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[WP] A Change of Heart | So sorry, guys! I goofed!
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[WP] A Change of Heart | The line wasn’t going to hold.
John stared down at the abyss, the dark energy churning, sucking everything that came into contact. There would be no end to its destruction. The only person who had the power to stop it was already dead. He had fallen in after John had arrived, too late to stop the ritual.
*Well, push... | 1 | 0 | 11 | 801 |
[RE] We were stranded | We were stranded in the asteroid belt, further from civilization than anyone had been before. The ship was dead. The engines had been out for days, and the battery was quickly draining. It was totally silent, as me and Kayla had been lying speechless in our bunks to preserve oxygen. But she looked at me and asked:
"Why... | 10 | 0 | 12 | 802 |
[RE] We were stranded | Journal - Sun. 23 March 2013
We were stranded. Daniel had left days ago and we haven't had word from him since. It was quiet in these morning hours, but I knew that wouldn't last long. The horde was coming. It was only a matter of time. Josef helped me to barricade the windows earlier this morning. The shelves covered... | 5 | 0 | 12 | 803 |
[RE] We were stranded | We were stranded. I couldn't stop thinking those words. The events that had transpired flashed through my head. The party on my parents boat, the fire, and then the explosion. I had found a floating piece of debris and with the last bit of strength I had, pulled myself onto it. I don't remember how long I was unconscio... | 3 | 0 | 12 | 804 |
[RE] We were stranded | We were stranded in the middle of a dead city. Everyone we know and love has either killed themselves or died from the disease that's plagued our city for the last three months. The military has bombed all bridges exiting the city and manned every conceivable way out with orders to shoot anyone who comes within a hundr... | 1 | 0 | 12 | 805 |
[RE] We were stranded | We were stranded. Mary and I sat staring at the hole in the hull of our ship where it had crashed against the rocks. She was screaming her head off. I had a cigarette, so I was more or less fine.
"OH MY GOD JOHN, WE'RE STRANDED!"
"Yes. Looks like that navigator you had so much faith in didn't help at all."
"Yeah," M... | 3 | 0 | 12 | 806 |
[RE] We were stranded | We were stranded all alone, that's the setting, what is shone. Beyond the street a single light, a ghostly glare, within the night. An image slender stands aside, and me alone, with friend beside. See it stir, slink, slither. Coming forward, slowly, hither. With design for such demise. With no feeling, with no eyes. A... | 1 | 0 | 12 | 807 |
[RE] We were stranded | It was just a few years ago, when I was just starting out. Part of the 9th Cadian regiment. There were fourty of us, told in our platoon that our work was instrumental for the success of Space Marines in our sector. That despite the odds stacked against us, the Emperor was with us, and we would be getting backup. We ju... | 1 | 0 | 12 | 808 |
[RE] We were stranded | We were stranded, I suppose, but by choice. Two twenty-somethings with nothing but the stars above us, the hood of a car beneath us, and Belle And Sebastian quietly around us. The conversation came in fits and starts, stuffed with heavy-handed segues to unrelated topics, and silent more often than not.
It was the best... | 2 | 0 | 12 | 809 |
[RE] We were stranded | We were stranded. The ship had sunk. I was able to swim to shore of an island in the distance, before finally collapsing from the exhaustion. I awoke next morning to find Martha among the wreckage. She was gone. There was nothing I could do. I buried her by noon and uttered a short prayer for her. I looked all afterno... | 1 | 0 | 12 | 810 |
[RE] We were stranded | We were stranded there afraid to move from our muddy, wet machine gun emplacement. I was the assistant gunner but sat in position to shoot in a moments notice as my partner and I traded shifts on the gun to allow the other to sleep. Rain surrounded us and made us miserable as the clap of thunder rang in our ears betwee... | 2 | 0 | 12 | 811 |
[FF] If only you could remedy the pain... | She looked up at me, her doctor.
"I'm so, so sorry. We've never seen anything like this back on Earth. There's nothing in my databases about this. There's nothing I can do."
"Can't you just remedy the pain?" She asked.
"What pain? Describe it for me."
