- Taranto. January 17 th , 1943 Maria stood on the quayside and watched the ship slowly disappearing into the distance, unaware of the approaching danger. Suddenly, her superior officer,...
By: AnnaMayZing |
Category: Drama |
Score: 5|
Added: 16 Feb 2019
- She was lost in the maze for so many years. Entering was a mistake, a blunder. She shouldn't pay with the rest of her life. She's paid so much as it is. Lost in the maze. But every labyrinth has b...
By: Survivor |
Category: Micro Fiction |
Score: 5|
Added: 28 Apr 2018
- Berlin. May 27 th , 1941 Since returning to the Charité, Katarina had immersed herself totally in trying to run her ward as efficiently as she always had but things were very different no...
By: AnnaMayZing |
Category: Drama |
Score: 5|
Added: 17 Sep 2017
- Through the meadow she softly tread; Her bruised and broken body bled; Careful to weave to and fro, no droplets left behind to show; The path she took for her escape, on the night of her brut...
By: WildIrishRose |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 03 May 2017
- THREE DAYS LATER October 13th, 2040 – 10:15 Sam stood in front of his best friend, Doug, and Selena. They looked at him with worried eyes. “You want us to do WHAT?” “Look, Sam,” sa...
By: Beesting |
Category: Science Fiction |
Score: 0|
Added: 05 Dec 2016
- A late night drive, what I need, a chance to embrace the speed, No cash or slips on the line, just me riding the redline An open road, just two lanes, leave behind the dulling pains Nothing nea...
By: Sicarium |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 13 Aug 2016
- I love salt, water, taffy, and tears but only if they are happy Now I need someone to calm my fears Distract and let's escape for the day Television off, radio turned down Tomorrow a visit to our boa...
By: gillianleeza |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 08 Jul 2016
- Nikolai reached his hand into his pocket and felt the knife. He had worked for weeks on it, slowly grinding down the stone blade day by day. He only had one chance to take out the guard when he reache...
By: DirtyMartini |
Category: Micro Fiction |
Score: 5|
Added: 23 Feb 2016
- I saw you weak And hated you The way you clung to me Your need so claustrophobic I could barely breathe And yet I felt responsible Not able to break free Each time that I would take a step Your gras...
By: TaliaRussell |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 09 Aug 2015
- In my dreams last night I found myself sitting at the dining room table. Like so many times years ago, my report card spread open on the table in front of you. Your fingers again grasping my drea...
By: CKAcres |
Category: Memoirs |
Score: 5|
Added: 02 Aug 2015
- Everyone needs an escape, a fantasy place to go. Where they can dream, not being what others suppose. Reality can be let go for a time, while singing a different song. A place so far away, i...
By: CKAcres |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 01 Jul 2015
- Create my escape As I stand here Without even moving an inch As soon as you see me, I’m traveling Away from the world I live in The brief time that we spend together An evening A coffee A night Whis...
By: TaliaRussell |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 30 Jun 2015
- Roy Rogers used to live an average life with average money. He had an average family, no siblings, a mother and a father. Roy was 13 years old when he found the last place he would ever see. A week ...
By: shysiren |
Category: Fantasy |
Score: 4.9|
Added: 29 Jun 2015
- So much time has passed away, since that night so long ago I know you found your peace and way, no more pain and your end of sorrow You found a path to leave the fray, an escape I could not offer...
By: Sicarium |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 17 Jun 2015
- When I met you Want and need Had teamed together Blinding me Though learning that your girls before Were battled-scarred I was so sure The blame did not belong with you I missed the signs Ignored th...
By: TaliaRussell |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 23 May 2015
- My mind is racing, With every word my brain spews on the page I feel part of my sanity come back. Part of my pain is lifted, Part of my heart mends itself, But only for a moment, Because o...
By: insomniac_00 |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 14 Mar 2015
- Carpenter saw himself catching the Princess before she would have struck the cold marble floor and injured herself. He brushed the hair off her face and stared, as her beauty was breathtaking. He was ...
By: The_Count |
Category: Supernatural |
Score: 5|
Added: 17 Feb 2015
- Reality is heavy Duty is steep Tell me a story To help me sleep It doesn’t need a hero A middle or an end Just start with the words And let us begin Give me fear And hate and pain Sometim...
By: AvrgBlkGrl |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 20 Nov 2014
- As soon as they arrived at the ranch Holly leapt off the horse and headed straight for the house and the stash of cows blood that was hidden there. She felt better after consuming a full bottle and ap...
By: The_Count |
Category: Supernatural |
Score: 4.3|
Added: 09 Aug 2014
- I want to be that wooden boy I wish to have that life of ease With strings to lift and pull me up With no responsibilities Some days I'm down - too tired to play But as a toy and wooden ...
By: dgford |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 07 Jul 2014
- "Rein-- I can't run... anymore..." Jae breathed through his mouth. Rein knew. She was the only one pushing forward through the twigs and dried leaves, he was pulling her backwards. She could feel it...
By: CassieStarlight |
Category: Young Adult |
Score: 0|
Added: 01 Jan 2014
- Only a few days passed, I spent the first day screaming and pounding at Jake. He lied to Kayla and me about being a werewolf. I also used that fit of rage to blame him for Kayla’s death. He waited fo...
By: Rebellious_Soul |
Category: Flash Fiction |
Score: 4.9|
Added: 07 Nov 2013
- So now we circle around back to the beginning of Part 1 where we find Jen in her room packing. All her clothes fit nicely in the duffle bag, a small hard sided suitcase also purchased from a yard sale...
