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Mendalla

Something

Something was outside her new house

Something flew past the bedroom window as Shannon closed it for the night. The dark shape went by quickly, so quickly that Shannon could not really see what it was. Startled, she jumped back. “Probably just a bat or bird,” the young woman muttered as she quickly closed the window and curtains. She did not quite believe that. The shadow passing through the night had seemed too big for...Read On

Added: 27 Oct 2020 | Category: Horror | Words: 2,581 | Tags: shadows  fear  darkness  night   | 4 Comments

Beesting

The Apology

After a humiliating experience, a son has to face his father and the impending consequences.

I'd always found it odd seeing my brother as a father. I still remembered when we were kids, running around on the playground acting a fool. And now,  he  had a kid. When John had asked if I wanted to come with to pick him up, I'd said yes. Any chance to see my favourite nephew. Unfortunately, the storm brewing up above seemed to have found its figurtive counterpart as both John and J.J....Read On

Added: 26 Oct 2020 | Category: Flash Fiction | Words: 1,013 | Tags: father and son  parenting  disappointment  apologies  shame   | 6 Comments

Survivor

The Wild Irises Were in Bloom

Welcome to camp. Now let's get it done.

The wild irises are blooming in the woodlands as you follow your compass bearings while orienteering. Don't lose your way. Not today. You can do this. The day is lovely. The end of spring. Summer is soon here. Enjoy the beauty of the riparian landscape.  You've waited years for the chance. You can't let it slip away. Just do it. Getting your body into shape was hard enough for someone of...Read On

Added: 26 Oct 2020 | Category: Memoirs | Words: 522 | Tags: memoirs  522 words  military training  strained achilles  irises  orienteering     | 11 Comments

The_Count

Typewrite Repairman

A true story.

One of the first jobs I held after quitting school was working at a TV antenna manufacturing plant where I worked with a very tech minded man named Jim. Despite holding a degree in electrical engineering he was unable to find work, so we wound up together helping to build design and test outdoor TV antennas. These antennae were usually mounted to the chimney and were a necessity back in the...Read On

Added: 26 Oct 2020 | Category: Flash Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 656 | Tags: serivce call  typewrite malfunction  culprit   | 1 Comment

Tams

Froggie

A young girl befriends the unexpected.

It was Thursday, early morning in mid-July, opening day of the Lake Arrowhead county fair. Dana MacMurchy sprang from her bed with an enthusiasm equivalent to that of a child on Christmas morning. She was up and dressed so quickly one might have thought she had actually slept in her clothes. Braiding her hair was going to take too long, so her tousled chestnut locks were pulled into...Read On

Added: 26 Oct 2020 | Category: General | Words: 3,654 | Tags: bullfrogs  old lady  cinnamon rolls   | 6 Comments

Rumple_deWriter

Commuting To An Unplanned Future

She reflects on her past and present while heading into an unplanned future.

  “...and in local sports, the Mets and Yankees both dropped road…” Debbie Morris automatically switched off the alarm radio she’d carefully set last night to turn on later than usual and glanced at her wristwatch.  Satisfied she was now, as planned,  exactly ten-minutes behind schedule,  she nodded and went back to re-checking her hair and make-up. As usual, she didn’t like what she saw...Read On

Added: 26 Oct 2020 | Category: General | Words: 2,670 | Tags: contest  commute  bus  subway  walk  nyc1970  engagement   | 7 Comments

Adagio

Midnight Insomnia

From the wardrobe my mom eternally sleeps, as she thimbles my midnight insomnia. The door squeaks open on tarnished hinges of echoes. Rusty hangers. Hungry moths and frayed clothes. No light, no candle. Just dark and me in my all alone. As a silence of a sleeve touch my cheek. Cracking open my bladder, as the eyes of a canine seek. I spill my M&M'S.       ...Read On

Added: 26 Oct 2020 | Category: Micro Fiction | Avg Score: 0 | Words: 65 | Tags: halloween  dark  

KimmiBeGood

The Night the Humans Came to Dinner

Who are the real monsters?

