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Paint By Numbers Killer

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The Weeper’s Fall

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From Me, 100 Years In The Future

Xoel Núñez Andrés

2 min read

To my most dear and long lost friend.

Time has passed in the blink of an eye, yet past remains as tranquil and static as what past means.

Hopefully, you have not heard of me nor know anything about me. That would keep things easier for the both of us.

Every single thing we knew is far lost between the mystery of time and the illusion of permanence in which we are enthralled into . Those unchangeab...

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Where The Crawdads Scream

Aylin Beckett

1 min read

Deep in the Marsh, a monster with long black hair and haunting green eyes lives in isolation. When a young man enters the Marsh to learn about the monster, he is found dead. The town captures the monster in hopes of the truth while questions arise on who really is the monster in the Marsh....

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Such A Dirty Little Bitch

Maranda Quinn

1 min read

I tightened the shoelace around her throat and watched as her face shifted from blue to a deep, disturbing purple, her eyes bulging in a grotesque, almost surreal way. Eventually, the struggle stopped. Her limbs went slack, and the life slowly drained from those once-bright sky-blue eyes. I loosened the lace and let her crumple to the floor with a dull, final thud. After admiring my handiwork for ...

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Bleach and Remove From Gunreach

ezzra

2 min read

Oliver Lawrence wasn't an impulsive person. His decisions were rarely made without back-and-forth debate. His decisions were rarely made by himself, period. He was both blessed and cursed with being a brain-over-heart thinker. Sure, it took a couple hundred years to decide whether or not to do something, but he hardly regretted his choices.

Oliver Lawrence wasn't an impulsive person.

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Crime

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School Atmosphere

Dorian May

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The school atmosphere is almost suffocating, for people that are ‘others’ like Mary and Laura, who are lesbians. The nature of the school society makes Laura “pop.” She goes after Sister Alice after she scolds Laura for her sinful nature. The sister becomes increasingly aggressive and walks toward her. She stabs Alice in a fit of rage....

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Shot

Sui Sapphire

6 min read

“Take your shot, stranger. You’ll only get one.”

I felt something wet. Was it blood, or tears?

It was then I finally realized what Mr. Hilvor had said, wondering if in the commotion someone was alerted. Or if Vanessa and Mom had escaped.

His words felt haunting like a declaration, a final message right before a slaughter. The only hint that I wouldn’t make it out.

Thinking back, I wondered where...

Crime

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Moral Repercussions

Dorian May

1 min read

Laura starts suffering from nightmares starting three days after the murder. She was in shock for the first days and barely spoke. As she goes on her way she starts zoning out and tries to distance herself from Mary, as she is not fully aware of the true nature of the murder. Mary notices and tries to pull her back, and in the end is mostly successful in getting Laura to open up. Mary struggles to...

Crime

Romance

You.

TheQuillPen

1 min read

You were all I ever wanted

You were the sun and moon

The clouds and the stars

You were everything that made my head spin and the earth revolve

Your early morning kisses

Would awaken me from my dreams

That’s what I told myself

As I went to sleep

Your little heartfelt notes

Would make me feel loved

An unfamiliar feeling

That I knew would be enough

But you never came

With my early morning kisses

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Crime

The Dagger From Somewhere

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1 min read

The dusty leather bag slides carelessly across the oak table. Halting before him.

“Where the hell did you find this?!” His voice is ragged, damaged and scarred from life’s endeavors.

“Somewhere,” I fight back a smirk. “Somehow.”

“If you want your money, you will tell me the source,” he urges an answer out of me, yet no truth comes. “Or else the deal is off. All I wanted was you to bring me a ...

Crime

Mystery

Manipulation Saves Lives

Aylin Beckett

1 min read

Standing here in front of you, I won’t beg for life. I know you have all the power and will choose whatever you want to do, regardless of how I feel. I know you don’t care.

But I also know you don’t benefit from my death. In fact, it is a burden for you. In order to keep my death a secret, you’ll have to clean up my body and the crime scene. That will take time, and you don’t have much time.

Y...

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