The first of us to go outside was the bus driver. “Apologies for the inconvenience, folks,” he said, standing from his seat and stretching before striding casually over to the door. “This’ll just be a minute.”
By Lily3 months ago in Horror
Robert grew peaches. He still grows them. The trees are scattered along the little hillside that leads down to the pond. Each spring, he takes off their winter blankets and surrounds their trunks with chicken wire, to keep the deer out. Each spring, he tends to them, watching from his screened-in porch with binoculars to make sure that the deer don’t steal them before they’re ripe. He shouts at the deer: “Get away from my peaches!”
By Lily11 months ago in Humans
Sleeping on grandma’s couch - Sheets, mint green and stiff Enough so that they are still creased Where they were Folded
By Lilyabout a year ago in Poets
There is no light at the end of the tunnel; Rather, There is laying in the grass And watching the way the clouds move,
It had always been there. The thing. He noticed it for the first time when he was an infant, swaddled in his crib. The little space-themed mobile that his mother bought for him was spinning in circles above him. He liked following the stars and planets with his eyes. The thing liked the mobile, too. The thing liked it so much that it wanted it for itself. It climbed up on the side of his crib and teetered there for a while, its fat toes gripping the wood. It grabbed the mobile with its stumpy little hands and yanked it down from the ceiling.
By Lilyabout a year ago in Fiction
A woman was brushing her teeth in a dimly lit bathroom. Square tiles, a sickly yellow color, some cracked and chipped, lined the walls, offsetting the vibrant color of her red nightgown. Blood and mucus, but not really.
By Lily2 years ago in Fiction
I looked around at my two party members. They were digging excitedly through their chests and showing off their new loot from the intense battle we had just won. My shoulders slumped a little as I saw them pulling out enchanted ivory staffs that glinted in the torchlight, golden fire resistant chest plates, embossed leather Boots of Swiftness…