“It’s hard to be inconspicuous when you’re hanging upside down.”

He jeers at me

I fight the strong urge to kick him in the face.

He is holding my ankles as I hang off the side of the building, peering through the highest apartment window in the city.

“If I had a penny for every time I wanted to break your nose I wouldn’t have to rob this building!”

I only just met him today and somehow he has conv...

It’s hard to be inconspicuous when you’re hanging upside down. Scouts are supposed to be sneaky, cunning, and quick. Clearly, I’m none of those.

This is the unfortunate predicament I now find myself in. Not just trapped in enemy territory, but hanging upside down thanks to one of the simplest booby traps of all time. I don’t know how the hell I missed it.

If I could only reach my foot to yank it...

It’s hard to be inconspicuous when you’re hanging upside down.

I glare at Noah, who stands below me, struggling to keep a straight face. I’d been too distracted by the floating crystals, and before I knew it, the magic had me dangling by my ankles 50 feet from the ground.

“You know, I could get you down if I wanted to,” he says, his voice a smooth mix of mockery and patience. “It’s my magic that...

**The Naturalist’s Encounter with the Giant Bat**

In the dense heart of a tropical rainforest, a naturalist had heard rumors of a creature so strange, so impossible, that she couldn’t resist seeking it out. A _man-sized bat_, they said—a fruit bat that defied nature, defied reason. For weeks, she followed stories and sightings, venturing deeper into uncharted wilds.

And then, she saw it.

It was...

It’s hard to be inconspicuous when you’re hanging upside down.

I watched their wicked faces contort with laughter. Some of them were doubled over in tears. I tried fruitlessly to pull myself upright. This was supposed to be a private practice. I was gonna show them…

But no, of course not. How could I believe that I, the anemic girl who could only afford wash her hair and clothes once a week, wo...

It’s hard to be inconspicuous when you’re hanging upside down.

While everyone sat in neat rows on the grass along the edge of the trees trunk, I dangled from a tall branch in the air. Quietly hovering above everyone else, observing their actions and how they socialize with others, trying to fit in while I do nothing but fit-out.

Some people call me “unique” when they try not to hurt my feelings...

“It’s hard to be inconspicuous when you’re hanging upside down.” A deep male voice said behind me. I rolled my eyes and exclaimed “can you help me down then?” He came around to my face, with a boyish grin on his face. “And why would I do that when we’re having such a good time as we are? I especially love the view.” I groaned in annoyance- glad I had decided to wear leggings, as I tried to hoist m...

Upside down

All round

Hear the sound

My heart pounds...

“It’s hard to be inconspicuous when you’re hanging upside down,” I mused to the child. She was perched haphazardly on the chipped blue monkey bars, held up solely by the crook of her purple jegging-clad knees, a camouflage pattern to blend in. Her long, rust-colored hair drooped down, brushing the rough tanbark with its nostalgic woody smell.

“Hey! I’m on a top secret mission here. You’ll ruin it!...

_It’s hard to be inconspicuous when you’re hanging upside down, but so far I have been careful to only leave the belfry just before the bell tolls and so far no one has noticed me. _

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_The few occasions I haven’t made my exit in time the vibrations have rattled my teeth and it became difficult to adequately bite down. The days that followed I would grow weak and transformation and flight would b...