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By Kai Winslowabout a year ago in Fiction
The Chair by the Window. AI-Generated.
Mara had been in the apartment for three days before she noticed the chair. It wasn’t an extraordinary chair—wooden, low-backed, scuffed on the legs—but it sat in the far corner by the window as though it had been put there deliberately. The cushions were sun-faded on one side, as if someone had sat there for years, facing the street.
By Mohammedseid Ahmedinabout a year ago in Fiction
Oppy: An innocent little murderer
“She’s dead.” “No, no, no. I don’t believe you!” That was thirteen months ago, and I still don’t believe him. Travis, the chief of police. It was him, I know it. He was the last one to see her alive, my mother. They had been seeing each other for a few months before her death. I know he had something to do with it, and he’s covering it up. That’s why I’m here, standing at the foot of his bed in the middle of the night, holding a rifle. His rifle. I know what you’re thinking: he should have kept it locked away. It was. I stole the key three days ago. He doesn’t use it much. It’s not police issue. There’s no reason for him to have it other than that he likes guns.
By Simon Georgeabout a year ago in Fiction
The Coffins Came At 8 . Winner in Leave the Light On Challenge.
The coffins came at 8. She knew they would. Each lid opened in smooth succession. Like freshly made beds, each one ready for her family. The metal tags already engraved with the names of her loved ones. She wept by each graveside, as memories flashed through her mind. They had all left her. She knew it was coming.
By Sarah O'Gradyabout a year ago in Fiction
My Cabbages
Daniel woke up to a car horn blaring outside his window. Following the car horn were the screaming voices of two old men. Daniel cracked one eye open and looked at his alarm clock. It was six in the morning. He tried to drown out the noise with his pillow but it was no use. The sun streamed into his bedroom. Although it was early in the morning, Daniel’s room was already hot. His apartment didn’t have air conditioning or a cooling unit and the summer heat was relentless this year. New York City was breaking heat records daily. The humidity stuck to the locals like warm honey. He would have awoken from the uncomfortable heat despite the old men.
By Desirae Anayaabout a year ago in Fiction
The Longest Night
8:47 PM The sun was dying slow behind the tree line, a dark cherry bruise spreading across the fading ember sky. Phoebe killed the engine of her VW van, listening to the ticks and pops of it cooling down as if it would cool her nerves along with it. The urn on the passenger seat gleamed like bone in the growing purple light.
By Ellie Hoovsabout a year ago in Fiction
Don't Check Out
Loni was staring at a web that was covered with caterpillars. Expect it wasn’t a spider web, it was a…nest? Some kind of cocoon...egg hatching web thing? Loni didn’t care, only that she wasn’t looking at caterpillars struggling for their lives, just vibing.
By Rebecca Pattonabout a year ago in Fiction
Shore Leave. Winner in Everything Looks Better From Far Away Challenge. Content Warning.
I. Landing Reed stood on the porch and stared out at the view like it was behind glass. The cabin was perched high enough above the fjord to see its whole serpentine length stretching out into the distant horizon. Water like hammered silver. Pine trees lining both banks like a sea of dark velvet. Sunlight poured in low from the west, gold-plating the hills in a way that would have made a photographer weep with joy. A gull cawed overhead. Something rustled through the grass. Somewhere, distant, a dog barked twice and then fell silent.
By Aspen Nobleabout a year ago in Fiction
The Man Who Sold Sunlight
For sixty-three years, the sun had been nothing more than a memory. The sky was a permanent bruise choked by ash, smog, and the scars of wars that had burned the atmosphere beyond repair. Crops shriveled before they could sprout. Rivers turned to glass. Cities disappeared beneath layers of ice and silence.
By Muzamil khanabout a year ago in Fiction