By: The_Count |
Category: Young Adult |
Score: 5|
Added: 13 Oct 2013
- The dim light from outside the window seeped through the slots of the closet door. I stifled my breath and held back the tears that burned my face. Heavy footsteps were heard on the other side if the...
By: Rebellious_Soul |
Category: Flash Fiction |
Score: 4.9|
Added: 12 Sep 2013
- It was the beginning of the end, and days passed by like a blur. I hardly remembered what happened during the day, but every detail of each night for the past two weeks etched my mind. Strict enforce...
By: Rebellious_Soul |
Category: Science Fiction |
Score: 4.8|
Added: 19 Jul 2013
- Chapter 9 Love Is Not To Be Judged It is not a woman, but a man of about forty years old. Very handsome, in a long dark cloak. His eyes are full of love, as he kisses Aret on the lips. Dara’s...
By: GriffinGarcon |
Category: Science Fiction |
Score: 5|
Added: 06 Jul 2013
- Chapter 8 Into The Storm I see him standing on a meadow of fragrant flowers and wild garlic. One of those clandestine places in the forest, where if a deer would pass by, stepping on garlic ...
By: GriffinGarcon |
Category: Science Fiction |
Score: 4.3|
Added: 05 Jul 2013
- Chapter 6 To Save The Future I forgot. It’s Sunday, and we have to go to church. I hate it there. That’s why Mevild drags me to the carriage, already by the door. He is afraid I’m going to put ...
By: GriffinGarcon |
Category: Science Fiction |
Score: 5|
Added: 03 Jul 2013
- Now and then I slip into reverie. Alone in my thoughts and schemes. Contemplating pleasant fantasies. Journeying far away, lost in dreams. Places in reality I have not visited. Imaginary de...
By: CKAcres |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 4.9|
Added: 20 May 2013
- After I was done showing Nell how important she was to me we lay on the floor holding each other. We had been left alone in the building for several hours and we were both getting a bit hungry. "I w...
By: CleverFox |
Category: Fantasy |
Score: 4.5|
Added: 24 Apr 2013
- She's so ready for Spring Break, so very ready to have... a week, she thinks, off- off, and away from school, and pressure, and overly emotional moments in one particular classr...
By: Colors_of_the_Wind |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 19 Apr 2013
- A warm breeze buffets my hair and face. It first invites, then challenges a response. The breeze calls to my horse. It tugs at his mane and plays with his tail. He tosses his head and beseeche...
By: Dianna |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 4.5|
Added: 10 Mar 2013
- "Just didn't drink enough to say you love me..." Evanescence, Lithium. He gets home, Staggering to the bedroom, Expects her laid out, Ready to please him. She is asleep, Laying on th...
By: Colors_of_the_Wind |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 27 Feb 2013
- I’m running, fleeing in fear. It hunts, it stalks, and it’s relentless. Not machine, beast or man. Alone I face it. I can’t hide. No armor or fortress is protection. No bullet or blade can harm ...
By: rolandlytle |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 31 Jan 2013
- I was met by a stunned silence. Fei smiled in excitement and hope just itching for us to start. All we were waiting for was Raven’s answer and that has proven to be difficult. We were in the room F...
By: Rebellious_Soul |
Category: Science Fiction |
Score: 4.8|
Added: 29 Jan 2013
- Play your music loud, Headphones on, secure on your head. Block the
By: Colors_of_the_Wind |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 4.8|
Added: 18 Jan 2013
- Breaking away from the clutches of the devil, is one of life's great escapes. Taken from the scrum, elevated to a higher level, not so many fouled scrapes. Feeling less numb, bid farewell to the t...
By: CKAcres |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 11 Oct 2012
- It was an anomaly of nature that housed nature’s anomalies. Jutting hundreds of feet out of the cold North Atlantic was an island pillar of jagged rock forming a platform above the frigid waves. Sitti...
By: GeekToAuthor |
Category: Action |
Score: 4.9|
Added: 13 Sep 2012
- The fog was rolling in like a throng of ghosts across the field. Its eerie fingers caressed the windows of the old house as the fog rose. In no time at all, it was as thick as the clichéd pea soup. J...
By: Celeste |
Category: Horror |
Score: 5|
Added: 15 Jan 2012
- The rivers flow from sunken eyes, No one hears these silent cries, Except the room, But I assume, Even the air, Doesn't give a care. Into my pillow I weep, Can't fall asleep, Until the warm tears, Th...
By: unicorn92 |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 03 Nov 2011
- The Flood I waded around my house panicking in the rapidly rising water that was pouring in from the flooding river. It had happened much sooner than predicted. My teeth were chattering with cold a...
By: courage2bfree |
Category: Flash Fiction |
Score: 4.7|
Added: 06 Oct 2011
- “Pst, Anna, can you hear me?” Antonio pushed himself closer into the muddy ground as he crept through the dark underbrush. “Anna, where are you?” Suddenly he heard a squeaking sound. A small anima...
By: schreiber |
Category: Action |
Score: 4.2|
Added: 09 Jun 2011
- Hunters Chapter Three: The Hunt Is On By Nathan Mullins The sun had risen high in the blue, tranquil sky. Whisper had awoken earlier than her friend, and sat on the boxes she had slept on, thinki...
By: Dr100 |
Category: Supernatural |
Score: 5|
Added: 08 Aug 2010