"Daaarrrling, they were utter monsters! Monsters, I say," she shrieks, burying her ashen face against Dracula's shoulder. "There there, Lovey, Frankie is carrying them out now." oooooOOOOO Seventy-two hours ago... The townsfolk file into the town hall, anxious to hear what the mayor has to say about the latest happening. He paces at the head of the room, with the pastor calmly...Read On

Added: 26 Oct 2020 | Category: Horror | Words: 1,208 | Tags: monsters  humans  dinner party  witches' brew   | 7 Comments

Beesting

Fuel Season 2: Episode 8 – Celerity Rush

Series: Stories of the Fuel Speedway

After becoming first in the line of succession, Jim Kieck tries to win Brenda's affection again...

27th of October –Season 2 He didn't know what had come over him but he couldn't take his eyes off of her. Jim Kieck was currently standing in the middle of a crowd of people dancing at a party on the beach. Naturally, there were many a beautiful woman there but none that Jim was interested in right now save for one: Brenda Koek. It had been tough to get her to the party but it was...Read On

Added: 25 Oct 2020 | Category: Drama | Avg Score: 0 | Words: 1,880 | Tags: womanizer  flirting & taunting  lover  racing  motorsports  soap opera  south african  

AnnaGustic

The Therian-Chapter Ten

"No, he's an Alpha, not a president. Besides, I have a feeling he'd happily make time for you."

Two days had gone by. In a matter of hours, the third day would be gone. She blinked in surprise as she double checked her cell phone. She wasn't even aware that much time had gone by. She'd spent the entire time curled up in a ball of tears and self-pity.  She felt gross like she definitely needed a shower, but she also felt clarity. Klaus and Damon would be coming for an answer soon....Read On

Added: 25 Oct 2020 | Category: Supernatural | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 1,396 | Tags: werewolf  wolf  romance  action  adventure  supernatural  therian   | 1 Comment

Circle_Something

An Open Letter: Arte's Thoughts

I'm just a visitor, but even I can see what's wrong here.

Dear Humans, You're all so weird! Sorry, let me start that again. I've been on your planet for 35 years. I've witnessed some things that I wouldn't want anyone else to, yet people do. I've seen the world through the eyes of a baby, growing up to become an infant, child, teenager, and finally adult. When I was a baby, things were simple: Cry for attention, sleep most of the time, play for...Read On

Added: 25 Oct 2020 | Category: Musings | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 953 | Tags: arte  planet  alien  love  hate  war  politics   | 3 Comments

KimmiBeGood

Kismet (Part 3)

Annabelle has a choice to make...

My first thought of the day is of Damian. How I have longed for this day; to meet a man so special he is my waking thought! I feel his warmth. Snuggling back against his heated body, spooning, I replay the night before in my mind. We made love. And it was the best night of my life.  He knows I am rousing. His hands gently move my hair to the side so he can plant soft kisses on the back of...Read On

Added: 25 Oct 2020 | Category: Supernatural | Avg Score: 0 | Words: 2,236 | Tags: supernatural  mystery  love story  

AnnaMayZing online

The Night

There is something utterly mesmerising about the River Thames at night.

The water flowed swiftly beneath my feet as I looked down from the parapet. There is something utterly mesmerising about the River Thames at night. The lights of the city reflected in the fast-flowing water have a beauty all of their own. Even on a wet night such as this. No, especially on such a wet night. The reflections are brighter, more widespread, somehow. When darkness falls, the...Read On

Added: 24 Oct 2020 | Category: Flash Fiction | Words: 522 | Tags: london  night   | 9 Comments

AnnaGustic

The Therian-Chapter Nine

Is my Father still alive?"

