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Charcoal and Caramel

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Mom's hair used to be strawberry blonde. The sort of blonde you would only see on Ame

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Paint By Numbers Killer

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The day of my 13th kill, a special number for obvious reasons. Years ago, I couldn’t

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DeadBread

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My eyes burst open to a bright, searing white light. My head buzzing with a low ring in my ears, I pat myself down looking for any injuries. I lean over to check my legs and feet but my right foot is backwards. I don’t even feel it. Am I going to lose it? I think.

I look around trying to get my bearings. I see a helicopter in the middle of the building through the now broken glass partition. It ...

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The Four

Delphine P Snow

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"Those are GPS coordinates," her partner said.

"What are GPS coordinates?" Detective Sloane responded, not remotely aware to what what her partner was referring .

She wasn’t a morning person.

Neither was she a night owl. She loved her rest and anything that disrupted her sleep irritated her beyond belief. It was just 4 A.M. and a new body was found by one of those morning joggers she considered...

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KillerRue

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"Gosh, I have to stop getting blood all over these hard wood floors..." I say to Brook

"Alice this can not be an everyday thing that just happens to you. You just killed a man." See says back in a she's bored sort of tone.

"Of course I did, I can not let my little sister date a guy that hits her. It barbaric and unwarranted. You've met her she like sunshine except she doesn't go down...

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Our Secret

Snakewriter

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Everyone had watched him go under the water. Everyone had watched him die. Over the world, people rejoiced. They didn’t mourn the death of a serial killer. They didn’t care.

I cared.

The police pulled me into their interrogation room. “Where are they?” They asked.

I shook my head. “I don’t know.” A lie.

“You lived with him. You saw nothing?”

“Yes. I saw nothing.”

“Did you know the girl...

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Billion Dollar Ransom

JP_BOOKS

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Five members of a billionaire family. All in different locations. Each one kidnapped at the exact same time. How much would you pay to save *your* family? BILLION-DOLLAR RANSOM arrives September 1. Pre-order here: bit.ly/3WcyORx

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Is It Time For Me To Die?

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The fluorescent street lights

Weren’t the only thing keeping me awake at night

There were the thoughts

A bunch coming in, lots

The blade going through his neck

The guilt I carry is a reck

I want to be free, take this weight of my back

To take my thoughts and leave it on a rack

But I wasn’t ready to go through the consequence

The pay back of life, to confess

I’ve done it before

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Cat And Mouse

Wendi

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After chasing after each other for so long, it was ridiculous that it ended up so dramatic. Rain poured down as Liam walked down the alleyway home. His shoulders hunched and he just hoped his decisions wouldn’t catch up to him now. Liam shivered a little and pulled his coat up more. He heard a splash behind him and he didn’t have to look back to know who was right there. Liam got shoved forward to...

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Holding together #2

Tominos_outforme

2 min read

I could see the fear in matties eyes

"What do i do"mattie says as we face back to back

"Try" i say As I show her my phone 217 miles per hour tornado thats recking the city(about 350 kilometers) (I think i guessed)

I could see the purple shine in her hands.

I didnt have that.i had green. The average dragon color. Along with orange

It was 3:17 a.m.

We could see the tornado

Ruining people's homes kil...

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Policy Is Policy…

Joslyn Jayde

3 min read

The bright white of the light fixture overhead twitches as one of the bulbs flickers, making the cold bank lobby seem even more sterile than usual. I heave I sigh from where I sit at my desk, discovering why nobody else wanted the closing shift. It’s my first week here, and I’m chronically bored. The emptiness of the room makes the tick of the clock echo, filing the painful silence with a constant...

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Not Good Enough

Quill To Page

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I would say I am good at lying. Because of my tendency to get into trouble easily, I get a lot of practice; instead of fighting my way out of situations, I use my words, which also can be quite persuasive.

Stepping into the room, I was immediately overwhelmed with music, flashily lights and the numerous amounts of people, many drunks, others easily angered bodyguards of important people. I came ...

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