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14 Oct 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Prompted Beauty
Maya had always been precise about everything—her morning coffee at exactly 7:15, her emails answered within the hour, her life planned in neat, predictable lines. But standing in her grandmother's garden that autumn afternoon, watching the last chr...
14 Oct 2025 3 minute read 2 comments Krisz Rokk
“Who are you?” Giggling, nodding, allowing the petals to cover her surroundings, Pantegra opened her arms and wanted to reply with her gorgeous smile, but two guardians behind her were quicker. “What’s with you, Earthlings? Every time you choose a...
8 Oct 2025 11 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Although we all characterize Dylan’s coworkers as friendly, but somewhat boring and lame, it’s possible that we just haven’t met the right ones yet. Without question some of the stories he tells us about those who’ve yet to cross our paths mak...
28 Sep 2025 4 minute read 2 comments Prompted Beauty
The fifth-floor corridor always felt colder than the rest of the building. Tonight, the cold was a living thing, seeping through the soles of Idris’s worn-out shoes. It wasn't the usual draft from the old window frames; it was a profound, waiting st...
28 Sep 2025 11 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
“Damn, dude, it looks like you’ve lost a bunch of weight,” Dylan observes, in the kitchen one evening, as I shuffle inside and flop into a chair. “What’s your secret?” “Mmm…let’s call it the Ramen And Overtime Diet,” I improvise with a laugh....
25 Sep 2025 7 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
With nothing else to do, Pete and I take the dregs of our beer to the next metal bench over, and join Dylan as he continues holding court. When he gets on these rolls, his gift for commanding center stage is truly a sight to behold — which mak...
23 Sep 2025 11 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
With the latest school semester beginning and even these late summer days only sporadically warm, it makes sense that we begin phasing out the whole beach bum superhero costumes. Time to get back down to business, perhaps. But when we are unexpected...
21 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments nevlu123
Robobee Anime is the Friend of danger. Today I am creating a fictional story for you, centered around today's robot-shaped bee enemy. I hope you will like this story. However, the story is completely fictional and does not match reality. I hope you m...
21 Sep 2025 9 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Seeking pointers on the whole black female experience, Dylan and I find ourselves at this somewhat posh hotel bar downtown, with Marvin, for happy hour. It's the Monday following her handoff of the digits, and my roommate was thinking it might make...
19 Sep 2025 4 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
On the surface this rekindled relationship with Helena is progressing far better. During the next great big holiday weekend, this one wrapped around the fourth of July, as all my closest friends have uniformly ventured back home, she and I hatch thi...
