I walked into my local thrift store one day and found a pair of chaps. I was quite sure it's genuine leather, I don't know much about leather but it didn't feel like that tacky plastic wrap ... [+]
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I walked into my local thrift store one day and found a pair of chaps. I was quite sure it's genuine leather, I don't know much about leather but it didn't feel like that tacky plastic wrap ... [+]
In the desolate silence of a world gone dark, a man wandered through the ruins, the weight of solitude pressing down on him. Months had passed since he'd seen another soul, and the echo of his own ... [+]
I know most people stop living with their parents right after high school, but that wasn't me. I didn't move out until I turned 20. I was just so terrified of living on my own. Paying bills, buying ... [+]
As my head emerged through the surface of the ocean, I was met with vision of nature. Looking west, I saw an endless array of water hitting the skyline in a perfect horizontal line. Looking east, I ... [+]
"Don't point at the moon, or your ears will be cut!" My mother slapped my hand down. I wasn't exactly the curious type, nor the sharpest. When she turned away, I lifted my finger toward the ... [+]
A man she had not known was wearing the skin of the boy she had known all her life. His rust-brown eyes, the roundness of his lips, and the mole near his collarbone were the same pieces of desire ... [+]
Melinda hears the wind blowing outside when her hands are buried in a bowl full of lotus seeds. If she were out in the woods, she could feel the autumn chills running down her spine. Yet she chooses ... [+]
Once in a blue moon as the moonlight reflects off the rippling waves, glittering like stars in a silk sky, I feel the thread between worlds loosen. Gaps in the seams. I wade in, slowly at first ... [+]
One Blue Moon Best Paired with: a gallon of fear and a sliver of courage Cook time: the next six months (trust me, it's worth it.) Wet Ingredients: 1 year of unbelief, a splash of ... [+]
The moon is not enough to light up the room or scare away the "monsters." At 21, I still struggle with sleeping in the quiet and hollow darkness. It is lonely, cold, and stern—a void of nothingness ... [+]
The journal of Oliver Andrew Wong, formerly of the Yorktown Institute of Travel, class of '32 October 7th, 2034: It had seemed an unfair statement to call it a scam, but there it was. Very ... [+]
She wears a dark hooded cloak. It overshadows most of her face, sharp features deftly hidden beneath darkness. Poised, she stands carefully watching out for the slight ruffle of the leaves that sit ... [+]
Dara Brown lay in a pool of blood and shrapnel, sputtering droplets of reddish saliva into the pristine snow as a hazy darkness began to settle over the corner of his eyes. He had witnessed a ... [+]
The monkey was staring at me.
I looked away, stepping aside to give it a wide berth. Making eye contact with animals always made me nervous since I knew some thought eye contact was a sign of
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When an unexpected incident occurs in one's life, is it purely a once-in-a-blue-moon event? Or is there a deeper, hidden meaning waiting to be discovered? Allow me to recount such an encounte ... [+]