"All over my body. Everywhere, everything hurts. Like something's ... | 9 | 0 | 10 | 812 |
[FF] If only you could remedy the pain... | Made from trees, woven branches, carved from stumps, that's what he was. I had cut and toiled and then after 4 weeks there sat a wooden person, slumped on a chair. When he sparked into life I saw each vein pulse and each tendon twang beneath a cage of twigs. I stared hopeful and my child stared in pain. He groaned and ... | 6 | 0 | 10 | 813 |
[FF] If only you could remedy the pain... | I like the cool endings to hot, sunny days. I like mashed potatoes with grated cheese on top and gravy running down the sides. I like waking up when I want to, laying in bed, thinking useless thoughts.
Sometimes I like getting a one liter glass of water with three or four ice cubes and drinking it all, chugging it all... | 5 | 0 | 10 | 814 |
[FF] If only you could remedy the pain... | [deleted] | 3 | 0 | 10 | 815 |
[FF] If only you could remedy the pain... | "I can't sleep," He said.
"What have you tried?" I asked.
"Everything. Sleeping tablets, alcohol, weed, hot milk."
"And nothing works?" I asked.
"If only you could remedy the pain."
"It would be a rich man, whoever solved that problem. Insomnia has long been the torture of choice for those smart enough to see... | 2 | 0 | 10 | 816 |
[FF] If only you could remedy the pain... | "We've made a breakthrough in life extension technology."
The neuroscientist was clearly brilliant, but struggling to inject any fluctuation or emphasis of any kind into his monotone delivery as he spoke to the study group of middle-aged men, nearly half his age, with terminal illnesses. The group struggled to focus.... | 2 | 0 | 10 | 817 |
[WP] Rhyming Action! | The bullets whizzed by
In the Nakatomi Building, so high.
They were robbers disguising
As a terrorist uprising.
But an invitation mistaken,
Made their demises hasten.
Off-duty officer McClan... | 3 | 0 | 7 | 818 |
[WP] Rhyming Action! | He watched his obstacles come
drug-addled, desperate
the hall between him and them narrow
packed with the potential of violence.
The hammer, heavy in his hand
told him of the things that could be done
when they collide, when bone meets steel
and unyielding will.
(Sorry, free-form instead of any sort of... | 2 | 0 | 7 | 819 |
[WP] Rhyming Action! | An angel on horseback strode into the town
At one time disgraced, come back for renown
He's got a white horse and some guns on his back
The Sergeant is here and he's on the attack.
He hired some kids to commit minor crime
Vandalism of cameras so that he could hide (ooh, bad rhyme)
Then he strode into town and shot up ... | 2 | 0 | 7 | 820 |
[WP] Rhyming Action! | We're in the bar,
two guys ready to spar.
Cut twice to his blaster,
then, there's a hole in the plaster.
Sparks start to fly,
not romantic, I certify.
From the smoke that's not red,
emerges the worst.
Greddo was dead,
'cause Han shot first. | 3 | 0 | 7 | 821 |
[WP] Rhyming Action! | There once was a lad named Kenard
Who found his opponent off guard
Caught with unzipped shorts
While purchasing Newports
Then murdered with little regard
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[HP] The Boston Molasses Disaster (Jan 15, 1919) | "Sarah." Said Tom impatiently, kicking at the corner of her bedroom door, "you said we'd be out by now, what's taking you so long?" From inside of the room Tom heard a disgruntled sigh, then the door swung open to reveal his sister, a hairbrush hanging haphazardly from her tangled blonde locks.
"I cant go out there l... | 2 | 0 | 8 | 823 |
[HP] The Boston Molasses Disaster (Jan 15, 1919) | "Hey Mr. Jell, wanna run some more tests on this thing?"
"I don't give a fuck Jim. I just want to get this damn thing built and on it's way."
"Well..what about this crack?"
"Just cover it up with some paint. It'll be fine"
"But-"
"Damn it Jim, what's the worst that could happen?" | 2 | 0 | 8 | 824 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | The broken bodies of doves lay at his feet. Steam curled off the barrels of his pistols. His head was bowed as he entered the room. his posture said that he didn't care what the zookeeper had to think. The way his bandolier was slung 'round his shoulder indicated a deep apathy for his situation.
