Night whispered,
"The dawn left.".
Moon answered,
"But the sun is still here.".
Sun
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Night whispered,
"The dawn left.".
Moon answered,
"But the sun is still here.".
Sun
... [+]
They never faltered. Anyone could tell from simply being in their presence that they were not of this world. They raced through the water unafraid, not tied down by the laws of physics that constrict ... [+]
Bare feet love gravel
Smooth, flat tops and jagged edges
Dirt finds a home in the crook of
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I remember the third step up to your apartment creaked really badly. I’d always skip it- I didn’t want anything- not even a wooden step- to know where I was going. As if it would only count that I ... [+]
When I was a little girl, I would often be alone at home and no one took care of me. The domestic helper, a young Philippine woman, Arnida seems to be very busy all the time. She is often late to pick ... [+]
I once spoke to a dead man
stuck, with nowhere to go
lost in the house he used
to call
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The man supposed there were but two entities in existence—the nothing, and he himself, who traveled it.
The nothing was soft and cold and endless; the man, metallic
... [+]
I stuck my nose inside a book
And got poked in the eye.
I cried out, “Hey, what was that
... [+]
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On the way to our floats, we passed the usual scenery: the government and hunter floats, the food outlet, and The Dome 4278 Dispensary.
The Dispensary was an imposing metallic structure
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Authors Notes
Thank you for reading one of the stories I wanted to tell. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
I have been thinking about this story for a while now, and I would
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It’s fate that I grow up with a lovebird, or perhaps God’s idea to teach me a lesson. I remember watching national geography introducing parrots when I was a kid. Not only do they have an adorable ... [+]
I befriended her in kindergarten. She was not any of those over-the-top adjectives you would use to describe your best friend. Overall, she was an ordinary four-year old that had grabbed my attention ... [+]
quiet house
he roamed the empty hallways
feeling like nothing more than a restless spirit
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What a fraud. Lies, lies, lies.
Cindy was so mad. Two years ago she had seen this day and, today, it had finally come.
It had been a strange day, that afternoon two years prior. She had run
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“You’re different—you’re not milquetoast,” the tall boy I was stumbling along Richmond Road with told me on the walk back to my room. He couldn’t see, but had I scrunched up my face ... [+]