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How Deep Is Lonely

Do ghosts feel lonely? Everybody knows by now that all of the Toys R Us outlets have been closed. The Toys R Us in Sunnyvale, CA was and still is haunted. The occurrences in this outlet have been well documented and even had a live TV ghost hunt for the nation to watch. Amazingly, the cameras actually filmed a shadow of a man leaning against the shelves watching the ghost hunters do...Read On

Added: 16 Jan 2019 | Category: Musings | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 376 | Tags: haunted  sadness   | 1 Comment

AnnaMayZing

The Long Road Home. Chapter 1.

The continuing story of two young sisters trying to survive the horrors of World war Two.

The Mediterranean. January 15 th , 1943 Matron Katarina Langsdorf leaned on the rail at the stern of the old tramp steamer, the coast of Libya having long been lost to her sight by distance and nightfall. Her eyes were moist and red from the tears she had finally allowed to flow, once her fury at being dragged aboard without her sister had subsided. Almost as soon as the ship...Read On

Added: 14 Jan 2019 | Category: Drama | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 3,747 | Tags: fear  separation  courage  ww2   | 1 Comment

Pixie_Hoffmann

The end of the affair

A fragment from Danegyth's memoirs

  In finding Rahab's Red Book, I also found these fragments concerning her ancestor, Danegyth, the companion of King Harold II's wife, Ealdyth. I present them here for those interested in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest of England. 'That, my darling,' I told her, 'is the answer to your question. Where you go, I go, what you suffer, I suffer. Love is not love if it changes when...Read On

Added: 14 Jan 2019 | Category: Memoirs | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 1,905 | Tags: lesbian  historical  romantic   | 3 Comments

tom8o

Beyond Lozier Lake

The Wind River Range in western Wyoming is a backpacker’s paradise.  Six hundred miles of trails through rugged wilderness provide access to granite peaks, glaciers, clear lakes, rushing streams, and flower-filled meadows.  I became hooked on the Wind River Range the first time I saw it.  After that, a backpacking trip to those mountains became an annual event in my life.  Just like...Read On

Added: 11 Jan 2019 | Category: Memoirs | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 735 | Tags: backpacking  bear  

JamesFoley

Heaven's in Reach on St. Pete Beach

Your best friend loved her and died for her and for you.

They lowered Bobby Bishop into St. Petersburg soil on a perfect December afternoon. For Jonathan Wilton, who'd flown from New York for the burial, this was Florida's old winter miracle. But no Florida sunshine cheered Bobby now: lost in Iraq (K.I.A.), aged twenty-eight. No longer in the breeze, steering a sailboat down Pass-a-Grille Channel, or skiing the Vermont hills. No more sunlight...Read On

Added: 05 Jan 2019 | Category: Romance | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 1,190 | Tags: soldier  friend  killed  girl   | 2 Comments

Survivor

Ungathered Fruits

Better to have loved and lost...

Added: 05 Jan 2019 | Category: Micro Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 100 | Tags: micro fiction  friendship  young people  whispers   | 8 Comments

Wordpusher715

A Christmas Tree Cutting Adventure

A Family Adventure

Stupid. Just stupid. The sun was setting; dusk hung like a cloak over the Coconino National Forest. I had a scotch pine tree on my right shoulder, my left hand held our seven-year-old daughter’s hand, and the lovely Mrs. L carried our three-year-old in her arms. We were walking downhill from the tree cutting area and had no clue how much farther we had to walk. All I could think was “I...Read On

Added: 05 Jan 2019 | Category: Memoirs | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 1,625 | Tags: christmas  family adventure  tree cutting  arizona   | 5 Comments

maryruth

Wishes

Warmth Yearning Growing stronger Deep breaths Heart racing  Hands begin to sweat Mind alert Body tingles Can't think  Words mixed up Feeling teenage goofy Head over heels in love            ...Read On

Added: 04 Jan 2019 | Category: Musings | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 29 | Tags: heat   | 8 Comments

Paperboy

The Power Revealed

“God- damn -it!” Mike barked as he pumped his car brakes and spanked the horn with his palm. The cause of his consternation --a speeding black sedan that cut him off on the highway-- was already long gone. “Stupid son of a…” “Mike,” Cynthia sighed aloud, interrupting him, “why do you bother?” “ “He cut me off! What am I supposed to do?” “You can’t do anything about drivers like that....Read On

Added: 02 Jan 2019 | Category: Supernatural | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 2,516 | Tags: family  coincidences  powers  humor   | 6 Comments

henrietta_fielding

Aegean Adventure

Isabella and her friends visit ancient Thera on a daring mission.

