Queen of Tarts
Background MADOOREE in the human world, and KARA the guardian in the world of Klim and Marec Meet the cat of two worlds. Nosy Madooree finds the new magical world…[...]
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veil of zen
As the first rays of dawn kissed the cobblestone streets of a quaint village in Yorkshire, everything changed one fateful night. The sky lit up with a brilliant flash, casting…[...]
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The Soul of a Tree
I ached. My branches creaked like the old bones of a buck. Had many come and go. Some never return. A loss of the tiniest bird makes my heartwood ache…[...]
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Liquid Gold
“Many years ago stood a village. From it lived a man, a fella from them rocks named Finley. Finley grew up real poor. His clothes were nothing but rags. His…[...]
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The Smallest Expert
The future of indoor plants was saved on a random Thursday morning by a seven-year-old girl with a bottle of beer. At the time, the little girl was sitting at…[...]
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Flowers & Makeup
I'm a productive person.I can wear makeup because I’m not a bitch at my prettiest. And I don’t want to steal husbands and I never respond even if a husband…[...]
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Butterscotch
- this short story contains some language and mature themes. Part One- The Dawning of a New Day. “You’re leaving?!” Asked Sarah as she sat up slowly in bed. Her…[...]
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The Raven at the Window
One thing I was very wary about was the temperamental moods of Nature. Before leaving the nest for the first time, my mum had instructed me on flying head on…[...]
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Goodnight, Eugene
Living under a bed was entirely too cramped, Eugene thought to himself. He often bumped his head, and it was impossible to keep the dust out of his fur. Sometimes…[...]
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The Three Little Pigs Incident: A Building Inspector’s Report
By B.B. Wolf, Senior Building Inspector, Woodland District Code Enforcement DivisionLet me set the record straight. After twenty-seven years with the Woodland Building Department (WBD), I’ve seen every construction shortcut…[...]
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Atlas Rises
It was December 2066. It was so terribly cold. Snow was falling, and it was almost dark. I was 14 years old and my mother was driving me to my father’s house…[...]
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The ghost detective 2：Shadow of nine tails
People have long been afraid to walk or fish in the park because of the exhumation of bodies.Even the park rangers try to get out of here before dark.But crossing…[...]
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Luck of the Kitsune
The day my obachan, my grandmother, died was the worst day of my life. She was my first and best friend and the person I ran to whenever life got…[...]
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The Fox and the Flower
“What are you doing?” Hana jerked her trekking pole away from the wolf pup she had found, swinging it blindly in the direction of the voice. A strong hand closed around…[...]
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Wildflower
Jenny steadied herself with her left hand as she squatted among the rubble. With her right hand, she tried to push aside a slab of siding jammed against the remains…[...]
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SOMEONE ENTERED A FLOWER SHOP
The sign on the door read: Art of Bloom Florist, Sakura Sato Ito, Proprietor Word of mouth from satisfied customers made the small business very successful. Sakura was a petite…[...]
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Hana and the Flower Rain – A rare blossom at the Sakura festival delivers a life-changing encounter.
The streets were alive with the energy of a thousand joyful faces. People milled together, raising flower-adorned drinks, smiling at one another while knocking glasses together in toasts and good…[...]
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Killer Capuchin
Wearing a fur collared kimono (which in Japanese refers to all traditional clothing), Shigeru braved the snow biting at his face. Fuka-gatsu, boots woven from barley straw kept his feet…[...]
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Tokyo rain
Kai Sato's life was in shambles. His girlfriend... well, ex-girlfriend now had just kicked him to the curb, all because she thought he was having an affair with a co-worker,…[...]
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Cherry Blossom On A Hill of Restless Hearts
It was like I was trapped in a moment. Though she was warm against me, I felt like I was frozen in carbonite. Putting two things next two each other…[...]
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A Search for Life’s Purpose
By Sunil Varshneya I was born in America into a wealthy family, so I had never worked to earn a living and had yet to learn about the real world.…[...]
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In a Lonely Place
My roommate aggravates me. She makes me want to bang my head against a wall. I've known her since we were little. Our moms used to bring us to the…[...]
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Couture Dreams back to square one
The multi-coloured apparel honing the entrance of my store, the tall mannequins displaying range of outfits that I had chosen for my humble clothing store were no more the point…[...]
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What happened to this life??????
DEE IS FREE NO DEE IS NOT FREE Well, that's the main question, and why not since that's the main question? The dee I know is really innocent and so…[...]
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Life Beyond Life
By Sunil Varshneya This is the story of my friend Peter. We met in the college. Peter was not attractive. He had a face only a mother could love. During…[...]
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Have You Found What You’re Looking For? Is It Everything You Wanted? (Alternatively: Happy Endings Are For Losers)
Yang finds that life is not so different after time begins again, at least compared to his original timeline. He mostly wanders around counting his steps and trying to remember.…[...]
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Abortion Liberty
I believe in Eternal God, the Eternal Father almighty who created heaven and earth. He sent He’s mediator who is His Eternal Son, our Lord, Brother, Savior and Redeemer, Jesus…[...]
