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Guilt And Waters

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Motor Head

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The girl walks, quickly, hugging the small bouquet of roses tightly to her chest. Her

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Seasonal Serial Killer

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Lights Out

☞︎ Basement Flowers ☜︎

1 min read

**The storm had knocked out the power hours ago, leaving me and my younger sister, Emily, huddled in the candlelit living room. The wind howled through the trees, and the old house groaned like a living thing.**

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**Then came the knock.**

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**A slow, deliberate rapping at the front door. Three taps. A pause. Then three more.**

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**I held my breath, exchanging a terrified glance with Emily...

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Elation

Expresso1241

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Floating to the air on a relaxed bliss you don’t believe in it. He’s not bothered why did we have to die? Meditation state a state of trance a felling of imortailty...

Horror

Fantasy

A Sky so Dark & Dead

Luna Moon✨🌙

1 min read

The sky’s dark & dead

Empty

Who killed off the stars?

Satellites in the galaxy show nothing

No meteorites, asteroids, shooting stars

There is no movement, no sound waves, no any waves

It seems the universe has shut down

Lights are dimming down

Turning off

We have limited time

The blackness seems to reach out for forever

Darkness haunting the sky

The sun has disappeared

Where is everyone?

What ...

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Horror

restart.

tokito phenix

1 min read

I need it off. I need to be clean. I can feel the oil and the dust against my skin. I need my skin off. It feels tight. Coated. Heavy. Sickly. Mucky.

I quickly get in the shower, and turn it on burning hot. I can barely stand the heat. But I can’t stand the dirt more.

I grab a rag and start dragging it and grating it against my skin. Quickly. And hard. I can feel my skin coming off as red marks ...

Thriller

Horror

The Nights Voice

Christine

1 min read

Somethings lay broken,

Unspoken.

But at midnight it’s their token,

The unspoken becomes spoken....

Poetry

Horror

Draft

Tessa🦋

1 min read

Raindrops cleans the dying soul

Tear drops snuff the burning coals

Primal screams release hatred

Nightmare dreams never sacred...

Horror

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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Crime

Not dead

lillyyy

2 min read

It was getting cold. A thin cloud of mist hovered over the dirt path that lead to the stone gate harbouring an old wooden shield on wich washed away letters were engraved: 'Graveyard of the forgotten souls'. It wasn't immense nor grandiose nor particularly decorative, this graveyard, simple stone graves were scattered across the valley as if the deceased had been hazardously tossed upon the cemet...

Thriller

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Dubiety (Death Day or Birthday?)

maliyah sky

2 min read

The party was deafening. Kids throwing toys around, screaming constantly. I was the birthday girl. But it wasn’t exciting—more, indifferent. My hair was in a ponytail, my bow’s ribbons sticking out, the pink standing out. My beautiful pink dress was sparkly, and I had a badge on the right side of my chest that read, “Happy Birthday Clara!” written in dramatic letters. I acted like I was having a g...

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Mystery

The Sacrifice

Georgia Marin

2 min read

I can’t believe this. I feel dizzy. This can’t be happening. It’s inhuman. On the news, my family and I had just heard the newest international mandate. Due to overpopulation, one person from each household must be sacrificed.

“Oh goodness,” My mom says, her hand covering her mouth in her usual lady-like demeanor.

“Dammit, this is just a stupid prank, isn’t it?” Dwight, my older brother, yells, f...

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