“You’re planning on doing WHAT ?” Isabella exclaimed, her voice emerging higher and louder than she expected, but her startled outburst had little or no effect on her group of friends. The men of the party, Luke and Marius, who were normally so protective of their female companions, just grinned at Aelia and Zenobia, who looked pleased with themselves and quietly excited. “But one of...Read On

Added: 30 Dec 2018 | Category: Young Adult | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 1,440 | Tags: time warp challenge  time travel  history  adventure   | 7 Comments

Ping

The Absurd Spirit Of Things

A couple lovely Christmas tales about my kids…

  The Boy As the winter weather-bundled three of us patiently waited, watching the cheerful, cherubic cashier ring through my spicy rum, the older woman attempted to engage my son in some awkward and unsolicited conversation. “There was a heavy-set, older fella here earlier today, asking about parents who bring their kids to liquor stores,” she said. Oh really, my son nodded. He...Read On

Added: 30 Dec 2018 | Category: Musings | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 433 | Tags: spicy rum  cheery cashier  christmas disappointment  birthday surprise  friends  children  humor   | 4 Comments

Survivor

Poppin' Time Again

What's that I hear?

Driving along the highway. POP. There it goes again, you think. Sounds like a rock hitting the side of the car. That can't be good. Might ruin the finish. This car is only five or six years old. Dammit all. Nothing to do. It's just gravel or stones along the highway. Can't avoid 'em. You let it go. Let it pass from your mind.  Days later you're heading down the highway again.  POP. ...Read On

Added: 27 Dec 2018 | Category: Flash Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 436 | Tags: flash fiction  relationships  couples   | 9 Comments

Lev821

Silent streets

This torture can clear the streets.

He was deep in thought, contemplating the dilemma before him. He walked back and forth, trying to figure out how he could light five fireworks without the first one exploding before he could light the fifth. These fireworks, or bangers, made in Japan, were not average bangers. Each one was like a miniature bomb. These ones were strapped around the head of Carl Gershan, who was tied to a...Read On

Added: 26 Dec 2018 | Category: Horror | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 871 | Tags: fiction  short-story  horror   | 3 Comments

Obituarius

Glory Of The Twilight

It was a wistful longing for the night winds that had me pawing dark's sensuality. As my breath condensate in a brume of sooted smoke from the nearby chimneys. And I grinning a grin of a harlequin. As I lit the gaslights, a choir in the distance harken a carol. "O come all ye faithful..." Beneath my button britches my manhood twitched, with Old Nick's itch. And with a glint in my monocle...Read On

Added: 26 Dec 2018 | Category: Flash Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 324 | Tags: erotic  dark   | 5 Comments

slayqueen

The fight

In a world strength is key.

Naomi opened the gate as she was greeted by the creaking noise of the hinges. The sight of the rose bushes along the cement walkway was an astonishing sight to see and smell. She let her fingertips graze along it as she walked. Feeling the silk-like petals of each flower she passed, she couldn't help but love the feeling.  The moment she had got inside, she murmured to herself that she...Read On

Added: 18 Dec 2018 | Category: Action | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 863 | Tags: fight  strength  action  house  invaded   | 4 Comments

Rumple_deWriter

How To Be A Happy Hooker: musings on openings in literature

For the benefit of any unsuspecting reader, let me state now that this is NOT an article about how one might become a contented courtesan or smiling strumpet. Nope, not even a titillated trollop. Sorry about any confusion, honest. Truth be told, this assault on good taste and English letters is concerned with the fine art of creating attention grabbing hooks in the opening lines of your...Read On

Added: 18 Dec 2018 | Category: Musings | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 706 | Tags: writing  openings  quotes   | 7 Comments

tom8o

Last Minute

He’s been waiting for this day to come for a very long time. Half his life. He’s spent countless hours over the years tracking her down.  She’s married to a wealthy man and lives on the coastline of Massachusetts. She’s a professor of Spanish at a small college.  Ironically, when they were together she spoke no English. But things change. Life changes things. And today the old man will...Read On

Added: 18 Dec 2018 | Category: Flash Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 610 | Tags: old man  last wish   | 3 Comments

Ping

Re-Gifted Misinformation

We can't always believe what we are repeatedly told (and sing about)...

Santa uses flying caribou, not reindeer. It’s true. Reindeer and caribou are the same species and essentially the same animal. However, and we’ve all seen the pictures and movies, the jolly fella’s sleigh pullers are pretty big. Reindeer are diminutive in comparison, more like a stocky, white-tailed deer. It’s believed that the caribou’s Canadian Arctic diet is the main reason for the...Read On

Added: 17 Dec 2018 | Category: Flash Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 328 | Tags: lies  and more lies  truth  humor   | 6 Comments

AnnaMayZing

Time and Tide

“Hattie!” she shouted out with excitement. “You didn't!”

“Ronnie, I got them!” Harriet Mitchell bounded up the steps to her friend's front door waving a nondescript white envelope above her head. “They came this morning!” Veronica Pickles, 'Ronnie' to her friends stood in the open doorway of her Belgravia town house, a puzzled frown on her pretty, young face. “What came this morning, Hattie?” Harriet's face was flushed with excitement as...Read On

Added: 17 Dec 2018 | Category: Drama | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 4,372 | Tags: time warp challenge   | 12 Comments

slayqueen

Readers Lament

Last chapter is all done. Too bad it had to end. It was my favorite one. But I still highly recommend. Too bad I finally closed the book. Got to start with a new. What it needs to be a hook. I need find the best too. I need one to make me laugh true. And to make me cry out of happy. Not something that can make me so blue And I wouldn't mind if it was so sappy I want one that can keep me up...Read On

Added: 17 Dec 2018 | Category: Musings | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 134 | Tags: writing  relationship  foreshadowing  books   | 2 Comments

Ping

Santastronaut

Some truths about Christmas that we've always known, but have rarely acknowledged...

