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Blink. Blink. Blink.I watch the black line appear and disappear over and over. Hi. You may have heard of me. I’m Jason. Actually, I was initially Benjamen. Before that I…[...]
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Blink. Blink. Blink.I watch the black line appear and disappear over and over. Hi. You may have heard of me. I’m Jason. Actually, I was initially Benjamen. Before that I…[...]
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Whatever is in that cellar is not a rat.It’s not a rat or cat or a raccoon that somehow squeezed its way in to get at the potted meat you…[...]
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“The paper is so nice.” I think to myself as I feel the soft texture in one hand, and dab my eyes with the tissue in the other. I am…[...]
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The seven of them sat around the table, locked in intense conversation. I sat amazed as I watched. Meetings like this one only happened once in a thousand years. The…[...]
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TW: A little bit of gore and mentions of blood It was incredibly dark out the morning Sailor buried the boy.A certain panic can rise through your body when something…[...]
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Lester Holt was deep in thought as he walked along the beach. The tide was low and he enjoyed the feel of wet sand between his toes. He had the…[...]
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The hottest teen show in the world, “Life in Charleston”, couldn’t have been thriving more. It generated millions of engaged fans who had begged for a second season for months.…[...]
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February 29, 1996 “You’re doing good, Dynasty. Push,” John said holding his wife’s clammy hand. The nurse wiped her face with a rag as she hyperventilated; telling her to slow…[...]
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“It was such a bizarre scene. I’m tempted to call the market and see if I can get some details,” said the host. “She was sobbing. I mean really sobbing.…[...]
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Higher PowerShaking his head, Booker read the sign outside the meeting. Attendees streamed by him and into the building. The sign read, ‘Welcome to our local chapter of the AA.…[...]
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On the 8th Day…“I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.”-Mark TwainMichael stood on the raised podium, director’s wand in hand, facing the massive Heavenly Choir and the…[...]
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Larry and I had been married for three years. During that entire time my husband and I had been renovating our house, pretty much non-stop. Although it really was a…[...]
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Jen left therapy tasked with owning her triggers. Feeling overwhelmed already, she told herself, “You are only being asked to own them. That’s all. Nothing more, nothing less.” After all,…[...]
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The day was a musty, cloudy, colorless type of day, which made you want to pull the covers back over your head and stay in bed all day. But not…[...]
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When Dr. Mary Winter looked around the labor suite and asked her next question, I knew my day had just taken a turn for the worse. “Where’s your husband?” “He’s…[...]
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The curtains that hung from the ceilings were a simple grey. Not the silver that sometimes comes from the moon’s light at the right angle. Nor was it the dark…[...]
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Same story, different day. If I don’t open my eyes it will just go away. The sunlight has crept around the edges of my blackout curtains again. Every night, I…[...]
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[Spoiler alert: Story contains spoilers from the Before movie trilogy.] The scene goes dark on screen as the two peer onward from their seats. He leans into her ear.Him: “So,…[...]
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No one ever talks about the blue hour. Not like its counterpart, the golden hour, which receives praise for rendering the perfect glow for selfies and family photo shoots. People…[...]
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Content Warning: Major Character Death, Crude Language Is that it?, he thought to himself, not so sure if there was such an answer that’d fit the purpose of knowing, in…[...]
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Prompt: Write a story in which a character can taste, smell, hear, and/or feel color. Roy-A Palette of Color Hello citizens, of this magnificent world! My name is Roy G.…[...]
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After serving the most persnickety customer in the world (and possibly the universe), Stella needed to catch a break. But the next man in line ordered a #17 minus the…[...]
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"Mmmorninggggg." I know it is Pink that begins to hum… my sweet pink pillows, my soft pink sheets, my French pink nails. Even the sunlight filtering through my curtains is…[...]
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“Let me tell you a story.”The man looks up at me, tearing his gaze away from his phone as I slide into the seat across the table from him. “Huh?”…[...]
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Abstract: Human encroachment remains the greatest threat to the Lands of Faerie, and to the wider wilderness with all its glorious birds and beasts. You’ve no doubt heard tales of…[...]
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The Wizard awoke, and I knew we weren’t in Kansas anymore. The beeping continued, a dull mechanical tone, 60 beats per minute, steady as a heartbeat. The lights flickered, eyes…[...]
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The tidepool where Ane Anemone lived was as beautiful and peaceful an environment as any anemone could imagine. It was her paradise. Cool, shimmering currents of water flowed over her…[...]
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“Thank you, Vultures. My name is Matteo, I am 33 years old from Portland, and I am seeking $250,000 in exchange for 22% of my company. Our promise – turning…[...]
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This is the guy I’m supposed to possess, I confirm as I look at my fact sheet. Dwayne Gary, age 33, single, waiter at Chili’s. He sounds incredibly boring. One…[...]
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It calls us. On the wind. It calls us all. It’s in the roaring whisper of the river. If only we would hear the words a bird forms upon its…[...]
