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Strange Sally Diamond
I picked up this book at the B&N’s Blind Date With a Book display. I loved the entire concept of selecting a mystery book based on a one-sentence teaser. Especially because they were lovingly wrapped by hand and the handwriting must have taken good effort (if they used the cursive it would have been even more attractive). As a public relations professional I think this marketing technique is brilliant, tapping into the book lovers’ serendipitous desire to be surprised with something new.
By Lana V Lynx7 months ago in BookClub
Giving Fear A Walloping. Honorable Mention in I Wrote This Challenge.
For a long time now, I've been terrified of heights. Mortified. Can’t bloody stand them. Ever since the first moment I went up somewhere high, I knew I wanted to be on safe ground. If heaven and hell really do exist in their stereotypical positions, I think I know which one I'd rather be in.
By Euan Brennan7 months ago in Writers
My Top 10 Favorite Movies of All Time
#1 - The Abyss (9.5/10) A sci-fi masterpiece directed by James Cameron, released in 1989. I will not say anything else about the story here as I do not want to spoil it, but please understand, this film is criminally underrated.
By Madison "Maddy" Newton7 months ago in Geeks
Alone In A Tavern
The tavern was practically identical to thousands of others the Bounty Hunter had stopped in over the years. From the corner, a man stood up to approach them. The Hunter kept their groan internal. Women who took up the Hunt were rare, and there was always someone who had an ego big enough to try to flirt. Even if Victoria hadn't seen her husband in two years now, after her horse went lame and forced a delay that made her miss the rendevous, (then he'd been late, and sent a letter ahead to go on without him, and then...) she was still married, and those vows meant something.
By Natasja Rose7 months ago in Writers
Treasure in the Shade. Runner-Up in I Wrote This Challenge.
For what felt like an eternity to a four-year-old, I impatiently waited by the screen door for the sound of the lawn mower stopping. While Grandaddy was out mowing the lawn, I discovered a gaggle of treasures at the bottom of some forgotten drawer that I was likely not supposed to be snooping in. Running through the house, I presented the priceless baubles to Grandma. Interrupting her pea snapping, I squealed, “Grandma, look what I found!” She looked up from her task and drawled, “I’ll saaayy,” her signature response to exciting news. “What have we got here, Brittany Girl?” “Treasures,” I responded proudly.
By Brittany Shelby-Phillips7 months ago in Writers
What I Learned Growing Up in a Cult
Earlier this week I was talking to a coworker about life. After a while, we somehow got on the subject of religion. I had to explain that I have an aversion to most organized forms of religion, having been raised in a church that at the time was very cult-like, and later after a split, the faction that stayed with the original leader went full cult. But that begs the question.
By Atomic Historian7 months ago in The Swamp
I Didn’t Say That Out Loud Challenge Winners
You don’t always realize how much you’re holding in until the words start to come out. For this challenge, we asked you to write the things you don’t say out loud, and the response was overwhelming. These poems unearth fears, held-back anger, complicated love, and the kind of honesty that doesn’t always fit into conversation.
By Vocal Curation Team7 months ago in Resources
What I think about space tourism
It’s Midsummer and it’s raining. It looks and feels like the start of winter already. Instead of sitting to contemplate how miserable I am feeling right now, I decided to read some news to find something worth complaining about? Why? I already told you why.
By Susan Fourtané 7 months ago in Futurism
Bliss. Honorable Mention in I Wrote This Challenge.
There it was, the Mediterranean Sea. Glittering far below me, the salt in the air unmistakable. Legs shaking, I stepped off my bicycle. I couldn’t breathe, and my head spun. Not from the effort it took to get to the top of the hill, but from the effort it took to get here.
By R.S. Sillanpaa7 months ago in Writers
What Do You Think of This
The rivers ran backwards the day the queen vanished. Her King had long since ridden off into the mountains among the high places on a holy quest to find a dragon—for only the noble creatures could heal the festering rot that plagued their son. Spring dawned and blossomed but neither king nor child returned. Then, on the first strange day of summer, the sun lingered too high, and the earth shivered.
By R. B. Booth7 months ago in Fiction
Desolation Row
Introduction This is for Annie Kapur's "Sing Us the Song of the Century" Challenge, which you can find here: I don't normally make more than one entry to a Challenge, but I will have two in this one. Even Bob Dylan has so many "story songs" that take you somewhere else, and Jimi Hendrix's cover of "All Along The Watchtower" would be my choice if I were limited to a 7" single and we have Hedrix's guitar and full on vocals (apparently, he was embarrassed about his own lyrics but he lets loose on Dylan's words) but that is not for this story.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 7 months ago in Critique