“Santa works at the North Pole,” the boy told his younger sister. “He lives there with Mrs. Claus, his team of elves, and his magical flying reindeer. “Wrong, big brother,” his sister replied. “Santa’s from outer space.” “Outer space?” the boy gasped. “He is not!” “Is too!” “Is not!” “Is too!” “Shhh,” their father hushed as he entered their kitchen. “I told you two to use your...Read On

Added: 15 Dec 2018 | Category: Flash Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 480 | Tags: christmas eve  santa secrets  arguing children  revelation   | 8 Comments

slayqueen

Hello?

"Ah, sorry for bothering you again Axel, but I guess you must be really busy huh? Anyway, I was just calling to check if you got any of my messages and I really… I really do want to talk to you, if you could please call me back? We should catch up! It's the same number from high school so-" The answering machine cut her off and Axel stood next to his home phone with a dark look on his...Read On

Added: 14 Dec 2018 | Category: Drama | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 2,556 | Tags: friends  death  sadness  hello  goodbye   | 2 Comments

maryruth

Every Morning

I am on my way The day about to start To have your words Feelings of love Happiness too Smiles and laughter Bright sunny days Is what you bring Early every morn Around five o'clock    ...Read On

Added: 14 Dec 2018 | Category: Musings | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 35 | Tags: time   | 7 Comments

Dreamcatcher online

So You Wanna Be A Writer

Inspired by Rebellious_Soul...  Rebs   We live in an era of over-abundance right now. Too much of everything. It’s a candy store with endless glass counters filled with chocolates and caramels and sugary what-nots. We don’t even have to take a number. Just walk in and help ourselves. The internet has laid the entire world at our feet. I can be in India or Kenya or the Philippines in a...Read On

Added: 14 Dec 2018 | Category: Musings | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 773 | Tags: humor  insight   | 5 Comments

LEMF

A whisper in time.

Added: 13 Dec 2018 | Category: Flash Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 196 | Tags: whisper   | 5 Comments

slayqueen

Asylum- Ch.2

The next morning Eric was escorted to his cell under strict watch after completing his three hour therapy session, with the same results as day one. Not a damn thing had changed in his behavior or his way of thinking. As they neared his cell he could smell an unusual stench, to say the least. He couldn't quite describe it, but it made his nose curl in disgust. The guards stopped their march...Read On

Added: 13 Dec 2018 | Category: Horror | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 900 | Tags: asylum  horror  pain  paranormal  creepy  prison   | 2 Comments

slayqueen

Asylum- Ch.1

He spat in the guard's face and managed to shove him to the ground before two more restrained him. While he struggled and thrashed violently, he slammed one man against the wall and the other against a filing cabinet. You'd think they would learn not to try and take advantage of him. He may be crazy, but he sure as hell didn't bat for the other team. The warden's voice boomed through the...Read On

Added: 12 Dec 2018 | Category: Horror | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 793 | Tags: asylum  horror  creepy  pain  paranormal  prison   | 4 Comments

Obituarius

Dear Santa

Dear Santa. All I want for Christmas is something for ED, constipation and some Polident. And if you think about it, bring me a broad who doesn't have varicose veins or a goiter. Also, a new blow-up doll of Tammy Wynette. It seems the old one sprung a leak and is now in space, somewhere over Miami.   I understand that I got failing grades on being nice but hemorrhoids give me a...Read On

Added: 12 Dec 2018 | Category: Musings | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 171 | Tags: humor   | 5 Comments

Obituarius

Obituarius, Vampire King

The elder mummy foretold me, as I was entwined in gauze and stood in sand to my knees; “Don't be exorcised by a two-faced omen.” The pain engulfed me as I withered, then was reborn as dead. Like gypsy moths in caravans, a brethren of the damned. Moving across Europe when present-day England was nothing but a rock. Giving mortals a new kingdom of the un-dead. A glorious aspiration long...Read On

Added: 10 Dec 2018 | Category: Flash Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 280 | Tags: sensual  dark  supernatural   | 3 Comments

Survivor

Sometimes Missed Cues Are Okay

With thanks to Gypsy

Last night the grasshoppers missed their cue to enter. Chomp. Chomp. Daddy's tiny dancer was playing Nutcracker. She plays that game with all of the cookies that she makes with Daddy's help. They bake cookies together. So much fun. Especially at Christmas time. The Nutcracker ballet comes. Tiny dancer is a ballerina. Dancing on pointe. Not really. Sigh.  Some day. "Little one, where...Read On

Added: 10 Dec 2018 | Category: Micro Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 100 | Tags: micro fiction  childrens  tiny dancer  ballet  cookies  the nutcracker   | 10 Comments