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Set in Stoneby Hannah M. Dewies ~ 1.900 words One does not, of course, choose to be looked at. One simply is looked at, in the way a portrait is…[...]
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There Goes The NeighborhoodBy Kirsten S. “Goddamit,” she heard Reed shout. “There’s another one!” Zee was gnawing at a shankbone, nibbling the flesh off the bone with delicate bites. She…[...]
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Let me just say this upfront: being embedded in a rock for an unspecified number of years is not the glamorous origin story people think it is, at all.Yes, I’m…[...]
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December 18th, 2006 The birds are mocking me. They race overhead in an unorthodox pattern, squawking in a language they know im too feeble to understand. Incomprehensible heckles. It doesn’t…[...]
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* Contains themes of captivity, coercive control, and implied medical threat involving a minor. * I swipe the paper doily off the floor, placing it neatly back on the side…[...]
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Rowan McCrae didn’t mind doing hard work.He minded being told to “smile pretty for the ladies tonight” by two separate grandmothers before eight a.m., but the work itself was fine.He…[...]
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I am looking at a beautiful painting in the gallery. The painting I am looking at in the gallery is beautiful. I am in the gallery. I am looking at…[...]
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You can learn how to crochet granny squares on YouTube, and you can memorize a recipe to make a peach-infused Sex on the Beach. You can master bleaching your hair,…[...]
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When the third black goat of the local farmer, the third-born of his family, unexplainably died that night, under the light of the crescent blood moon, everything became as clear…[...]
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Preface:Author get to experience only what you see in the movie. Chapter One: The Author Lois tried to calm her nervous by pulling out a cigarette from her jacket pocket.Noticing…[...]
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The inn was simply called The Inn, as there was no other place like it within a two hundred mile radius. Or at least, according to a quick internet search,…[...]
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I knew the date was over the minute he asked if my snakes were “poisonous”. Ignoring the fact that snakes are venomous, not poisonous, that question is always followed by…[...]
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“I’d thought you’d be taller.” “I’m not really looking for a floogian right now.” “Do I look like I date Terrans?”“YOU DARE PROPOSITION ME, EARTHLING!?”“✡︎□︎◆︎🕯︎❒︎♏︎ ◻︎♋︎⍓︎♓︎■︎♑︎ ♐︎□︎❒︎ ⧫︎♒︎♓︎⬧︎ ⬧︎♏︎⬧︎⬧︎♓︎□︎■︎📪︎ ❒︎♓︎♑︎♒︎⧫︎✍︎”“Sorry,…[...]
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Form me to you. dearly, I am sending this letter to finally write back to you. I am sorry. I know it took me a while. But you know how…[...]
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This story contains off-color language and some crudeness. Someone is yelling at me. A hand twists into my down winter coat at the shoulder, pulling my whole body askew and…[...]
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One thing about living on the very edge of a tiny Midwestern town: the view. Of course, I’d been more concerned with the view inside my room, where Bridget hadn’t…[...]
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Every Day, Take a Shower “This is what I insist you do. Every day you must get up and take a shower.” Natalie’s voice had gone from the caring tone…[...]
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By 2142, Mars had become profitable.Priya and Ethan were sitting at their Martian desk, scrolling through the piled-up tickets. To improve efficiency, support staff had been relocated to Mars. Managers…[...]
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“Morning Pompo!”“Morning.”“How’re you?”“Good thank you.”“Very good! Good is good,” chirped Akbar, with an enthusiasm unfettered by Pompo’s weary expression.“Is everything set up?”“Indeed it is, everything is perfectly-”“And will all ten…[...]
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The heat hit in a double blow, the sun relentlessly beating down and then reflecting off the marble paving of the square. Mary sat in a café sipping iced coffee.…[...]
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I was about to become a walking, talking biological weapon. I had terminal cancer and had nothing to lose. There were two viruses infecting our country. One was a lethal…[...]
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Pastor Bell’s funeral became a roast the moment someone brought bourbon into the fellowship hall.Technically, alcohol was forbidden on church property. But Pastor Bell had spent thirty-two years selectively enforcing…[...]
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Grief Makes People StrangeThe church fellowship hall smelled like burnt coffee, carnations, and emotional repression.Nora Whitaker stood beside the dessert table with a paper cup of lemonade she had not…[...]
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My empty plate sat in front of me, as clean as a bone. I always finished my food too quickly, and my mother warned me about it. You’ll choke, she…[...]
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(This story contains sensitive content, containing mentions of substance abuse, mental health issues, and a creepy man) On an ugly, hot morning, in an ugly town, on an ugly stretch…[...]
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“Check this out, Dylan!” Mary Lucas carried her laptop into the kitchen, where her husband was sitting at the table, hunched over some receipts. Her footsteps faltered when she met…[...]
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When Shandol Gelbil spotted a kid sidling toward a pie she had left on the windowsill, she shouted "STOP THAT!" with such volume and ferocity that mischief of any kind,…[...]