She was making her way back home from Amara's cottage, having been assured she was safe to go to her cabin now. Her mind was oddly calm given everything she just learned. She lived in the wilderness with werewolves.  First thing was to find out what happened to her father. The next thing was to get the hell out of dodge and go back to America, get a job, and move on with her life. There was...Read On

Added: 23 Oct 2020 | Category: Supernatural | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 1,292 | Tags: werewolf  wolf  romance  action  adventure  supernatural  therian   | 1 Comment

Welshdreamer42

Letting Go

Added: 23 Oct 2020 | Category: Musings | Words: 100 | Tags: mother  daughter  student  2020  100 words     | 12 Comments

RoaringTiger online

Early respect

A parade of olive green made an impression

I was maybe four? Fifty-plus years later, the images remain distinct. Between my parents on the front seat of their Oldsmobile, I stood mesmerized by the convoy of passing U.S. Army vehicles. There must have been at least 100 of the olive green Jeeps, tankers and all manner of show of force. “Where are they going?” “How many are there?” “Do they have guns?” I peppered my parents...Read On

Added: 22 Oct 2020 | Category: Memoirs | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 99 | Tags: military  childhood  memory   | 6 Comments

VikaJ93

A Perfect Match

"I'm so fed up of being single." Jill and Sara were eating lunch. "What about Mike," suggested Sara, indicating a young man who'd just entered the canteen. "Mmm, he's cute, but I think he might be a little weird." "Oh really, how so?" "He always wears odd socks." Just then Mike passed their table. "Hey Mike," called Sara, causing him to stop. "How come you always wear odd socks?" ...Read On

Added: 22 Oct 2020 | Category: Flash Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 112 | Tags: single  weird  date   | 2 Comments

Ayla

Seasons Change

And how we view them

It’s been ten years, but I can still pull colours from the corners of my mind. Letting me see rays of light that give way to hues of gold and red that carpet the grass. If only for a moment....Read On

Added: 22 Oct 2020 | Category: Micro Fiction | Words: 40 | Tags: autumn   | 10 Comments

AnnaGustic

The Therian-Chapter Eight

I shall tell you the story of the origin of the werewolves. The Lupus Antiqua.

It was night out, and hard to see where they were going. All she knew for sure was that she was driven on and on through the forest by the barrel of her father's rifle and the fanatical gleam in his eye.  As best she could tell, he was about halfway to the secret market. All those poor people! She couldn't just lead him there could she? She thought of the nice old lady who'd given her...Read On

Added: 22 Oct 2020 | Category: Supernatural | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 2,004 | Tags: werewolf  wolf  romance  action  adventure  supernatural  therian   | 1 Comment

Paperboy

The Folly of Presumption in the Afterlife

It's never safe to presume

It was around 10 p.m. when a lone car careened down the empty rural road, engine growling, disrupting the peace of a lonely night. Its headlights ploughed through the darkness ahead as it angrily chewed up the centre lines along the road, then spewed them out in the rear, back into the nothingness trailing in its wake. Reggie Morton sat in the driver’s seat of the Corolla, leaning forward,...Read On

Added: 21 Oct 2020 | Category: Supernatural | Words: 2,584 | Tags: gruesome  spooky  humour  accident  death  heaven  hell   | 8 Comments

Mendalla

The Goddess Dances

A goddess learns joy from a little girl

Talala looked down on the city square of Tantovar and smiled. Around her, people danced in a throng that filled the square. The rhythmic beat of hand drums and skirl of pipes filled the air with joyous sounds. “If only I could dance with them,” thought the goddess. But her body of carved stone was affixed to the temple dais. For deities could not enter the world of their own accord. They...Read On

Added: 21 Oct 2020 | Category: Fantasy | Words: 873 | Tags: goddess  dancing  celebration  magic   | 9 Comments

maryruth

Always dream

Dreams from the past How things were Of what could be What will be someday Promises to keep Always have and always will Nothing will change Dream and believe The magic Should and will be...Read On

Added: 20 Oct 2020 | Category: Musings | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 35 | Tags: dreams   | 3 Comments

AnnaGustic

The Therian-Chapter Seven

"Guns are not for little girls. Hand it over."

