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[Short Story] - Fallout

Background vector created by vectorpocket - www.freepik.com ---- Fallout ---- “For the last time, John, I didn’t do it! And no, I cannot prove I was asleep, but...

Do I Really Need Another Diet? - A psychological approach to your relationship with food

Whenever most people think of the word "diet", they hide into the darkest corner they know of and their gut shrinks to the size of a raisin. Why? Because they k...

[Short Story] - The missing socks

Fashion photo created by mrsiraphol - www.freepik.com ---- The missing socks ---- Sorting socks, I noticed there were only five individual socks left. Please te...

Stalker - Pt. 2

Designed by Rawpixel.com ---- >Having read the initial story, @Calluna asked for a continuation. Though this piece is as much a standalone as it is a continuati...

[Short Story] - Death threat

---- Betrayal ---- My meditation was broken by the sound of a nightstick against the steel bars. I was told to lie down on the floor, face the other way, and cr...

Tiny - A five minute freewrite

---- Tiny ---- >The following is a train of thought and thus I didn't reread it or proof-read it or tried to try and make it sound better. It's a load of though...

Semechki - A five-ish minute freewrite

---- Semechki ---- >Disclaimer: The following only works when read with a thick Slavic accent. (and under the influence of the refined potato elixir). Slavic sq...

[Short Story] - Stalker

Designed by Rawpixel.com ---- >The following story is an entry to @calluna's contest Tell a story to me. ----- Stalker ---- I checked my wristwatch for the seco...

[Short Story] - Overpopulation

Designed by Rawpixel.com ---- “Starting with the first of January, every child born will have its maximum lifespan reduced to 24 years of age, down from the cur...

Dry skin - A five minute freewrite

---- Dry skin ---- It was one of those college parties where there are hundreds of young adults drinking and dancing about, but the moment I entered the club sh...

Tell A Story To Me, And Win 5 SBD! Writing Contest #11 - The Scariest Story Ever Told & Winners of #10

Tell A Story To Me, Oh The Endless Possibility, Let Your Imagination Run Free And Win Some 5 SBD! Welcome to Tell A Story To Me. We are back with another prompt...

[Short Story] - Meteor Strike

Designed by Rawpixel.com ---- Did I forget to turn off the internet again? I was woken up by my phone vibrating violently. I rolled over, picked up my phone fro...

Leading by example - A five minute freewrite

---- Leading by example ---- The primary reason for the remarkable evolution of the human species lies in our power to mimic our environment. Our parents. The e...

Allergy - A story written in five minutes

---- Allergy ---- Summer had forever been my favorite season, despite being allergic to the sun. School was out and all my obligations with it, too, we went abr...

Taste of banana - A story written in five minutes

---- Taste of banana ---- I quit smoking two years ago and the most common question I get is still the question of how a chain smoker of twenty years managed to...

Freedom - A five minute freewrite

---- Freedom ---- Where do you believe true freedom lies? On a piece of paper issued by the government telling you what you can and cannot do? In the lack of yo...

[Short Story] - Doctor

Designed by Rawpixel.com ---- I heard the doors to the cellar open and the guard watching over me immediately bolted up from his chair and saluted toward them. ...

He in The Shadows (Poem)

Little girl I know you're trembling Lost in a world beyond your control Everything you know is crumbling And life is swallowing you whole I know that your heart...

Goals - A story written in five-ish minutes

---- Goals ---- Every year on the 4th of October I have a look over my goals. I check how far I've come, what all I've managed to achieve, and what all I want t...

Remote Relationship - A five-ish minute freewrite

---- Remote Relationship ---- I was at home, working, when I caught my long distance lamp light up with the corner of my eye. It was highly unusual for it to li...