by Paul O Meara
Factions Nanter 1082VP. The cold winds of winter assaulted the city of Nanter with out mercy. People, heavily clothed, went about their business with surly faces. The worst winter in fifty years, they said. And in tr...read more
The Empty Pier Boone Williams sits at his desk in his office. He has his own office, with the words 'Private' painted on the glass door. The title stands over his name, with a significant meaning of not only his office ...read more
by Lady Cynthia
As the hours slowly crept by Ana knew a deep fear. There were too many shadows in the woods. Every now and then she would hear a splash in the creek and nearly jump. There were way to many strange sounds for her liking....read more
With the sound of their song droning in the background Amilia frowned at the one photo she had left of the 5 years that she had spent feeling trapped and degraded by Matt. All the pain she had bottled up now sat dormant wa...read more
She stood silently in the dark at the foot of her fathers bed. She was 21. Had just turned so yesterday. A day of no celebration,no cake,no gifts. She never even heard the words, "Happy Birthday," except when she had looke...read more
by David Lim
Cholitz Directive Chapter 10 Everyone back at the Command Center were on the verge of hair tearing. Even so they were not going down without a fight. Scouts have penetrated the...read more
From the novel "A MOMENT OF TERROR" Chapter 12 "Desperate Search" The next morning, Nathan, didn't feel all that good so Kathleen gave him a dose of Castor oil. He hated that worse than his headache. A wagon pulle...read more
He deserved every bit of it. I will never forget the look on his face as I strolled casually into his office. At first it was was smug pleasure,quickly turning to absolute horror as I completely ignored him and turned to h...read more
by Katie Weller
As the wind blew, taking her once lovely raven black hair behind her, Charity felt a rush like she'd never felt before. Why was she in this place? She could have easily escaped on the last bus which had left an hour ago, l...read more
Nicole Jameson had injured my reputation for the last and final time when I'd decided to take decisive action. Earlier in the month, I'd retrieved his address, hacked into his office computer and most importantly, I'd pr...read more
by Amanda F
Excerpt from the book I'm writing, titled: Love & Life. "I know, but I want you to know that I've been through worse then you so I know how you feel." "Well can you tell me about it now?" "Yeah, I can. When I was ...read more
In high school I took psychology for two years. I waited a year and a half for that class to finally become interesting and when it did it forever changed the way I look at people, the way I'll look at them forever. Becaus...read more
by Morgan Gavin
Pain The two boys stared at each other long and hard, they had been in fights before, there parents couldn't tear them apart until one teacher suggested they let the two fight it out. "But then one of them will die!" o...read more
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