The zookeeper's face w... | 26 | 0 | 39 | 825 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | Her toes are cracked slightly, worn from years of soccer and upcountry camping. They're painted a vivid dark blue, striking no matter the backdrop, even though the finish is fading. The smallest toe on each foot is bent somewhat from the undersize cleats she refused to throw away last year. Her feet are a pale white, s... | 50 | 0 | 39 | 826 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | He wears knee-high rainbow socks under his jeans. I noticed the edge of them, a vibrant flash of colour, the first time he walked past me in class. His nails are longer than mine, dark purple and chipped, but his hands are far too big to be mistaken for feminine. He never remembers to wash his hair, but when he does, i... | 15 | 0 | 39 | 827 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | The bright red hair is kept short, like a buzzcut after a month, but he lets his curly beard grow to twice the length it is on his head, which must make it even longer if it would grow straight. He's a tall broad-shouldered man, built like a barrel. I imagine to most he cuts an intimidating figure, or he would if he dr... | 5 | 0 | 39 | 828 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 39 | 829 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | It's really a sight, walking in the park with your hand in mine, people watching and swinging on the swings, it's really a sight to see you walking down the street up to my house, my hand still in yours, we could walk hundreds of miles like this and even if my leg hurts, i'll be right there. By your side, a smile on my... | 2 | 0 | 39 | 830 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | There is something about her, when she walks into a room, all light gets suck into her, so that in my vision she is all a see, and nothing else exists. Her frame is small and simple, skin pale and smooth face set in hazel brown curly jewish hair that falls on her shoulders. her talking and mannerisms are unassumning an... | 2 | 0 | 39 | 831 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | Worry not,
my rose bud
Distance is only physical,
A STATE WHICH WE TRANSCEND.
Although A spring’s rose
MUST WHILTER COME THE FALL,
You are better lost
than never loved at all.
Hope is no strategy
Nor does it carry solace.
But my hope is a promise:
I’ll be here when
You bloom again.
Until then
My mo... | 3 | 0 | 39 | 832 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | He stares with thin features, slicked back dark hair and powerful emotion in his eyes, shifting between agitation, despair and frustration. His cheekbones are high, his eyes round and his eyebrows thin. A thin beard runs along his jaw, ending with a slightly long goatee at his chin. He has a thick leather trenchcoat, e... | 2 | 0 | 39 | 833 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | Well, I can see y'all like this prompt. I've presently written my own:
Many clouds hang in the sky above the sea, placed awkwardly and colliding messily like the first few lines of a story. I stare at the chinks of sunlight peeking through until my eyes begin to burn, everything I look at magically turning yellow for ... | 3 | 0 | 39 | 834 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | Her hair flows from the top of her head gracefully down over her perfectly round shoulders. Her golden curls glisten in the sunlight and her bright blue eyes shine like stars as she sits engrossed in a book. A thin nose leads down to her thin pink lips which lay slightly agape. Cute dimples accent the plumpness of h... | 1 | 0 | 39 | 835 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | She perplexes, and he astounds. A match made in Heaven.... but what happens when you don't believe in God? It all goes wrong, a message gets lost along the way, and Puck strolls in with his magic potion, and the lovers go astray. She pities him, and he chases far more unworthy prey.
They never see eye-to-eye, because ... | 1 | 0 | 39 | 836 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | Her face was always pale. So pale, blue circles would constantly brand her eyes and so pale it had an unearthly glow about it, even in the darkest parts of night.
Her lips were bloodily red; chapped and torn from her biting them with her perfect, white teeth. The ends of her mouth would curl into a devilish grin beca... | 3 | 0 | 39 | 837 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | Her blue eyes were the perfect accent to her jet black hair that fell about an inch above her shoulders. Her jaw was sharp enough to cut a man's heart in half without hesitation. Yet as she walked into the smoky bar the sway of her hips caught his gaze and locked another victim into her deadly grasp. She wore a t-shirt... | 1 | 0 | 39 | 838 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | Tall, dark, and handsome.
