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How much is the fish?

27 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Ledeni

How much is the fish? I mean, does adding a wrap and a bow truly increase it's value? At what point did the humanity reach consensus that the value of thought, action and life is decided by the wavelength of refracted light coming from rags? Waste ma...

Burning Out

27 Jun 2021 2 minute read 1 comment RocketEnthusiast

Even the purest of intentions can end up having detrimental effects. A young child catching fireflies in a jar to keep for his own and take care of may not survive in a glassy world. Sometimes things just don't turn out the way we imagine, sometimes...

The Donkey and The Walrus

25 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments newb0Xsir

  I am a donkey. A donkey, riding a walrus. A few other things that I have absolutely no clue about. Because this story is the only thing that I have ever written. Not once but twice. I wrote it out on paper for the first time when I was eight becaus...

Your Fragile Life is the Hands of Merciful God - A Story About a Fly That Lived

24 Jun 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Vitus │Righteous Legacy

It seems like this little fly seeks my attention. With a playful buzz, it flew by my face as if showing off its flying capabilities. “Don’t worry,” I thought, feeling less than impressed. “I don’t want to be a fly even if it means I can fly!” I hate...

What Happens to a Writer Who Has Too Many Ideas?

23 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Vitus │Righteous Legacy

Everything started with a desire to edit my last listicle. As I was fixing up the introduction when a new idea struck my mind. I opened a new tab and started a story. While it’s fresh I decided to whip up the first draft. I do them quickly because I...

Interplanetary Sunsets (Chapter 4)

22 Jun 2021 6 minute read 0 comments newb0Xsir

***Before you start reading!*** Check out the first 3 chapters here: Interplanetary Sunsets (Chapter 1?) | by James Crawford | Medium Interplanetary Sunsets (Chapter 2) | by James Crawford | Medium Interplanetary Sunsets (Chapter 3) | by James Crawfo...

In the dark - A (very) short story of fear (ENG) / Nel buio – Una microstoria di paura(ITA)

20 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments lemming

In the dark (ENG) It was dark, black, absolutely obscure.I was groping, but I was absolutely not able to perceive what my hands were touching.One moment it was something soft, intangible, perhaps a cobweb. The next moment I felt something liquid, oil...

Between me

14 Jun 2021 5 minute read 0 comments ByakuroStories

"Finally, you can hear me now." "Who are you?" "The other you" "The other me? "Yes. "Am I going crazy? "Ahah, not at all" "How is something like that possible then?" "Simple, you're listening. "I don't understand. Listening to what? "Of yourself." "S...

The cliff - A (very) short fiction story (ENG) / La scogliera – Una microstoria (ITA)

13 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments lemming

The cliff (ENG) The cliff was so high that the precipice that sank beneath his feet looked more like an infinite chasm than a cliff overlooking the sea.The coast rose so high above the waves breaking on the rocks that he could hardly hear the roar.A...

A` Large Encampment Upon A Very Large Hill

12 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments ArmFarm

A Division, of The Holy Army, sat upon the top. The Main elements of Knights, Clerics, and Paladins grouped under their tents and gazebos. Some were praying, some were resting and sleeping, some were holding Councils. Their armor was set about, in or...