Bad habits
It's Not the End of the World. Runner-Up in I Made It Worse Challenge.
Look, it’s not the end of the world, really. No use crying over spilled milk, right? And that’s all this is - spilled milk. Do you have paper towels? Okay, regular towels then, older ones that you can use as cleanup rags?
By Meredith Harmon6 months ago in Confessions
What’s This?
My brother had a 1987 Ford Escort that ran technically, but the carburetor was flooded. He knew this because when you'd turn the key, you'd get this drowning sound. Like the engine was trying to cough up something it shouldn't have swallowed. He'd described it to me three times. I finally said, "Just let me look at it."
By Aarsh Malik6 months ago in Confessions
People Don't Want to Be Fixed. Honorable Mention in I Made It Worse Challenge.
It began with my birth. That's how we met, after all. And I suppose things were fine up until the divorce. Or maybe even after. Maybe things were fine until the affair. And actually maybe things were fine then, too, all the way up until the death. Not of you or I, but of your second husband. That's when the slow breakdown---the avalanche of us---began.
By Raine Neal6 months ago in Confessions
Cleaning Up for Vanessa. Runner-Up in I Made It Worse Challenge. Top Story - May 2026.
I logged in to Vanessa’s computer and was immediately disgusted. So much crap on her desktop! This has to be cleaned up. First, let's drag all the files to the trash. Next thing is to fix the desktop appearance from the standard view to her favorite color, yellow, and put a graphic of all the planets down the side. The screen isn’t bright enough, so I'll adjust that in the settings.
By Andrea Corwin 6 months ago in Confessions
DARLEEN'S PHONE. Runner-Up in I Made It Worse Challenge.
The music was still playing inside, though it no longer sounded like a wedding. Voices drifted out into the garden in brief bursts: someone shouting a name, a glass breaking, waiters trying uselessly to calm people who no longer wanted to be calmed.
By Isidora Luna6 months ago in Confessions
I Thought It Needed Water
The plant looked dry. That’s important context, because I’d like it noted from the start that my intentions were good. Negligent people don’t notice dryness. Negligent people walk past suffering every day. I noticed. I acted. If anything, this situation began with empathy.
By Alain SUPPINI6 months ago in Confessions
I Have Achieved Nothing On Vocal
Introduction The title is pure clickbait but I look at my friends' profiles and see their Vocal achievements, first place in this challenge, runner up in that challenge and so so on then look at the blank space on mine. This piece is going to be super positive.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 6 months ago in Confessions
Who Are You, Iris?. Top Story - May 2026.
Who are you, Iris, sitting against that brick wall like the security footage of a nervous breakdown that learned how to smoke, flirt, and quote dead philosophers incorrectly? You look like someone’s lost weekend grew a body and then got bored of apologising. Bare feet, tank top, damaged hair, the sacred posture of a girl who has spent too long negotiating with her own appetites in private rooms where the curtains know too much.
By Iris Obscura6 months ago in Confessions