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The Secrets We Covet
Chapter 1: The Awakening I have always been captivated by the glimmering lights of the stage, the euphoria that permeates through the air when the music begins, and the sheer…[...]
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Slowly Dying Night
“Mom, I just- just need a ride, ok? ….No. No, it’s not like that, Mom, please can you just take me h-”The phone beeps twice and goes silent. Holy fucking shit.…[...]
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Sending a Message
"What? I can't hear you!" Mika's voice sounded muted, underwater, lost in the seascape of screaming fans. She gestured a circular motion with her hand and pointed to the stage.…[...]
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Idol Blues
Emmy forgets her purse, of all things. The performance that had happened that evening had been so long ago. Only the sound of reverb, of her own voice in her…[...]
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Changed My Life Forever
Blackpink in your area! We all sang in an uproar. I was with my dance team at my local dance studio. We are a group of mostly East Asians. I've…[...]
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Sasaeng Security
Why the incessantly monologging voice inside my head is in English despite me being a nineteen year old South Korean who has never learned English isn’t something answers are readily…[...]
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The Rabbit in the Moon
“Mei?” 2 hours left. “Mei!” Would it happen again? “Mei!” The black-haired girl jolted back to the table in front of her. “Can you please pass the rice? It’s gonna…[...]
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FEAR-NO FEAR
“The life that I have Is all that I have And the life that I have is yours The love that I have Of the life that I have Is…[...]
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Red flows in both
Once there was a daughter of a mother and a mother of a daughter. As the daughter I was taught the same as she was. To live for my parents…[...]
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Truth or Lie
“We have splashdown for the capsule,” Mission control reported. “Copy that,” Mary said, looking out the earth-side window as if her former station-mates’ splashing into the ocean could be visible…[...]
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Breaking the cycle
There are always two sides to an argument. Sometimes three. sometimes four. If you ask me, they are messy little things. They are often too complex to understand since people lie…[...]
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The Porcelain Village
My clay hands are becoming solid porcelain. I have always had potter’s hands. The throwing water absorbs the moisturizing oils of the skin. Leaves the hands rough. The clay paste dries and cracks the…[...]
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The Slaying of a Monster
THE SLAYING OF A MONSTER By Tony Smith My name is Parachatphonbamrum.Thai names are as long as freight trains so we are given nicknames, mine is Pizza shortened to Za.…[...]
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A Greeting from the Edge of the Universe
As an intern for Area 51, I’ve seen a lot of strange things. A lot of strange things. I’ve learned to expect the unexpected. Even before I got here, I’ve…[...]
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The Ghost Adagio
In the basement of the Kenmore Conservatory of Music, the practice rooms are dark and gloomy, with radiators that clank like Marley's ghost and steam that clogs your lungs like…[...]
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The Book of Juri
I have a journal with all my thoughts. Every feeling I have is written in there. It is my book of hope. It's naive and oblivious. Chapter 7414: Love My…[...]
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The Interrogation
Some unidentifiable insects have died on the LED bulb, the thoraxes and abdomens had disintegrated but the antennaed heads and wings remained security plastered on the single light fixture in…[...]
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The Night Gathering
This story can also be read as a continuation of my last submission The Interrogation.****Kai Matsuda woke up at 2 am and realized that his life will end again. He…[...]
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A Self Portrait
Warning: nudity Tim paints beautiful brown circles on a white canvas sitting on an easel. The reality is that Tim cannot paint anything to save his life. He is a…[...]
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Metamorphoses
This story can also be enjoyed as a parallel plot to my previous submission The Night Gathering. *********Maurice Kahlo looked down at the dead body of Maurice Kahlo.Approaching behind him was…[...]
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The Silent Feast
Every year, my dining room turned into a battleground and the yearly holiday feast, the ammunition. It was always a vicious cycle: raised voices, pointed fingers, and another resentment that…[...]
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Tycho Brahe’s Labyrinth
This story can also be read as the continuation of my previous submission Metamorphosis************Unlike most of the helipads which are built for show but never used, the pads on Tycho…[...]
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Temptation With Someone Else
*This story contains sexual themes*Jen and Erick. Erick was a dick. Jen was a beautiful angel, Mike declared. He was still a virgin and a senior in high school. He also…[...]
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Friends Forever
The McDonalds was decently crowded. The fluorescent lighting excessively illuminated the interior that didn’t really merit the illuminating: packs of middle school kids laughing and screaming and filming Tik Tok…[...]
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Lemons, Ginger and Garlic
"Does the presence of something outweigh its absence? Or is it the other way around?" I said to no one in specific, communally munching on Garlic Naan and Haleem with…[...]
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Chicken Katsu Memories
Hawaiian chicken katsu, Brian was thinking, as he stood with anticipation in the food truck line at the Pure Aloha Festival in Las Vegas. This particular food truck was boldly named…[...]
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Moms and dresses
Bindu checks her watch again; it had only been four mins since she last looked. She readjusts the strap so the watch would fit more snugly on her wrist and…[...]
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The Man Who Died
A man is sitting alone in a huge concert hall, and an Asian beauty is playing a beautiful violin, especially for him! She’s playing a classic overture on the violin…[...]
