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Zara Nicole

The Flicker In The Dark

6 min read

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

sillygoose

Traitor

1 min read

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

Rachel

For You.

2 min read

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

Loz

A Dog Trained To Bite

3 min read

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

Ged

The Taking

1 min read

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

Doctor Mister

Diana, There are Monsters in the House

2 min read

Night falls. Diana sits on the couch. She watches TV. She throws a piece of popcorn

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Shark attack

lillyyy

1 min read

Birds circled overhead. I was scared. More scared than I ever had been. I could still see my father's ship sinking in the distance; I don't know how or why it happened. This was supposed to be a nice family cruise, our father had convinced me to go with him but in the middle of the afternoon, something hit the ship, we don't know what it was. It was going down so fast, we didn't have any lifeboats...

Thriller

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

Horror

To Ethnically cleanse them

Odania

1 min read

They just dont want them there anymore. It's pretty simple, and tragic in its own way. Westerners are just like other people in colonialism, trying to take over a place and culture that never belonged to them in the first place. ...

Adventure

Thriller

Stöfler Station

JL Abbott

2 min read

Keller and Stovich sat in the seats of their lunar rover. The pair had just returned from a trip to a satellite station on the far side of the Stöfler crater. The Stöfler Project’s intended goal was to create a habitable zone within the crater with terraforming and biochemical engineering, a joint mission between several U.N. nations with their respective space programs. It was still in its infanc...

Science fiction

Thriller

The Secrets We Keep

Lillix

1 min read

Birds cirlced over head, and i knew trouble was near. I heard tens of footsteps from behind me, i whip around and realize i’ve been caught. 𝒮𝒸𝓊𝒹.

My name is Nova Thyne, and i’ve been on the run. Two years ago, my parents died in a house fire, and i was blamed for it. You see, my parents worked for the government of our country, Skyview. I dont know exactly what they did, all i know is tha...

Thriller

Mystery

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...

Thriller

Crime

Sister Dearest

E M

1 min read

Stars dancing across the waters edge. Souls sneak in though the darkness’s grasp. What’s one to do when there’s nothing to be done?

You’ve run from the church in your cotton blue dress, you run to the hill. A tear slips. You’re gaining speed as your run, run, run. Branches scar your face as you push past with no care. Your hair comes undone. Your ribbons off, now owned by the darkness.

Finally...

Thriller

Horror

death.

tokito phenix

1 min read

Birds circled overhead. I feel.. drained. My lips are cracked, chapped, and dry. My skin is rough. My eyes sting. I can feel my body wanting to give up. To die. Once in awhile I open my eyes, to see if this is just a dream. It’s not. The birds are still there, and my organs are failing. I’ve been here.. how many days now? 4? I’ve been stuck on the ground. The sandy, hot, dry ground. I have sand un...

Horror

Thriller

Waiting

Jayjay

1 min read

Birds circled over head and it was then I knew I was in trouble.

Days on end in the searing heat, I tried my best to survive, but I could feel my body eating itself.

I could feel my mind tricking itself, seeing oasises that weren’t there.

And when I first glimpsed the vultures I knew I was in trouble.

They were waiting for their meal and their meal was me....

Thriller

Horror

Shadow In The Night

J.R.W

1 min read

**It was dark, but**

**that was the usual.**

**On this side of town,**

**power outage was the norm.**

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**It was dark, but **

**it all felt so wrong.**

**The atmosphere changed, and**

**a chill went down my spine.**

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**It was dark, and **

**I was alone…**

**Or so I thought!**

**I sensed the presence of another.**

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**It was dark, but**

**I could still see. **

**From my periphery,**

**I c...

Poetry

Thriller