Stream of Consciousness

Last Call
I pushed the two Lego pieces together. Click. He loved that sound. I saw him smile, his facial muscles still fully functional.
By Marlena Guzowski2 months ago in Fiction
Daily Woes Of The Hopeless. Content Warning.
- Content warning - From that little rectangle in your hands, a window to a wretched plane of existence; the enthralling moanings of the multi-headed siren, a cute face for all your types.
By YonathanJ - Writer2 months ago in Fiction
Chapter One. Top Story - July 2026.
Last Call - The Prompt: Write a story inspired by the phrase "last call." "Last call" can mean different things depending on who's listening. It might be the end of a night, one final opportunity, or the moment someone realizes they're almost out of time. Write a story inspired by the phrase "last call." You can interpret it however you like. Set it in a bar, an airport, a hospital, a small town, or somewhere entirely unexpected. Focus on what happens when the clock is running out. Whether your characters seize the moment, hesitate, or let it slip away, let that sense of urgency drive the story.
By Denise E Lindquist2 months ago in Fiction
Before The Silence
Chapter Four A Hum in the Walls Jesse Jesse woke to the sound of Mara’s truck leaving the driveway. She reached for her glasses and looked at the clock beside her bed.
By Ronna Curtis2 months ago in Fiction
Before The Silence
Chapter Three What the Animals Knew Mara The child’s laughter came from beyond the trees. Mara moved toward it before anyone else reacted.
By Ronna Curtis2 months ago in Fiction
Before the Silence
Chapter Two The Message That Vanished Jesse Jesse Bennett had spent most of her life preparing to leave Red Creek. She had marked the distance to college on maps, compared dormitories, calculated tuition costs, and imagined waking in a place where nobody knew her as Ranger Bennett’s daughter. Her acceptance letter from Flint Hills University remained pinned above her desk, its lower corner curling in the July humidity.
By Ronna Curtis2 months ago in Fiction
Before the Silence
A Note on Viewpoint This story is told through the alternating viewpoints of Mara Bennett and her daughter, Jesse. Each chapter identifies whose perspective the reader is following. Their separate experiences reveal different parts of the unfolding mystery until their discoveries begin to come together.
By Ronna Curtis2 months ago in Fiction
Stained. Top Story - July 2026.
The sky is making me remember. It’s making me feel. I wrinkle my nose at the smell of it. And I frown at that stained, yellow horizon.
By Sam Spinelli2 months ago in Fiction
Second-Hand Lives
I found myself lost. Lost one day in the liminal space between waking consciousness and the beautiful, cursed lull of sleep.
By Paul Stewart2 months ago in Fiction
Only in ‘Murica
America, the great experiment turns 250 today. For the people, by the people! (Waves tiny flag) But we all know that ain’t true (hiccup). First it was just for RICH WHITE MEN. Then they added POOR WHITE MEN. Then they added BLACK MEN, NATIVE MEN, IMMIGRANT MEN. Then they added WOMEN. Then they added anyone OLD ENOUGH TO DIE IN A WAR for this country. A series of amendments to the constitution.
By Leslie Writes2 months ago in Fiction
Dream Anthology Pt. 1
In an apartment mother feeds me mushroom sprouts with black pepper. She says it'll keep me healthy, however I don't understand how. She lays in her bed, unmoving, yet I still feel her caring for me. At some point she stops talking. I feel uneasy. I go find help.
By Ducky Joe 3 months ago in Fiction
Fixing a problem. Runner-Up in You Had to Be There.
Ever have one of those people who can solve any problem if they just sit and think about it long enough? No? I married one of those people. Mr. Fix-it. A man who was as direct as a bullet from a gun and as sharp as one, too. In the time it took me to look at him as he opened the box to the portable pool heater, he was already inside, grabbing materials to make the problem go away.
By Chel Writes3 months ago in Fiction