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To Listen is Inheritance
My cat Blue could operate a door handle and would jump at it for hours until he could pull the thing down. The only problem was that he could not…[...]
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Tumakbo Ka!
“Run for your lives boys!” The sound of the headmaster’s shrill words echoed across the grassy field. “Or you’ll be seeing me at three o’clock!” Father K’s deafening voice on…[...]
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A Chinaman’s Chance
“I timed the movement twice and found the speed as follows: The first time 240 feet of rail was laid in one minute and twenty seconds; the second time 240…[...]
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Ruby Red Scar
Eyes pierce through my flesh everytime I walk through a door. When I’m just trying to buy groceries, pump gas into my car, walk into the bank, I can feel…[...]
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Cheap Fiction
trigger warning: depictions of sex, murder, and self harmI didn’t want to kill anyone this time around. I almost did a couple of days ago, while shopping for gummy worms…[...]
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Today, Tomorrow
It’s just one day. One inconsequential day among a sea of other inconsequential days. However, if by some miracle today had any meaning, then it would be Valentine’s Day. It…[...]
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The 12th Custard
“What’s the big deal?”“The big deal Jomari, is that this stolen custard came in a family size of 12-““So you had 11 before-““AND it came from the PLANO Costco. Not…[...]
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Legends of the Midnight Gallery
Joe Klimazawa knew the secrets of the Midnight Gallery. He knew what happened when the clock struck midnight. He knew because he had been the night watchman for over ten…[...]
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It Started With a Selca
I lifted my phone in front of my face for the third time and grimaced at my reflection. Ugh. I hated taking selfies, but my sister, Bethany, insisted I take…[...]
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The Ingdalapet
The monsoon rain had at long last rested at the time when the sun should’ve been at its highest. Liriko searched for the biggest banana leaves he could find. He…[...]
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Marie’s Tomb
The Kia Forte rolled to a stop on the unlit Basin Street, just south of St. Louis Cemetery No. 1. Four figures emerged from the vehicle beside the graveyard's whitewashed…[...]
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A Tale of Two Cities
May 12, 1984To the Parent-Teacher Association Moms of Alamo Elementary School:Yes, you may pick your jaws off the squeaky, dusty basketball court hardwood now. Oh, don’t think I didn’t see…[...]
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Vices and Visions
It was late spring, the perfect time to go skinny dipping in the lake. You took a deep breath and released it as a sigh, holding high above your arms…[...]
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The Final Match
Chapter 1: The Preparation Liam’s training regimen was relentless, pushing him to his limits every single day. His father, a former Taekwondo champion, believed in the power of discipline and…[...]
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North Shore Boards
Kailani balanced on her Alaia wood surfboard as a Hawaiian goddess, her bronze skin flecked with the spray of salt water. A thick black braid flew behind her as she…[...]
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It Ends With Us
With exquisite skill and talent, Matt Perucho would show her the man he was. No longer would he be the dorky Asian kid, but with her on his arm, the coolest…[...]
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Build A Husband
After reels became completely flavorless, Jessica ran out of things to do. Her thumb window wiped her phone, back and forth and back. Youtube. Instagram. Reddit. Google News. She chewed…[...]
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Storytellers
*Trigger Warning - Description of death* It was cold for September. Charlotte pulled her hoodie over her baseball cap and adjusted the earbuds attached to her phone. It was lunch…[...]
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Thank you wave.
Finals hadn’t been over more than 48 hours before Sonny was barefoot on her beach again. She would have been back sooner if her cross-country bus hadn't gotten a flat…[...]
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Gwisin Girlie
Don’t ask me how I turned into a gwisin, I don’t know how. I mean, I’m barely even Korean. One minute I’m on the commute back to my Harlem duplex…[...]
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Letters I Can’t Send
Content warnings: Suicide, substance use Dear Leo, You know I don’t write letters. I’ve always been more into physics than philosophy. Maybe that’s just an excuse. It’s hard to talk…[...]
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The Fake Wedding Date
I don’t like drama. I avoid drama. I don’t even like shows with a lot of drama.So why did I ever agree to being this guy’s date to a wedding?…[...]
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Leaving, Staying, Going
The first thing I noticed when we arrived in China was that it was hot. Not just summer hot, or even sauna hot, but sweltering, boiling, melt your face off…[...]
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A Side of Banh Cuon
Chapter 1 “Uncle Pig snorted at the webcam,” Did you say a doctor?”“Um … a medical scribe, the person who takes notes for the doctor.”“So, you’re a note-taker?”“Yes, but I…[...]
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My Crazy Year
by Amanda Stogsdill The wintery Colorado wind blew fiercely, numbing tingly fingers as my friends and I gulped in the frosty air. Bundled up in winter coats, scarves, multiple pairs…[...]
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Sunrise Mesa High School in Copenhagen
No one slept much the night before the early morning flight to Copenhagen. Maeve messaged Sol into the early hours of the morning and only stopped when her phone ran…[...]
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AFTER ….THE ACCIDENT?
AFTER ……..THE ACCIDENT???? I am staring up at a ceiling that isn’t mine, on a hard mattress in in a bed that definitely isn’t mine, in some kind of nightshirt…[...]
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