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27 Oct 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Krisz Rokk $0.11
The fog lifted when Yandu turned around the corner and bumped into a giant blue rabbit. “What on Earth is this?” yelled Yandu, punching the brake and bringing the car to a stop abruptly. The rabbit stared at him with his shimmering, crystal white eye...
24 Oct 2025 6 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey $0.02
Shaun excuses herself to pass out in one of the two bedrooms. Meanwhile Bob and Kristen continue pawing at each other on the couch. Theoretically one bed remains open, though it’s awfully difficult to imagine anything happening on this front, partic...
21 Oct 2025 15 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey $0.05
Arriving over at Jenna’s around noon on a weekday seems strange, as it always does — meaning not just here, but anytime I’m hanging out in anybody’s house during these circumstances. It still feels like skipping school or something, even though...
20 Oct 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Nurnobi Islam $0.07
Elias Thorne's world was built of acid-free paper and climate-controlled silence. As a senior archivist, he was a custodian of ghosts, preserving the brittle letters of soldiers and the faded diaries of forgotten poets. He spent his days rescuing ot...
14 Oct 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Nurnobi Islam $0.04
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 $0.11
“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 $0.02
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 Nurnobi Islam $0.04
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 $0.05
“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 $0.01
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...