Most who look at him would only describe him using the first of these characteristics. He stands at six feet, three inches tall, lanky as a preteen who's just had a growth spurt and not enough time to fill in his frame. He possesses so much length, in his legs, in his arms, in his shoe size,... | 3 | 0 | 39 | 839 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | Though I watch from a distance, her features are enough to catch me gaze from anywhere. Though she is short, her hair is the most precious glow of blonde I have ever seen. Though her smiles are a rare occurrence, I remember these valuable moments long after they have gone. Though her beauty is not understood from a bri... | 2 | 0 | 39 | 840 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | It wasn't supposed to be you. Or maybe I just would have never admitted to it. Nor would I admit to having all of the details of your face memorized. The scruffiness of your perpetual five-o-clock shadow was given distinction by the mole on your cheek. Your teeth were aligned with a natural perfection, your smile givin... | 3 | 0 | 39 | 841 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | He's like a Caravaggio angel, all licorice-sweet darkness with masterful touches of light. Eyes brown, brows black. Fingers, square and pale, in perpetual motion (he's got a habit of fidgeting).
His voice...I always have a difficult time finding words for it. A cello, sounding from a record player in the corner of a ... | 8 | 0 | 39 | 842 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | I am neither artist nor cartographer, but I tell you now I could map the topography of your body by memory, sightless, signless, in the dark. The rounded arc of your deltoid that invites teeth; the tumble of freckles all the way down your muscle-dense back; the salacious curve of your ass; your vulnerable patellas; the... | 7 | 0 | 39 | 843 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | [deleted] | 3 | 0 | 39 | 844 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | She's short, and I love it. I can tease her about it and it's okay because in the end I mean no harm I just want to pick her up in one big hug and just give her a kiss to ignite the ends of her hair. Speaking of which, is long, a generous combination of wavy and curly and my god it's just so damn perfect. It's been all... | 2 | 0 | 39 | 845 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | He moves like a frog where all land is water, and swims through it with agility but an observing poise. His eyes are wide and round, buttons of dark brown, inquisitive and intrigued. He notices me and softens. With a wave of his hand, his fingers rake across his tied-back bun, and the elastic scooped in his finger with... | 1 | 0 | 39 | 846 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | [deleted] | 2 | 0 | 39 | 847 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | His face is bathed in warmth from the afternoon summer sun. I am drawn to his infectious, beaming, perpetual grin as he sings. His voice carries, naked and lovely and ringing above the crowd. Beneath a shock of black hair and tanned skin, his honey eyes look towards me. His smile grows bigger. This is my song. His body... | 3 | 0 | 39 | 848 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 39 | 849 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 39 | 850 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | [deleted] | 3 | 0 | 39 | 851 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | I stared in disbelief into her blue eyes. Stared in horror as my gaze transferred from her eyes to her, flowing brown hair, to the leather jacket it laid on, and then to her hands holding the knife that was now residing in my side.
I'll give it to you; this was one hell of a plot twist Talia. | 2 | 0 | 39 | 852 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | There's something in the way she moves, that makes her seem to float. And when she wears that dress, the one with all the bright yellow flowers hovering over a dark blue backdrop, the one that flows over her body like ripples in a still lake, I can't help but think, "That's MY girl." When she speaks, her voice all cott... | 1 | 0 | 39 | 853 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 39 | 854 |
[WP] Describe "her" or "him" (you know the one) with tons of imagery. Finish on their name. | When I met you, I was asleep.
And now, these memories have congealed and solidified into one. I hold within me a thousand unique thoughts of you, a lifetime's worth of questions and answers, and well-versed descriptions. I know every inch of your body, from your toes to your eyebrows back and around and through. H... | 2 | 0 | 39 | 855 |
[PI] The Alphabet Game- "Another Night" | absolutely brilliant. couldn't do even 1 fifth. good hunting.......... #sepuku. | 1 | 0 | 20 | 856 |
[PI] The Alphabet Game- "Another Night" | Really well written! Good job! | 2 | 0 | 20 | 857 |
[IP] An abandoned plane in a field | Found a larger res picture, since the above is tiny.
http://i.imgur.com/bsCdu.jpg | 2 | 0 | 47 | 858 |
[IP] An abandoned plane in a field | [deleted] | 7 | 0 | 47 | 859 |
[IP] An abandoned plane in a field | They say any landing you can walk away from is a good landing.