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Note: The F-words is used occasionally. Sorry. If you have any doubts, you won’t after you finish reading this. You’ll know just like I do that my ex-wife’s new husband…[...]
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Reesy Prompt # 355 UNCLE ALBIE’S MAKEOVER “You girls pick up your toys, now,” Mama said. “Uncle Albie is on his way and he’ll be here any minute.” We did…[...]
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Diana got to the restaurant early. She looked into the bright, clean dining room. But not too bright…Most of the tables remained empty.Why did Jenny want to meet? She sounded…[...]
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Like every other Sunday, three contours sit on the table. The round cherry wood piece I bought at a flea market last month, is covered in dishes of baked potatoes…[...]
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Julie peered out of the car window as Nolan carefully steered around the crowd outside the church. The lane was one car width and people squashed up onto the verge…[...]
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The Good Inside All of Us“The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being.”-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn It is only natural that we see ourselves as the…[...]
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Author’s note: This story contains strong language and the views of an openly racist character, which are portrayed in a negative light. “Well, look who the gator dragged in.” The…[...]
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Jared looked at his son, Bobby, subtly in his peripherals. They sat next to each other at the breakfast bar, his son‘s cereal untouched. Oh I know this look, Jared…[...]
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The date is March 9th, 2000, of course abbreviated as MAR09. I remember clearly, because the world finally got through that Y2K scare. You know the one, where the computers…[...]
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Money can’t buy happiness, but it sure is nicer to cry in a Rolls Royce than on a bike. The McDarin family had four Rolls Royces, and none of them…[...]
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It was almost the big day, the day that the Deep Cs would go on the mission. Corey didn’t really know why they were going on the so called “mission”…[...]
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Uncle Dave The phone rang at 2am. The ringing woke me out of a dead sleep and jumped out of bed. I landed on the floor and sleepily looked for…[...]
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The Golden Child. The Joker. The Wild Card. The Twisted One. Or, as our parents would have it: Sina. Rhea. Drake. Lav. I’m Sina. I’m not a fan of the…[...]
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Reedsy Prompt for May 22, 2026Include a wake or funeral in your story where the mourners have conflicting feelings about the deceased. (1,760 words) Two Rememberings Me: Well, we’re here.…[...]
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Content Note: Contains mild profanity, alcohol use, sexual references, and fraternity hazing themes. The fraternity house on Lincoln Street had once been a funeral home, which explained several things at…[...]
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Sam wanted to prepare Ashley for what he feared would almost definitely happen. But so far it’d been twenty minutes of driving without a single word, just a lot of…[...]
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Seat 14A. The aircraft has not yet moved.ME: We boarded. I’m in. Window seat like an idiot so I can watch the wing fall off in real time. 5:51 PMDON:…[...]
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The sun is always blazing in the Arizona sky, but when the cloud cover comes and there is a slight breeze, it makes for the perfect day. Flowers are blooming,…[...]
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He sat on the arm of my leather chair, working his claws through the grain with the focus of a surgeon and the remorse of a parking ticket. I'd filled…[...]
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Fashion Journal Ad Section. April 6th 2026 Looking for one Julie Dawson- -Female -5’6 and a half (the half is apparently important)-Strawberry blonde -Green/ Blue eyes (lighting dependent) -Unapproachable when…[...]
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I turn on the morning TV. The story I’ve been expecting is there for all to see and hear; I cringe at the cheerful voice of the announcer. “Well folks,…[...]
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A ribbon of cherry, lime, and sugar laced the air, weaving together with the scent of three golden and flaky pie crusts resting on the kitchen island. Holly spun from…[...]
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*TW mentions of suicide, homophobia, and mental health* [Thursday — 9:42 PM]PeppermintMattie2323: Okay, serious question.unsunghero80: This already sounds dangerousPeppermintMattie2323: If a substitute teacher dies during attendance, do we still have…[...]
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May 3rd, 1877 Dear Mr. Crumpet, I am in receipt of your package, though I must admit I am quite surprised by its contents and am unclear about the reason…[...]
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Dear Newly Abductedby Philip Daniel Louro Dear Newly Abducted, As per protocol, this message will be your first point of contact upon awakening. Our deepest condolences are with you during…[...]
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Barbie in Distress Two years ago Yeah I’d like to keep it professional if that’s okay with you. It’s not you specifically but I just don’t have the energy or…[...]
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In the morning, Talei signs, Are you okay? I tell her I’m fine. She accepts that and doesn’t bring it up again, for which I’m eternally thankful. No need to…[...]
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“What is that, Psycho? Give it to me. Give!”“No Psycho, I am not going to chase you. Drop it now!”Psycho Motor Dabrowski had just bolted in through the door of…[...]
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First of all, the dragon was not supposed to come to life. Last night, it had still been a palm-sized plushie which I had ceremoniously dubbed “Embersnoot.” Cute. Inert. Secondly,…[...]
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