detailed in his description on how to get the heart. The traitor describes the guardians as undefeatable guides, they will take you to the next floor. The book says “do not fear them for they fear everything they cannot see, they don’t have eyes so they fear everything. Remain calm and they will take you to the next floor”; however, the book doesn't say how they transport them. The guy that comes with Will and Low dies because he was afraid, the ghouls surrounded them Low tells them to relax and they’ll take them to the heart. The ghouls start to make them sink into the ground, the sight of the ghouls leaves the side character terrified forcing him to lose his composure and he attacks the ghouls. As Will and Low sink into the ground they notice a flash of light coming from the guy, the ghouls who were lacking a soul killed him by sucking his soul out. Low begins to have visions of a woman as he is sunk into the underworld castle, the woman asks him what he wants. Why would he risk his life? Low responded with we’re already dying, he becomes infatuated with the woman and has fallen for her and her story. He wanted nothing more than to cure her of her pain, to kiss her wounds of all afflictions even from herself. Low realized Lilith was a victim herself and the only way to free himself was to free her, but how do you free someone who doesn’t want to be helped? Low figures this in the end, he takes the heart of The Underground Lord in his hands as it still beats. Low cuts a line below his ribs and above his abdomen, then he forces the heart into the wound. Low falls to the ground and begins to see things as he wakes up laying down on clear clean blue water, while the sky is red with black clouds and dead black trees in the distance. Low looks down and sees a reflection of a breathtaking woman wearing a red dress and long silver beautiful hair that hides one of her small horns, she pulls herself to the surface and stands before Low not knowing where to begin so Low waits for her to say something.
By La’Garyus Bonney5 years ago in Humans
Copper Lane
They say that money doesn’t buy happiness. Well, anyone who says that has never been poor. As a child, I used to sit on my living room floor, jealous of my father who got to sit in the worn-out recliner. It was the only piece of furniture left in that room; everything else had been tossed into the wood stove one really cold winter. My Pa had gotten hurt on the job, and since there was no union they fired him before he could file an injury complaint. After a bunch of rejected job applications, he just stopped applying. Instead he spent all of his time in that chair, watching whatever shows came through our television’s antenna.
By S. A. Pratt5 years ago in Humans
The Hidden Compartment
This was supposed to be my dream home, I thought as I walked up to the front door of the once beautiful home that had belonged to my grandparents. For years I had wanted to buy their home, but I wasn’t able to afford it. Surprisingly enough, it sat vacant for 15 years. I guess no one wanted to deal with the bank. And now that it sat, uninhabited for years, it needed a lot of work.
By Kate Allison Sacks5 years ago in Humans
The Little Black Book
Somewhere in a province that has long lost its name lay a secret that was much too exposed to be called as such. Though Kings of men long overlooked its splendor in pursuit of glory, honor, fame, riches and power, this gift beheld the exact treasures of the beholder. It presented itself bound within the confines of two rectangular leather hides, filled with scribbles on papyri of remnants of old. But it was not bound, this little black book. No. Before it was a book it was a word, spoken and bold, full of authority and creativity, principle, and victory. It was the spirit of the word, if you will, but the only way it could be carried into the future generations, beyond the moment it was declared, was to be conformed to that of a book. The book had one writer, though many contributed to its pages, therein lie its mystery. It was home to the greatest conquests since the dawn of time. It was also home for those who opened its pages. And in a moment, a sojourner, one foreign to the existence of this book, came upon it.
By Nico DeGrange5 years ago in Humans
Toss of Providence
With the door slamming in his face, Sam finally hit rock bottom. He'd lost his job, and his family was struggling, and now his last chance at redemption seemed to be behind him. Sam had been on a run of bad luck but had hoped this job interview was going to be the one to get him back on track. Instead, he got in his car and drove off, feeling defeated once again.
By Matthew Klem5 years ago in Humans
The Deserving Desire
Closing my tired, red eyes after working all night, it was 2:20 am. I was exhausted, well that was an understatement. Trying to sleep without worrying about the next day, working in the concrete boxes built to tower over every other corporate building, serving coffees to businessmen when I’m half asleep, organizing days off for them, to fit with their co-workers when I haven’t had a day off in 4 weeks.
By lizzy Myers5 years ago in Humans
