Short Story
Never Surrender
A lot can happen in a minute. In fact, in the last sixty seconds over two hundred babies were born in the world and almost half will spend the first years of their lives in poverty. Over one hundred people died in that same minute and at least one died of the Big C. That one cause of death no one likes to talk about, because saying its name out loud might give it power or somehow invite it into our lives.
By Mary K Brackett3 years ago in Fiction
A Whole Day
¶ The clock above the door read 10:02. ¶ As Mr. Sorin, the geography teacher, rambled on about some tristate area half a country away, Jake stared at the blackboard, trying to make sense of the map. The teacher, in his brilliance, had drawn the map sideways, with the compass to North pointing lazilily off to the right. Indeed, the teacher had gone the extra mile to turn the N into a Z, to match the orientation.
By Malcolm Roach3 years ago in Fiction
The Unreturned Affection
I long for a life where I can spend my days with someone I effortlessly connect with. Once, there was a boy I had a crush on. When infatuated, it’s easy to become a little loud. Every day, I’d meticulously plan various topics for conversation with him, all the while trying to hide my true feelings, pretending that I had a genuine reason to approach him.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing3 years ago in Fiction
Action Required
It was the early 1980s, and I worked forty hours per week and also helped teach martial arts three nights, taking my daughter with me to karate. My good friend at the time was a black belt, like me, and we were both judges in local karate tournaments. After class, we went to Godfather's Pizza for dinner. I ate salad at their salad bar many times during those years and loved it. She and I would watch all the karate and kung fu videos, so popular then, at either her place or mine on weekends. We loved the cheesy kung fu movies. Our bodies bobbed and weaved with each punch and kick. We would holler out and watch the unbelievable stunts. We discussed all the films with our martial arts friends. There were many with unknown stars, but also the Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris movies and, later on, Steven Seagall ones; we were entertained by them all.
By Andrea Corwin 3 years ago in Fiction
A robot suit from future
There are a lot of things in life that I can't explain to anybody except myself, and this is because I never got the correct words to express what I really felt and many more. I can't explain to these mortals what I really come to know about life. Actually, life is not a single path; it's actually very helical in nature. It is not as simple as a singleton set; it's actually as complicated and full of thrill as an adventurous, unexpected, strange nuclear reactor core, which was accidentally discovered.
By Abhinav Goel3 years ago in Fiction
Sweat
The smell of sweat filled the air. The room was sticky and uncomfortable but no one noticed in this moment. The small crowd was silent. The only noise was the straining groans of both men above the slow-turning ceiling fan, which was doing nothing useful.
By Aythan Maconachie3 years ago in Fiction
City of Fallen Angels
I'm in a bar. It smells of wine, cheap sex, perfume and mold. A woman sits beside me. She's at that tender age when when she starts to regret having stayed faithful to a husband she never truly loved. When the glowing sunset colors of her beauty offer her one last urgent choice between maternal and feminine love. 35, her best years fleeting behind her. At such a time the magic needle compass of the will hovers between final resignation, and the hope of an erotic experience.
By Clerone Benting3 years ago in Fiction
