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Koralin A. Sagi

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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Forever

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My teeth clawed into the seeps of his pale skin, Saliva all over his thin chin. Groan

Mars

To gain my wings...

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My hands shook as I read the words on the leaf. I read the sentence over and over a

Anthony Cicchino

Guilt And Waters

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The water sparkled in the moonlight as the duck graced its surface, transitioning fro

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Motor Head

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Rosey Red Trail

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The Vampire

peoplearejerks246

1 min read

He lunges towards my attacker

Sinks shark points into his neck

Blood spurts out

Pools around him

He falls to the ground

Dead

I shake

scared

Of what he is

Of what he did

Of what I feel for him...

Poetry

Horror

Til Death

JL Abbott

1 min read

Kellan carried a heavy heart and a heavy spade as he walked back through the graveyard. He’d followed the witch doctor’s instructions to the letter, every chant, every incense in the fire, every drop of blood, and for this? It was meant to bring her back, not bring what it was he had left in the graveyard that morning. The sun shone overhead as Kellan turned past Old Tybris’ stone. He felt a red ...

Horror

Fantasy

They Shouldn’t Have Said It

Tangerine!

1 min read

They took turns like it was a game.

Ghost stories.

Urban legends.

The kind you swear never happened,

but say them anyway

because the dark makes everything sound better.

Someone mentioned the girl in white

who waits at the edge of the lake,

asking for help with her eyes,

never her voice.

Say yes—you vanish.

Say no—you dream of drowning.

Someone else told the story

about the tall thing in the tree...

Poetry

Horror

Chasing Rainbows

grubbful

2 min read

Rainbows; mythical things they seemed to most of us as children. An arch of beautiful colors spread across the sky. As well, am I sure we were all told the same tale, that a pot of gold resides at the end of every one.

Silly—it was, yes—yet we never questioned it. I, for sure did not. It fascinanted me wholly, and being a poor child in an equally as poor town, seeing one right outside my window, ...

Horror

Thriller

Footsteps Under A Starry Sky

Vee Alsup

1 min read

This recurring nightmare…needs to stop.

For my sake.

First, it’ll start out like a peaceful starry night, the wind blowing gently, and peaceful silence fills the atmosphere.

Then the stars dim out of sight, the sky turns inky black, and the tree I stand in front of turns red with a glow of something that’s scuffing its feet behind me.

I slowly turn my head, and there it is.

A wide, sharp smil...

Horror

Thriller

Some Days

Terry Salmon

6 min read

Some days I’m okay, but most of the time I feel like a waste,

A worthless person, only good for taking up space.

Every morning, I look in the mirror and stare at my face,

As all the good drains away, replaced with disgrace.

Just a bag of bones that poisons others’ days,

They say it’s not true, that I’m wonderful in so many ways,

Yet those words feel like lies that bleed through my vein...

Poetry

Horror

Footsteps in the Mist

JL Abbott

1 min read

Carina felt led into the woods by this strange woman. The woman’s long matted hair and robe with a white sheen muddied around the hems flowed effortlessly over the gnarled roots of the forest floor. Carina stumbled over the knotted earth as though dragged by an invisible lead. Why had she come to these unfamiliar woods? She stole glances between footsteps, looking as deep past the trees as she cou...

Fantasy

Horror

Doesn’t anyone hear me?

Destiny

1 min read

Can you hear me?

Its the voices in my head?

They come several times a day,

mostly at night, when I lay in bed.

They say the voices are just bad dreams!

But in my head, that’s not how it seems

Does anybody hear me?

Or,is it all in my mind?

Hello?

No one answers but me

I’m just one of a kind!...

Poetry

Horror

The Influencer

huby

2 min read

"I hate that song", the voice chimed in Eleanor's head.

Her perfectly manicured fingers tapped her white desk, and tiny downward crease formed in her perfect full lips.

If she had had less botox, her forehead would show deep lines of concentration.

She was editing her video for social media. Baking 2-Ingredient gluten free sugar free brownies in a 2 million dollar kitchen. Her mouse hovered over...

Humour

Horror

The Twisted Encounter

Bianca Koslowski

3 min read

**Midnight Carbonara**

I stepped into La Luna Pizzeria with trepidation, pausing as the door groaned on its hinges and the light bulb above the counter flickered weakly. The air smelled of damp plaster and stale cheese, and the walls, once cheery yellow, now seemed peeling and shadowed. _Who even comes here?_ I thought, clutching my handbag strap and wishing I could melt into the worn leather cha...

Horror

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