Ever since I ended up here on this island, I have been wondering when the other shoe will drop and I will have to fight to survive. So far, nothing.
The plague which has been ravaging what's left of humanity for the past few months doesn't seem to have t... | 4 | 0 | 47 | 860 |
[IP] An abandoned plane in a field | I loved her. God help me, but I loved her.
I found her in this field, in this very spot. Sorta spoils the ending, don't it? She was old and broken down. She wasn't treated right. Whoever owned her didn't really see her - didn't appreciate her - not like I did. I saw her potential. I saw the possibilities she had.
I r... | 20 | 0 | 47 | 861 |
[IP] An abandoned plane in a field | "Bring the wheelbarrow, Yuri!"
Yuri ran up to the hulk of the Piper, sweat plastering his jacket to his back, the wheelbarrow's axle whining under its load of scrap metal. The old man was examining the single-engine plane carefully, a smile growing through his beard. He took a step back from it and pushed his flat-ca... | 3 | 0 | 47 | 862 |
[IP] An abandoned plane in a field | Everything was dark. I didn't know where I was. Or when. The dark felt surreal. I felt brittle and my muscles ached.
Then I opened my eyes.
Everything remained a blur. I tried to focus myself. Lifting my head painfully, I noticed that I was positioned in front of a translucent, crescent-shaped window. I tried to peer... | 2 | 0 | 47 | 863 |
[IP] An abandoned plane in a field | "Pull to Eject," the yellow handle screamed. I grasped the handle firmly, but my muscles relaxed. My fear fled from me. The wind blew smoke and soot into my face. The hole through my thigh seeped blood into my suit. The last of my gunner's bloodcurdling screeches poured into my ears. And bravery slithered it's way into... | 3 | 0 | 47 | 864 |
[IP] An abandoned plane in a field | Richard looked across the table towards the purpose of his life. The reason he would be leaving in a week. The only woman he had ever wanted.
"Greene!"
Abigail took a bite of whatever it was she was eating; Richard couldn't tell, he was focused on her. He had food on the plate in front of him, as well. Although he di... | 2 | 0 | 47 | 865 |
[IP] An abandoned plane in a field | He was one of those guys that everyone seems to have known. Sometimes I'll mention his name casually in a conversation with a waitress, a mechanic, a nurse, and they'll always say right off, "Oh yes, I remember Kenny. Kenny Coleman. Honest a man as they come. Was such a shame." It's always the same response.
I was too... | 1 | 0 | 47 | 866 |
[IP] An abandoned plane in a field | I was hit, it was done, my mission failed.
I leaned back in my seat, stared a picture of Cindy. I found a pack of cigarettes, lit one up off the flame coming off the engine and relaxed.
I took everything in. The whirls of the engine, the clunks it made as it tried to get going again only to stop. I looked behind me... | 1 | 0 | 47 | 867 |
[IP] An abandoned plane in a field | The boys found it late. The sun was already setting, and the sky was orange and purple and curdling towards black. Look at that, they said.
Oh my God, they said.
The windshield was broken, the propeller gone. One of the boys used the place where the fuselage met the wing like a slide, and the metal was cool on his t... | 6 | 0 | 47 | 868 |
[IP] An abandoned plane in a field | For me, the sky was once the limit. I had only to set the course and life seemed to get me there.
We were unstoppable. Well, so I thought...
I was told somewhere by somebody that anyone could fly; landing was the hard part. I never gave much thought to that crack of wit. However, as I have learned, they got it wrong.... | 1 | 0 | 47 | 869 |
[IP] An abandoned plane in a field | "Freedom, paradise, bliss, euphoria...Boy, when I fly, there's nothing in this world that can take me out of that high." Mr. Jufflin, having never bothered to learn the names of his neighbor's kids, addressed a stout 10-year old perched on the wood railing. As with most children, stories of flight and fancy hold their ... | 1 | 0 | 47 | 870 |
[IP] An abandoned plane in a field | "It's almost as beautiful here as you, my darling Arietta."
