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“Oh that’s so cute..!” I munch on a fry. “And a little cheesy.” He chuckles, a playfu

Zara Nicole

The Flicker In The Dark

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Jordan had always hated the flickering streetlight outside their house. It buzzed lik

sillygoose

Traitor

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It was considered unholy. The reprimand we would receive for this would be earth sha

Rachel

For You.

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“Everything I do… I do it for YOU!” “Please, Adrian… Please, just- just put the knif

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A Dog Trained To Bite

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Sophie did not like working with thieves, they were sticky fingered, conniving, backs

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The Taking

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As I staggered through the rusted gate, the air was like a blade, slicing through the

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10 Isn’t Lucky

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2 min read

I had a memory, a thought, that had haunted me since… forever. It held me into its arms and cradled me until I fell asleep, then shook me awake. Even after 10 years, even after all that time pushing the memory down and sitting on it, its bubbling up again.

They found the body. They have the evidence, and they have my DNA. I remember scrambling with the knife, rage and fear overtaking ...

YA fiction

Thriller

The Being..

Artistix_Dragon

1 min read

It was a cool fall evening, the sun on the horizon, the water rippling, calmly. The couple were sitting far in the distance, on a rocky hillside, near the water. The area was very secluded, nobody was in sight except them. “Honey, look at the light on the boat!” The man grinned, pointing at the light in the distance, hovering over the water. The lady smiled, snugging closer to him. As they stared ...

Action

Thriller

We’re praying for you.

The Stranger

4 min read

_Dear Lars,_

_Summer is arriving. We all miss you at home. Wherever you are, please find your way. There are half as many stars without you._

_Love,_

_Mom and Dad_

“You see? I keep getting these letters in my mailbox.”

Dr. Orepheil shifts uncomfortably in his leather seat, clicking his tongue. “Well, Lars, your mother and father are dead.”

I nod.

“They are dead,” he repeats, “which mea...

Thriller

Beyond the Wall

Patience Pages

2 min read

**As I creeped up to the towering stone walls blocking access to the ocean, I smiled at the soft snores echoing from the guard passed out in his chair. The moon was full and the sky was glittered with stars. After nearly a year of training, it was finally time to scale this wall to find out the truth about the ocean. **

**The government called it terrifying and claimed it prohibited for as long a...

Fantasy

Thriller

A chase

caroline

4 min read

My human was a strange person. We lived somewhere where no one else lived. He wore the same thing every day and also ate the same thing every day. Occasionally we would get visitors, but they would not stay long. I don't think they liked my strange human either. He never hurt me; he never even yelled at me. He just always had the same look and always called me for food at the exact same time every...

Horror

Thriller

Beneath Me

Lucy Kenney

1 min read

Beneath me lays a volcano.

I take years to build up and seconds too explode,

I’m a ticking time bomb,

I let things go on and comments be made untill I boil over and explode.

I am an angry girl, Man-made.

Forgiveness is important and never to hold grudges but how can they say that if they have never experienced what it feels like to be a bomb always ticking.

How can you sit there and let me go t...

Poetry

Thriller

Creepy Neighbors

Maranda Quinn

2 min read

TW: Brief reference to sexual assault.

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The one thing—probably the only thing—I actually like about working at Quick Mart is that it’s right down the street. And since I’m a broke-ass bitch with no car, I love a short walk home. Especially with all the creeps in my apartment complex lurking around like it’s their full-time job.

I’m just about to turn onto my street when—like clockwork—the new...

Thriller

Drama

The Park Bench Confession

Gia Fernandez

1 min read

Larissa softy said like she’s sharing a secret

“You ever think about hurting someone, Lia?”

“What?” I was startled

Larissa laughed gently as I looked at her “Not like hurting hurting. Just.. I don’t know how to explain it. Making them shut up. People can be so annoying sometimes don’t you think?”

She picks a flower from the grass besides the bench and starts to slowly plucking the petals ...

Thriller

Drama

Lost

Anna Abare

1 min read

I feel you sitting there and staring.

I don’t know you, but you’re not caring.

I’m scared when I think of you standing in my room while it’s all dark.

Only your face, being lit up by the small match spark.

I don’t understand what runs through your head.

When you have me hear, alone and scared in my bed.

I would like you to just go away. Go away and never stay.

But I can’t let you go, the...

Poetry

Thriller

What Did You Do?

MisterMegalo

1 min read

The rose in your hand

Your knee on the floor

The evening sun shining on you

The shock in her eyes

Her smile falling away

Oh, Tommy, what did you do?

She's shaking her head

And turning away

You try to call her back, you do

You drop the flower and reach for her hand

But she's gone

Oh, Tommy, what did you do?

The phone in your hand

Your eyes full of tears

You cannot believe that it's true

But it is,...

Poetry

Thriller