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Is It Illegal To Murder Your Husband?

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What a question, I thought. I layed my head down on the floor, relaxing my body. “I w

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The Way That You Did

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"I think you’re misremembering, stop acting silly." A tight smile plastered itself to

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Electric Stars

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Twinkling Setting the backdrop Of our last life Of reminiscent smiles In the life b

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The day I turned 18

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The day I turned 18, sweet sunny, summer day! Was I by forest’s edge, kept saying I’m

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“Oh that’s so cute..!” I munch on a fry. “And a little cheesy.” He chuckles, a playfu

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Doll In A Case

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The voices calm My back is sharp I have been impaled On this street corner I cannot

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Killer Be Killed

Matt

2 min read

Most serial killers have a weapon of choice, an M.O., a perfect victim, a calling card, a talisman, a trophy, or a location they preferred to kill or dump bodies.

Franklin had none of these.

He didn’t even fit most serial killer stereotypes. His childhood was happy, he didn’t start by killing animals or pets, he didn’t keep trophies, and few people would say “he seemed like a nice guy” on the n...

Drama

Silence

Tessa🦋

1 min read

Silenced into submission

What’s the revision

Make a comparison

The Beatles with Harrison

Silence is deafening

The final reckoning

Eternal blessing

Always testing

Silence before the storm

Hear the waves roar

Not knowing what’s in store

Like never before...

Drama

Unfortunate Circumstances

Lil Phoenix

1 min read

You knew things weren’t well

I was struggling at home

I was struggling at school

My mind a prison that someone must’ve lost the keys to long ago

My heart a fortress of pain

But you were the light

And you knew it

If I stay, you stay

We live for each other, you said

And then you left

A few words, a simple goodbye

And you were suddenly a stranger who apparently lied

Losing you broke parts of me I ...

Poetry

Drama

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My Cup Runneth Over

Brand-Clean Home

Chapter 5

“What the _fuck_?” Eleven-year-old me snarled, crossing my skinny, white arms over the _Ramones_ shirt that I’d hitchhiked to Seattle to buy. “You’re like my _parents_!”

“_May._” Danny’s mother, Deborah, said softly. She’d always call me _May_. “You have to go.”

I’d only just turned eleven a month before, in February, 1978. And they’d decided to call Social Services, saying that I’d run away fro...

Drama

YA fiction

The Agony Of Faith

Silvermist

1 min read

In millions of torments,

I live.

I yearn for any connection.

Touch my heart.

Make me believe

In the beauty of life.

Faith still fails

In the light of what I've endured.

Faith in love,

Beauty,

Life.

It turns its curved back on me

Any time I find the courage

To admire it, trust it.

I try again

And again.

Again.

And again.

And it keeps stabbi...

Poetry

Drama

Empty Promises Are Ugly

mal

1 min read

Like the sand slipping through my fingers, there you go.. walking out of my life.

You promised to fill me up, yet you left me emptier than I was before.

My chest if hollow.

My heart has never been whole, yet it feels more shattered than it was before.

Where are you?

Where is the person I fell for?

You knew I craved to be loved, to be cherished.

I believed your empty words.

I let them consu...

Poetry

Drama

The Horrors Of A Claire’s Manager

tatermama

1 min read

On a dreary cloudy Tuesday afternoon, sitting alone in her apartment sat a young woman who had hit rock bottom. A previous manager of a locally owned convenient store that she loved, fell through and there she sat scouring the internet looking for any glimmer of hope. There it was, a positing for a team member position at Claire’s in the pine ridge mall. This line of work wasn’t something this par...

Drama

Rippling Reach

Érdna

1 min read

Far

Fetched

Distant

Dream

Bygone

Bride

Lost

Luck

Missed

Moment

Faded

Flame

Call

Thin

Thought

Rippling

Reach...

Poetry

Drama

3 min read

My Cup Runneth Over

Vodka And Old Dresses

Chapter 4

I collapsed into the scratched up office chair, my head lolling back to stare at the ceiling. I continued to gaze blankly at the ceiling even when I heard Danny’s footsteps, and then a moment later, his voice: “Macey?”

“Hi.” I wasn’t looking at him- I still had my face to the ceiling.

“Are you drunk?”

“Aw, man, how’d you know?” I laughed, leaning forwards in the chair to look at him, his arms c...

Drama

YA fiction

Skies

Chloe Petrich

1 min read

The sun beams down, so bright on my face, banishing the chill of the cold.

As it sets and bids farewell, it paints a rainbow of colors untold.

The street lights flicker on, ushering in the season of darkness, leaving only late night strolls.

The sky, once full of stars, now seems lifeless and cold; a place that was magical now feels harsh to behold....

Poetry

Drama