A cold silence was her response, though he wished she would say something. Her voice was a melody all its own. Her beauty extended beyond her voice as well, into her auburn hair and sky blue eyes. *It's so peaceful here,* he thought.
*Arietta, you were suffe... | 1 | 0 | 47 | 871 |
[IP] An abandoned plane in a field | "This is your secret," she said. She sounded like she was trying to make me think like she knew along, which there's no way she could, but she sounded like it anyway. She did that a lot, tried to make it seem like she wasn't surprised. But she was leaning forward in the passenger seat with her shoulders hunched up, smi... | 1 | 0 | 47 | 872 |
[IP] An abandoned plane in a field | *I wonder if it's still there.*
Sitting in my first aerospace lecture of the year, I think back to what first piqued my interest in the structure of aircrafts.
As soon as I exit the lecture hall, I put my phone to my ear.
"Louis, let's go be nine again."
"Alright, Sarah, see you at six."
*I'm running as fast as ... | 1 | 0 | 47 | 873 |
[IP] An abandoned plane in a field | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 47 | 874 |
[IP] An abandoned plane in a field | "Dude. I'm fucking blaaaaaaaaaazed." Kurt leaned back as far as he could in the busted pilot's seat.
"...yeah. Yeah, dude. Fuck." Bob eventually agreed, the pipe in his hand still cradling a few orange embers. He coughed once, rubbed his eyes, and crinkled his way into the Burger King bag with his free hand, groping a... | 1 | 0 | 47 | 875 |
[IP] An abandoned plane in a field | We'd fought through the winter, and it looked as though we might even win, but those pesky bastards had kept coming. By the end we were no longer an army, just a rag tag group of assorted men and women.
Me and Betsy the old girl had become acquainted 2 years before, right in the middle of the war. Sleek in a stunning ... | 1 | 0 | 47 | 876 |
[IP] An abandoned plane in a field | **June, 21 2003**
I couldn't have asked to go down in a better spot. Is the glass half empty?
Half full? I prefer just half. The woods can provide most food and fire. The plains could set a forest fire if I become... desperate. Huge flames, Blazing heat. I would have to make a clearing for myself. Well, here goes noth... | 1 | 0 | 47 | 877 |
[IP] An abandoned plane in a field | This isn't a story, but I'm curious, did you get this photo from the collection of photos of abandoned British Airfields? | 1 | 0 | 47 | 878 |
[IP] An abandoned plane in a field | I was sitting at the base of the tree, just staring at that bright blue sky. I saw a bird fly over heard towards the other side of the field. This wasn't my first time here, I'd been coming here for years but never had any reason to cross the field. Beside, this was our tree. God bless Anna's soul.
As I followed the b... | 1 | 0 | 47 | 879 |
[IP] An abandoned plane in a field | Nowone really knew where the plane came from, it was just there. My father said that when he was a kid, him and all the kids would explore the flying machine. They found various and unique things, from strange-looking compasses to books and diaries. Father time had worked on the aeroplane, and now it was rusting and ev... | 1 | 0 | 47 | 880 |
[WP]The Best Paragraph You've Ever Written | Here is mine. It may technically be 2 paragraphs -
But, then hair started growing and it all went to hell. My obsession with candy was
replaced by carnal thoughts. Nobody told me what was happening and I was scared. Jack
said, “If you do that too much you will go blind”. His Dad told him he said.
“What if I clo... | 4 | 0 | 16 | 881 |
[WP]The Best Paragraph You've Ever Written | *More than a paragraph, but still something I have always been proud of. The opening to my Trilogy of short stories - Trifecta*
The assassin moved with practiced speed and grace along the rooftops. He made twenty or thirty foot leaps without even breaking stride. Moving from shadow to shadow, he avoided the security c... | 2 | 0 | 16 | 882 |
[WP]The Best Paragraph You've Ever Written |
I can't. If this is my best work, then I'm just going to eclipse it in the future, or worse- I won't, and my best will be in my past. The uncertainty is going to devour me! Oh no! | 8 | 0 | 16 | 883 |
[WP]The Best Paragraph You've Ever Written | And in the end he sat by the water his feet in the shallows and turned numb by the cold turned black by the walk turned in on themselves and all around him the sky too close though more openness there isn't on sweet earth while he tore threads out of his pant seam with nails smoother than sea glass.
