Moved Permanently

My hand covers Sissy’s three-year-old mouth as we cower under the basement stairs. With no electricity, flashlight, or candle to guide the intruder down into the damp, cold, blackness of the stone …

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Bright white light clouds my eyesight and it takes a few seconds to get used to. As my eyes are adjusting I lean over some more, open my drawer, and grab my dream journal and lucky pen. My dream …

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“In my defense, you first came to me when I was fourteen. Of course I was going to try and be ironic.”Ginger sat on his back haunches, looking like a very small panther ready to accept tribute …

“Happy Birthday, Joe!” he said radiantly. “Thank you,” I remember saying. “Aren’t you happy? This is a beautiful cake, son, isn’t it? I know you wanted it just like this.” “Yes,... 4 likes 0 comments 0 Read story

It’s that theater spirit, and a simple love of drama, that inspired us to create this week’s prompts. So let’s celebrate all things theatrical both on-stage and off, with stories that’ll get your audience crying, …

“ My years ” by Julia Naroznik Dear diary, When I was born I was a mistake my parents never planned to have a baby, I was a mistake and they weren't ready to have me but for a few years they managed to …

He never believed that women had struggled so much to be recognised and are still struggling a lot to be equal with the male counterparts. He fell asleep soon... 0 likes 0 comments 0 Read story