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S.A. STRANGELY

THANK GOD FOR THE COOK

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I couldn’t help staring. She started a little over a month ago. The only server at th

Hidden valley

My Baby

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My baby and I have a lot in common. Her dark curly hair , her deep brown eyes, her bl

Shadow Queen

Monster of Mine

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She looks back at me from the mirror. Mismatched eyes are bleeding black. Lips are c

Koralin A. Sagi

Is It Illegal To Murder Your Husband?

2 min read

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

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Queen of the Forest

Robin

1 min read

Joaquin shuffled after Geoffroi in the Willow Palace. Sunrays broke through the roof woven from tree branches.

"Stop."

A calm voice halted the intruders in their tracks. They looked up. The Queen of the Forest was sitting on a round root, her ebony hair draping down her shoulders, floating weightless, as if underwater. Birds, butterflies, bees, and beetles rested on her linen cloak. Delicate gold...

Fantasy

Horror

The Unexpected Guest

Gerald Felton

2 min read

“Dennis…” A voice whispered from the dark. “Dennis… Wake up, Dennis. We are coming.”

Dennis jolted up in a cold sweat. He turned to look at the clock. 4:22 AM, just like every morning for the last week.

“Screw it,” Dennis yawned. “I’m up. Might as well make some coffee.”

Dennis rolled out of bed, throwing his blanket to the floor. He sauntered toward the kitchen of his one bedroom apar...

Horror

Thriller

The Glasses

Raylene Philips

2 min read

It all started on Charlie’s 13th birthday.

Her mother told her, “thirteen is the age where a girl starts to become a woman.”

Her best friend Claudia told her, “being a teenager is great; you’ll get to experience a whole new life!”

Her brother George told her, “your teenage years are your hardest years.”

In a way, they were all right.

One moment, Charlie was blowing out the blue candles on her...

Horror

Knuckles

Courtney

1 min read

Lavender swung her hair out of her face, smirked, and walked over to the beaten man a few feet away. She put each leg on either side of his body and stared into his terrified eyes. She seamlessly squatted over him, inches away from straddling him, and licked his blood from her knuckles while he cried....

Horror

Floating Mistress

Hog

1 min read

At Reinfall gorge, there is supposedly a woman who was drowned by her husband because she made a bad meal for him.

He came home from his job one night hoping to dive into a delicious warm homemade meal but instead his wife served him a single uncooked potato, she said it was because she didn’t want to cook that night.

The husband got really mad at her and started to punch her and throw her around ...

Horror

Don’t Say A Word

sugahh

1 min read

The silence is me. I sit back on a empty wall with dirt smudges, and cracks all over it. Most would look at it and say it looked about ready to all crumble to the ground, and yet it still stands. That wall has stood there for the 26 years I’ve been alive and I’m sure it’s been there longer than that. This wall holds pain, and shame, and brokenness. It’s a lot like me and that’s probably why I catc...

Horror

Awkward Silence

Nova Ryan

3 min read

Silence is a complete absence of sound. Many experience this everyday even multiple times a day. It can be a part of many things that are beautiful and it can be a part of horrible things too. The silence before the validictorian gives their gut-wrenching speech at graduation can be looked at as a good silence. In this case it’s the build up to a very sweet moment. The silence in a room full of sc...

Mystery

Horror

They Fail To Empathize

AriIsWriting

1 min read

I did not choose this

Why would I ever want this?

To torture myself

And rip my heart from my chest

Just to watch myself die.

They think I’m sadistic

That I do this just for attention.

To wish my body reflected my soul

And your words accepted my truth.

Their cruelty stabs me

They go through the organs I wish

Didn’t dictate how people see me.

Would it be better to rip them from my body?

And wa...

Poetry

Horror

Genesis Of Stillness

S.A. STRANGELY

1 min read

There’s something special about them. I can’t exactly quantify it easily. They speak to me in their lack of sound.

At first, it was the peaceful moments of the woods. I’d hike out and sit among the trees, absorbing it — the stillness. I liked empty beaches too, on those days when no one was around and the waves lapped breathlessly on the shore. I preferred lakes over the ocean, though the ocean ...

Horror

Thriller

One Dead, One Limping

Iza

1 min read

Snarling as I flash my teeth

Biting down on the hands that feed

Blood splatters follow me

Wailing that others will bleed

A fix for the night will leave me nice

A fix for the night will leave me violent when the sun is bright

Has the past overtaken my autonomy

Did my unforgotten truths take hold of my beliefs

Were my early memories the reason I lay in defeat

There are people with fangs lodg...

Poetry

Horror