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[WP]The Best Paragraph You've Ever Written | I once burnt a monk’s hair into submission,
I told him ‘you were bald anyway’, and blamed the electrician.
But I had good reason! He drove us into the pylon.
And the static ran through me and my heavy duty nylon. | 2 | 0 | 16 | 885 |
[WP]The Best Paragraph You've Ever Written | [deleted] | 2 | 0 | 16 | 886 |
[WP]The Best Paragraph You've Ever Written | [deleted] | 2 | 0 | 16 | 887 |
[WP]The Best Paragraph You've Ever Written | Head in hands, the sadness that James feels multiplies. Words fail to describe what he feels now as the hot emotion pours down from his eyes just as words fail to describe an emptiness darker than black. And in that same way words failed to describe what compelled Staff Sergeant James Smith to do what he did next. B... | 2 | 0 | 16 | 888 |
[WP]The Best Paragraph You've Ever Written | Here's one i've been working on for quite a while.
Nigga Nigga Nigga Nigga Nigga Nigga Nigga , im %100 nigga
Nigga Nigga Nigga Nigga Nigga Nigga Nigga , im %200 nigga
Nigga Nigga Nigga Nigga Nigga Nigga Nigga , why do police hate niggas?
Nigga Nigga Nigga Nigga Nigga Nigga Nigga , they hate us cause our dicks is ... | 14 | 0 | 16 | 889 |
[WP]The Best Paragraph You've Ever Written | This glass palace we made for ourselves, stained with the black bloody footprints of time. Time paws us turns us over in our sleep and leaves its fingerprints on our skin. Would like to say I get funny when I'm drunk would like to say I get deep. I just get lost. I miss you so tortured by your body I feel I cant live i... | 3 | 0 | 16 | 890 |
[WP]The Best Paragraph You've Ever Written | while it may not be my best, it's one of the few i've written recently that i kind of like
Before I ever had the chance to stop him, the vacuum cleaner salesman was inside my house. As soon as the door had opened a crack, before I could even get out two measly words, "no solici…" he was pushing me inside my own livin... | 3 | 0 | 16 | 891 |
[WP]The Best Paragraph You've Ever Written | This is from a personal essay I wrote a few months ago, during my last semester in college. Haven't really written anything decent in a while.
When my Asian birth mother who I am meeting for the first time in twenty years tells me I am her souvenir from Hong Kong, she cups my chin in her hands and says I remind her o... | 15 | 0 | 16 | 892 |
[WP]The Best Paragraph You've Ever Written | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 16 | 893 |
[WP]The Best Paragraph You've Ever Written | When the sun started to set we made it home. Our parents listened as we told our greatly embellished stories, and even said that they might just have to help us look sometime. We went into those woods plenty of times that summer, and even hunted for clams, but never saw the slightest trace of Bigfoot ever again. Onl... | 1 | 0 | 16 | 894 |
[WP]The Best Paragraph You've Ever Written | Eric drove home, and despite the warm air rushing by the open window and the comforting touch of the sun on his skin, on what by all accounts should have been a perfect day, he was troubled. Some discontent was gnawing at the inside of his chest, something entirely different from the worry regarding his job situation t... | 2 | 0 | 16 | 895 |
[WP]The Best Paragraph You've Ever Written | Technically two but I guess they might as well be one:
These kind of nights take me, like they always do, out into the city. On this particular night I sat alone waiting for my coffee at the counter of a small diner I had found. No specific name: just Diner. Whoever was tasked with the job of naming the place threw ‘f... | 1 | 0 | 16 | 896 |
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[WP]The Best Paragraph You've Ever Written | Not sure of best ever, but will recent best be alright?
How do I know if I'm living in this vast mundanity called life. Day in, day out; time passes, but never do I grow. I dream of moments when I will leave, cast away my human shell, and wander about the streets, nude and barren as one could be. When time no longer b... | 1 | 0 | 16 | 898 |
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