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April 25, 2024
General Stories Michael Barlett

Dubious Provence

CHAPTER ONE The grizzly old man watched through the window as a Jeep Cherokee approached along the pathway leading to his cabin. He had no clue as to who the visitor might be, although the person had been there many times before. Sadly, the old man was…
April 25, 2024
General Stories Robert Pook

Debut

Glossed red leather clatters into a hallowed wicket of willow, cracking the silence within storied stands of the ‘Home of cricket.’ M.C.C., Lord’s cricket ground, two hundred years of history. Centuries old celebration of appeal, and congratulation, echo…
April 25, 2024
Mystery Stories Kownain Sid

Don't Feel Bad When I Die

(Inspired by true events) Part one: The descent into darkness "Come on, sweetie, now is the time for a bedtime story," a man tells his daughter as he begins reading from a few papers he was carrying. "Today, David is meeting his former teacher, Pinky, after…
April 20, 2024
Poetry Paweł Markiewicz

The Quire Of The Sheep

We are calling for your soul for a benevolent autumnal source May the hoary times arrive full of sunny gloom endlessly dream! with a fancy coming from tender sea we are conjuring you dreamer your mythical pearls Come propitious birdies from Olympus-mountling!…
April 20, 2024
Crime Stories Jason Smith

Peter's Peril

It was finally happening. After years of struggling, Peter had landed his dream job. A producer in Hollywood had read his self published book and wanted to create a television show based on it. He’d personally asked Peter to join his writing team. This was…
April 20, 2024
Fantasy Stories Nelly Shulman

The White Dove

The dusty glass of an ancient lamp sparkled, and Bronwen jumped back. Nikola rolled his eyes. “The electricity is quite safe,” he said. “Sooner or later, you’ll use it.” Sitting down in a worn velvet chair, Bronwen snorted. “What for, Nikola? I have my magic…
April 13, 2024
Flash Fiction Benoit

The March

By just one seat, the Coalition of Hard Fighting Women, More Justice for Women and Green Now had won the election. At 12 noon on Giri (Wednesday), triumphant feminists would march from each end of Sydney Harbour Bridge to celebrate. Led by Prime Minister…
April 13, 2024
Flash Fiction Dominik Slusarczyk

The Exam

I I catch the ball, spin, and throw it back to my friend. I throw it way too hard. It goes sailing over my friend’s head, bounces, then goes into the back of a girl sat in a little circle with her friends. One of her friends tuts at us and tells us to be more…
April 13, 2024
Mystery Stories MegaParsec

Mrs Briton's Secret

Everyday Mrs. Briton would quietly leave the house in the dark. She would tiptoe so that no one would ever come to know that…..(beginning given) She was dying. The only pillar of the family’s well-being depending on a tiny vial and a hypodermic needle. Every…
April 11, 2024
Horror Stories Luna Woods

Cornswell The Witch

The year is 1692. A young fellow named David was on his way into town when he saw a weird-looking house in the distance. The house was old and run-down, but there was still light burning through the windows. "DAVID. DAAAAAAVIIIID." David turned around to see…
April 11, 2024
Science Fiction Stories David Blitch

Do You Remember When?

Do you remember when? Before the Alien Bastards came? Well, I sure do! I sit here in my farm house on the lake, at the foothills of the White Mountains, getting wasted on cheap beer even before the lunch bell has rung. It is a place so secluded, among the…
April 11, 2024
Romance Stories A.Coster

A Night In The Black Forest

My homebound journey following my tour of Europe was interrupted when my plane halted in Paris for a couple hours, leaving me with just one hour in Frankfurt to make my connecting flight. As I had feared, I would not make it. If you’ve traveled through…

Life is distant, the walls are silent but hollow. I hear the echoes. I can hear his laugh. He is taunting me. As I sit in the never-ending abyss. The ground is transparent, I see life as it moves. But I stand still. Through the fog, I see a glass. I reach trying to grasp life. I grab onto the fog. Hoping it will pull me in. The force pushes me back. I am broken.

 

My life is in pieces. As I watch the fog get thicker. I reach again. Trying to grab onto something real. But I fail. The laugh gets louder. I reach again knowing I will fail. My feet go limp my body is gone. I am falling, I know that now. As I feel the wind hit my face. I see the clouds close in. I am stuck.

What Am I?

I am nothing

 

I fall. Where Am I?

The walls are warm, my feet are bare.

Everything is bright.

I see greenery everywhere.

I am in heaven.

The wall turns.

I look around, everything is dark.

I see violence, anger, sadness.

This is hell.

I no longer can see the difference.

 

I feel lifted.

I look down to see I am being pulled up.

I see the hell getting smaller and smaller.

I smile, I am content.

I soon am above the clouds.

I feel I am flying.

I am not restrained.

I am not in the present nor am I in the past.

I am in my own endless time.

I close my eyes.

I fall.

The winds slaps me at every turn.

I try to grasp onto something, anything.

I continue to fall.

 

“Slap”.

I smell the burning of my skin.

I jump up.

My eyes wide.

Where am I ?

This is not heaven, nor is it hell.

I reach to my side.

The pain grows.

MY body is burning.

I become a flame, and there is not water to put me out.

I scream.

 

The water hits me, I am calm.

I sit.

Breathing slowly, I feel the fire disappear.

I wait knowing he is coming.

I hear his laugh.

His footsteps everywhere.

There is no point in running.

There is nowhere to go.

 

I can hear his footsteps getting louder.

He is close.

I lessen my breathing.

I feel a light tap on my shoulder.

I look up there is no one there.

He is taunting me.

I hear his laughs echoing through the walls.

 

I curl up in a ball closing my eyes waiting.

 

I open my eyes.

The floor is no longer hot but warm.

I stand up.

Looking around I hear no noise.

I stand still.

Waiting, as I know what is to come.

 

The floors start to turn.

I can feel heat hitting my face.

I see the walls start to turn.

I close my eyes, preparing myself.

 

I see the sun.

The flowers are bright.

The lands is vast.

I see the people, going about their daily business.
I think to myself, this must be a dream.

I turn around.

I am right.

The glass that contains me, holds me from freedom.

I see the world move on.

As I watch.

I try and reach out towards the sun.

How I miss the flowers.

The smell of the salty sea water.

The patterning of children's feet and their little laughs.

 

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Bio: My name is Jewel Chever I was born and raised in CT I grew up loving writing and mysteries and all array of genres. I am a high school​​ student looking for a better future and new beginnings. Writing has always brought me happiness and through my writing, I have heard I bring happiness to others.  I live with my mother in Willimantic CT

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