Absent.
Absent. The perfect word to describe the situation. Paul and Maria Strickland sat at their kitchen table eating brea...
The episodes were getting more frequent. I'd forget where I was. Friends looking at me strangely as I carried on conv...
He was absent. Again. The kid would only show up on test days - on which he performed well enough. But that wasn't th...
Daring to be noticed for the first time in her life, she pushed her chair back and stood up.
Daring to be noticed for the first time in her life, she pushed her chair back and stood up. "Everybody take a good l...
It was the one. He had to be. There was no one else in the room who dared to stand against the flow of society. It ha...
Daring to be noticed for the first timein her life, she pushed her chair back and stood up. The room fell silent as s...
They were listening.
Blood dripped down from my arms to my legs. I was bound to a pole in an empty room with nothing but a mirror to look ...
I crept silently through then corridor, the occasional creak of the floorboards abruptly halting me in my path. The...
They were listening. I wasn't worried though, It's not like I had anything important to say. Just knowing that they w...
Until now, she'd never thought of herself as pretty.
Until now, she'd never thought of herself as pretty. The purple satin fabric reaching her feet. Hair tied up beautifu...
She looked in the mirror and thought about that one guy. The guy who always smiled her way. The only person every to ...
Not really that pretty But lovely Strong flowing She sat on the beach watching the last sunset We were tense and sa...
Travel light, but take everything with you.
I look at the glistening gold clock hung onto the station wall. Time is ticking. So slowly I feel that time has froze...
This note. This one note. This small little ticket of joy, was my way out of here. Out of this dump. Where flies cons...
"Travel light, but take everything with you," he said, his sky eyes looking off into the distance, "you never know wh...
Freeform prompt
Friday is supposed to be a day to look forward to - TGIF, right? Sammy had been dreading Friday all week because he ...
“The entire shell is Chronium. That shields the op…” “You mean chrome. Chromium?” “Ahem. Crow NEE Uhm. Chronium. As...
The visitor asked, "Can you write a story without a prompt?" "I don't know," said the writer. "I've never tried." "...