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Tenshi

By The Fire

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Life is like a sharp stick, Meant for great things, Like marshmallows, And pointing a

Atropos

Photos On The Mantle

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Solemnly, he sits in his leather chair as time moves slow and thin, staring at the ma

Mars

To gain my wings...

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My hands shook as I read the words on the leaf. I read the sentence over and over a

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Charcoal and Caramel

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Mom's hair used to be strawberry blonde. The sort of blonde you would only see on Ame

ThinkingOfThoughts

clay to mold

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I was the clay You sat to mold And in your embrace, I was all you wanted And more And

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A New Start

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I watch as the coffin lowers into the ground. It’s raining and crowded. Someone i

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Just Jump!

Dray

1 min read

As a 7 year old, I was always looking for trouble or as my mom would say. I wanted to be out and about all the time and I had no fear. I’d climb trees, hold bugs, talk to strangers, and share my thoughts.

But as I got older, life became scarier or I just became more timid. Peoples opinions of me mattered all of a sudden. I rarely shared my thoughts with people, maybe only one person. And trying ...

Adventure

Richard Description

Barry Stout

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Standing at five foot three Richard is not the tallest of his men but he is the man in charge and not afraid to fight. He never backs down from a confrontation even if it’s a losing battle. He is always planning ahead but sometimes underestimates his opponents. There have been many times his crew has had to bail him out of a tight spot but if the roles were reversed he would do the same for everyo...

Fantasy

Adventure

religion

eden

1 min read

i practice love as if it were religion.

i treat the homes of my friends like the pews of a church,

and i treat the world around me as if she was God.

every morning, as if it were prayer, i wish my lover a day full of laughter.

every evening, i break bread that was made with love, and i drink wine to nourish my soul.

every moment between friends, and every moment that one is kind to themselve...

Poetry

Little Red Rose

chiyo | チヨ | 🇯🇵🍱🥢

1 min read

— A scenario partially based on Little Red Riding Hood —

Everyone says I’m looking for things for my grandmother to eat for her to feel better. This is wrong. In our family line, the simple smell of roses can cure any disease. They must be red roses, or it will not work.

And they must be previously white, then tinted red with the fresh blood of a living organism.

Everyone imagines the wolf eats...

Drama

Fatherly Love

Anthony Cicchino

1 min read

“I see me in you,” he said, looking at me from the hospital bed. His eyes were yellowish and his lips chapped. I hardly recognized the man who gave me life.

I think he thought I should smile at that, as if it were something sentimental. Being like him was the worst thing I could imagine. I was nothing like him; had made sure, over the years, to become less and less like him.

There was a reason...

Horror

Drama

Burn

BoyInAHoodie

1 min read

If only this world had shown me a little more mercy. If this world showed me empathy then it wouldn’t be on fire. If it only showed me a little compassion I wouldn’t be standing in front of the fire that would destroy it.

If they showed pity, I wouldn’t be inhaling the dark, ashy smoke that was rising from the fire. I could feel the flames on my skin, burning, pinching, and cracking at it like a...

Whatever Remains…

Cats against Schrödinger

3 min read

“For the last time—no one is leaving. You may return to your rooms.”

Helga strode pass the Inspector.

He gripped her by the arm. “No one is going anywhere.”

“Unhand her, you brute.” Scott rolled up his shirt sleeves. After a few steps toward the Inspector, he stopped and put up his fists as if to box.

Helga pulled free. She found a place near Scott in the foyer.

The suspects—Professor Hollow...

Mystery

Spellbound: Better Than Love

DjinniRB

2 min read

“If only this world had shown me a little more mercy and a lot less appreciation I wouldn’t be the inglorious bitch you see before you. But there you have it.”

Bolting upright in her tub, Periwinkle screamed. Selma, her fake boyfriend’s very real mother, sat regally on Periwinkle’s toilet. The shocked pixie tried to cover herself with a loofah. A streak of silver hair in her platinum bob and a c...

Fantasy

Humour

Despair

Ayúdame

1 min read

Hope is the bridge between despair and joy

But I’ve lost hope

I was good at swimming for so long

That I forgot drowning was an option

But now I’m sinking

The water is flooding over my head

And I’m being pulled down

Down

Until I hit the rocky floor

And the air leaves my lungs

But I don’t try to swim back up

Because I only ever learned how to tread the water

All I can do is wait and hope

That ...

Poetry

1x1x1x1

Nightwolf

1 min read

“If only this world had shown me a little more mercy, perhaps I would've turned out the way he wanted me to. But alas, look at me now. Twisted, warped, changed by his hatred, and by the spirit that brought me here.”

1x1x1x1 turned, his face obscured in the shadows being cast down upon him from the trees above, the green glow surrounding his body pulsing in time with his heartbeat.

“But I suppose...