Being in the cabin with her father, after experiencing what she had felt like being locked in a room with a murderer. There was no proof and she wanted to believe the best in her father. She watched him as he watched TV, his face blank of any emotions.  Then again, what had he ever done to recommend him? He'd never really cared about her had he? Sure, he'd done his duty and taken care of...Read On

Added: 19 Oct 2020 | Category: Supernatural | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 1,515 | Tags: werewolf  wolf  romance  action  adventure  supernatural  therian   | 1 Comment

AnnaMayZing online

The Party

He felt his stomach lurch, the contents rising...

Added: 19 Oct 2020 | Category: Micro Fiction | Words: 120 | Tags: drinking   | 7 Comments

Tams

Dragons!

If you could see the future, would you really want to?

She wakes with a startle, groggy as if hungover from some overindulging celebration . Though, it isn’t liquor that has her brain so foggy.  Fumbling for her pen and pad—now kept diligently on the bedside table—she begins to scribble, no time to even compose herself.  For a moment, images flash in her head like broken fragments of a flip-book animation. They don’t last long and her pen...Read On

Added: 19 Oct 2020 | Category: Flash Fiction | Words: 262 | Tags: dreams  dragons  vision  clairvoyance   | 9 Comments

Welshdreamer42

Fading

“Ah, yes,” she says, taping the old photograph, “that’s my father’s shop. The awning was green and, look, you can see Bevan’s Greengrocery painted on the window. Those boxes outside were heavy but I used to stack them and arrange the display.” “When you were a child?” “I wasn’t afraid of hard work,” she says proudly.  “And do you remember the shops either side?” “I remember the...Read On

Added: 19 Oct 2020 | Category: Flash Fiction | Words: 261 | Tags: memories  dementia  261 challenge     | 10 Comments

The_Count

My Buddy Dr. Radio

A true story.

My longtime buddy called Dr. Radio has been gone for about twenty years, but the stories he related to me about his experiences will live on for as long as I do. He was a tall, well-built, good looking son-of-a-gun that was always well dressed and barbered. He had a promising career in radio, but it was cut short after a long battle with the program director. He was blackballed by that...Read On

Added: 19 Oct 2020 | Category: Humor | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 619 | Tags: lunchcounter  conversation     | 1 Comment

AnnaMayZing online

The Siren

Tales of smugglers and wrecks. Rescues, ships in distress and more...

Hartland Quay, North Devon. A place of absolute beauty. On a sunny summers day, with the tide gently splashing over the rocks, it is hard to imagine anything but a tranquil, restful scene. At low tide, however, there is much evidence of the destruction that can be wreaked by the ever-powerful ocean. It was on one such day that I found myself driving through the narrow streets of...Read On

Added: 18 Oct 2020 | Category: Supernatural | Words: 3,653 | Tags: sea  ghost  shipwreck   | 7 Comments

henrietta_fielding

Bliss

Sitting cross-legged, with sustained focus, the unfamiliar sensation builds. A jolt at the base of her spine sends a leaping flame flickering over her core. A wave of warmth sweeps up from her belly to a sense of empowerment and gladness of heart. A growl escapes her throat then a sharp mental clarity floats into a deep, thrumming, universal peace. After an endless moment, opening her...Read On

Added: 18 Oct 2020 | Category: Micro Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 88 | Tags: yoga  chakras  kundalini   | 10 Comments

AnnaGustic

The Therian-Chapter Six

"Very well. It was a test." "A test of what, my ability to handle a B and E?"

She walked towards the living room and paused next to the healer witch who'd helped them. The woman was watching Klaus and who she assumed was Damien as they visited with Natasha. The little girl was staring up at Damien adoringly. It was clear she loved him. Perhaps they were related.  "So, what's your name?" she murmured to the woman. The lady smiled at her.  "Amara. I provide healing to...Read On

Added: 18 Oct 2020 | Category: Supernatural | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 1,197 | Tags: werewolf  wolf  romance  action  adventure  supernatural  therian   | 1 Comment