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The empty boat

26 May 2023 1 minute read 0 comments On_my_mind

A young farmer was rowing his boat up the river, all sweaty, to take his goods to the village. While looking ahead, he saw another boat coming towards him very fast. He rowed as hard as he could to move away, but it didn't make a difference. He yel...

The stone cutter attitude

26 May 2023 1 minute read 0 comments On_my_mind

Once upon a time, there was a curious visitor who embarked on a journey through a small town in the mountains. Along his path, he stumbled upon three stone cutters, each engaged in their work. Intrigued by their differing attitudes, the visitor appr...

Escalating Vices- Short story

16 May 2023 6 minute read 2 comments stbrians

The Vice~He suddenly was startled from his deep sleep. Automatically his hand involuntarilywent to the table to switch off the alarm. To his utter amazement his alarm was not tobe located. That is when Mackenzie realized that he was in a strange loca...

I Am Me

11 May 2023 1 minute read 0 comments CreateYourOwn

I hear them. Whispers of the past, pressed with emotions,  that are faintly imprinted on the wooden beams that lay bare and scattered through the thick bush, which once bared a village that my ancestors once lived.. A tribe with such beauty for som...

Don't Be Late

10 May 2023 2 minute read 0 comments RosieJSargent

Okay, okay. I woke up late. Shit. What time is it? 8:15. Okay. I have half an hour. It will take 6-7 minutes to walk to the doctor's surgery. Can't be late. Can't be late. Getting dressed takes five minutes...hair, teeth, etc. etc. Okay, okay. Little...

The Girl with the Red Ribbon

2 May 2023 1 minute read 0 comments VelvetRaindrops

I wanted to be like Addie. Everyone loved her. Including me. It was hard not to. She was kind, funny, sweet and smart but it made me sad to know I would always be second best. Next to her, nobody really paid much attention to me. I didn't have to be...

Twisted Love

2 May 2023 2 minute read 0 comments VelvetRaindrops

He bustled around the kitchen, his movements almost as fast as his mind was racing. He had not been this happy in a long time; perhaps never before as happy as now. There was the one time, but this was better than even his best, most precious memory....

Jeju Island 제주도

29 Apr 2023 29 minute read 0 comments NukeAbe

A Political Sci-Fi Magic Surrealism Short Story July 2022 ***I remember it well. It was the longest second I have ever witnessed. Yet, it was truly an unremarkable scene. A couple of sublime snapshots. A significant moment was captured in the most...

Loss

28 Apr 2023 1 minute read 0 comments VelvetRaindrops

He spits jewels on the floor. They drip, drip, drip from his lips. Impossible. This is impossible. Your mind struggles to understand the scene in front of you. Not real! Your mind screams. Not real! He shakes violently and your mind races through eve...

Hearing Test

28 Apr 2023 1 minute read 0 comments VelvetRaindrops

I’ve been in this room for what feels like hours, when I look at the clock I see it’s really only been thirty minutes. I’m just supposed to have my ears looked at, I noticed a weird sound, a high pitched buzzing that comes and goes. The room is sound...