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Paint By Numbers Killer

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The Weeper’s Fall

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The day of my 13th kill, a special number for obvious reasons. Years ago, I couldn’t

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When Will You Come Home?

Georgia Marin

1 min read

I remember that night as a blur. A fateful one, but a blur nonetheless. We were in the car going…somewhere. A drunken man slammed his Benz into our family car. We tipped over. The last vivid image of that night was me laying in a pool of my own blood.

I woke up from that living nightmare in a hospital bed wearing a paper-thin gown. Fluorescent lights dizzy my weary brain.

A nurse came into the r...

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MAGA =

Terry Salmon

4 min read

MAGA is the true 4 letter word,

That thinks America is the best place in the world,

Influencing people to hate and devalue others worth,

Like sheep to the Devils den they are lured,

By the 1 percenters they are manipulated and assured,

That violence is the only answer is absolutely absurd,

Once a rallying cry for hope and renewal,

Now a deceptive lie that’s untrue and truly brutal,

Just a slogan b...

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Car

Expresso1241

1 min read

Sitting in a library quiet calm

A bank robbery taking place outside

The robbers move into the library with guns

He goes and disarms the robbers single handed

Jumps onto a car and races down I a duel along the streets...

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What Lays Beneath

Sienna Rae

1 min read

I stared down at the water beneath me, my mind wandering to what I knew sat at the bottom of the lake.

The body of my sister.

I didn’t mean to kill her. It really was a simple accident. But she shouldn’t have shouted at me like that, not when I had that rock in my hand.

I swing the rock at her, not just once. I beat her and beat her until she was unrecognizable. She was nothing but a bloody pi...

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the vultures overhead

AshedPotato

2 min read

The birds circled overhead. Though, Madison wouldn't know they were even there, not until it was too late.

For years, Madison has been on the run.

She'd been falsely accused of murdering her best friend when she was 17. They'd convicted her on the charge of first degree murder. The day before she was set to be locked up for a life sentence, she packed up everything that couldn't be traced back to...

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Crows

Bailey

1 min read

Birds cirlced over head. Crows. A whole murder of them. I depised crows. They always showed up in bad weather to bring bad news. The last time the crows showed up, we found out daddy was shot in Stalingrad.

Mamas been worrying a whole lot about rations. She said we don’t have enough for the four of us. I said her and my little brother, Christoph, could have mine.

There was a crow sitting on the wi...

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First Dates Suck

Adrienne Robertson

1 min read

"So where do you want to meet?" he asked, which I appreciated. I don't always care for people making decisions for me.

"How about the library? It's quiet and won't be crowded", and it's filled with light and there's no alcohol.

"Sure that sounds good. Noon?"

"Noon is fine".

I pull up to the library and see a man that looks like the man I matched with on Hitch. Mark was his name. Mark Cunningham. ...

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Hunted

Courtney

1 min read

Birds circled overhead

No eyes to watch my back

Frantically throwing bread

No brains, no guts, no sack

Struck with a flying dart

My bones crack, bloodied nose

I should’ve made a head start

Loose ends, loser, loose clothes...

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Redline Run

SamanthaSwears

1 min read

The smell of dusty old books filled my senses. It was eerily quiet and empty, just as it always was. The poor little library never welcomed anyone in through its doors anymore.

I kicked back in my chair, grabbing a random book off a pile. Under the layer of dust the cover is crisp, new stock almost untouched.

In bold red letters read “**Redline Run**” against a black background.

The description on...

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It Wasn’t Meant To End Like This

Georgia Marin

1 min read

Sirens blared, alarming myself further more to the mess I’ve placed myself into.

“How am I gonna get out of this one?” I mumble quietly aloud. I turn to my side, expecting to see my mates in (unintended) crime having the same mental battle, but only to catch the last glimpse of their car as they skid away down the street. I look back at the mauled house. Tiredness, weakness, and fear cause me to ...

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