Shoulders aching, he pulled back on the oar, sending his canoe downstream faster. He wanted to glance over his shoulder, but he only had the will to keep paddling. To keep putting every iota of his focus on making more distance between his craft and the pursuit. The palms of his hands burned from burst blisters, his knuckles oozed blood.

While struggling to keep the boat upright in some rapids, a...

I didn’t even know who was chasing me. Or why. The entire ideal was overwhelming.

I hauled myself into a canoe on the edge of a river, frantically paddling out onto the bluish water. I looked over my shoulder and saw one of the three people, a man with dark hair and a beard dive into the water after me. Seriously? What was so important that I was needed for?

I paddled faster, but the current h...

The wind howled like a dog the river was cold and Gary was moving upstream away from someone.

He had gone on this fishing trip with his friends but halfway through they were caught in a storm, Gary was out on the river, and the wind pushed him downstream, Then he saw it. A black canoe just like the one he had and a hooded figure paddling quickly towards him.

In pure panic, Gary attempted to padd...

3, 2, 1 Go!!!

The voice from the megaphone came.

You paddled fast down to end of the River.

You tried so hard to get past every one else.

At one point you were third and then you almost made it to second but when a sudden rush of energy kicked in to rower 47 you got down to 4th place.

Then being weak you started to slow down from the pain in your arm. 32, 53, and then 19 all got in front of you. ...

“Aw, shit…”
Adam glanced back, vision foggy and unfocused. His eyes hadn’t adjusted to the mist, but they had to now. In the damp, distant haze, a figure emerged. Cloaked in… no, made of black. A pure, unknowable substance. And it carried a paddle.

One of them.

Their kind never gave up. Last time Adam saw one, Lucas had still been alive. Before the end, Lucas had shared his plan, Operation Sunligh...

My “teacher” held my arm in a vice grip and refused to let go. I cried desperately for mercy as I tried to tear my wrist out of her grasp, but she held firm,”I SWEAR I DIDN’T STEAL THE DOLL” i screamed at her but she wouldn’t listen. The next thing I felt was weightlessness as I was thrown in a boat with only a paddle and a worn life vest,”row” she demanded silently. I slowly put on the life vest ...

He rows through silence, calm and wide,

With forests leaning either side,

A golden coat, the sky turned gray—

The world forgot, he drifts away.

The ripples hum a hollow tune,

A lullaby beneath the moon,

And every splash against the wood

Becomes a thought misunderstood.

No compass, map, or written plan,

Just heart and hand, the oar, the man.

He isn’t lost—he seeks the sound

Of voices only lakes h...

Title: The Rising Phoenix

In a small town surrounded by sprawling mountains, lived a young woman named Mia Chen. Mia had always been fascinated by martial arts, especially after watching a kickboxing tournament on television as a child. The nimble fighters, the fierce determination in their eyes, and the rhythm of their strikes captivated her. However, Mia’s life had its share of challenges. Grow...

The current runs quickly and slowly simultaneously. The black, stinging liquid represents all perceptions of time. Some believe they have too little, some believe too much. Time can hit you like a train, or trap you in an inescapable cage.

I used to think I was a prisoner of time. Every day was slower than the last; a bunch of time wasted. I’d had a plethora of time compared to people I knew. Pe...

Carl is the father of 2 children, the girl, Brigit is calm and sweet. The boy, Bob is crazy and kinda mean. Today they're at their town's lake. Carl wanted to race on their canoes, so they started racing. Carl barely beat them but he did it, and after the race they got icecream....