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The Family Interests. Content Warning.
Millakovia, the name was a family name from the old days and stood on the financial firm doors of the high rise building in Oklahoma City. But the name of the family had slowly worked into a more Americanized version of the name, Millbrook, over the years.
By Cassie Moore7 months ago in Fiction
The Weight of Winning. AI-Generated.
The courtroom had an energy that day he could not explain, something heavier than tension, something that settled quietly in the chest and stayed there. He had walked into rooms like this for years, always prepared, always certain of what needed to be done, but this time felt different in a way he could not shake. It was not the case itself, not the complexity or the attention it had gathered, but the simple fact that he already knew how it would end and what it would cost him. Long before the trial reached its final moments, the truth had already been revealed to him in a way that did not require evidence or argument. It came in a quiet exchange, a moment that should have stayed hidden but instead followed him into every thought, every decision, every word he spoke afterward.
By Muhammad Abbas khan7 months ago in Fiction
Pirates and Mermaids
One day a mermaid saw a group of pirates scuba diving. She was interested and swam up to ask them what they were up to. They told the mermaid about how there was treasure under the surface. They held up some they had found and then the mermaid swam down to help them. She told them about how she enjoyed watching their sword fights and wanted to learn from them. They made a deal that if the mermaids swam down to find treasures for them that were long lost and could not be found even with scuba diving, that they would teach them sword fighting and share the treasure.
By Seashell Harpspring 7 months ago in Fiction
Midnight Bus
The bus doors opened with a long metallic sigh, even though no one had pressed the stop button. For a moment, I stood on the empty sidewalk wondering if I had imagined it. The streetlights flickered softly above me, and the road stretched into darkness like an unanswered question. I had been waiting for nearly thirty minutes, and the city around me had already fallen asleep.
By Vocal Member 7 months ago in Fiction
Above From Below Part 6
Dragging in Major Kohl had not been in the plan, but he was unsure why she'd bothered to find him in Texas. This wasn't her fight, and Nico wasn't her brother. In Rick Steele's distrustful mind, something about the Major turning on her command, and against the country, by sharing the truth with him, didn't sit well. As he hadn't stared a gift horse in the mouth, Major Kohl's revelations about Nico's accident were a blessing, but to Rick, it wasn't that simple.
By Jason Morton7 months ago in Fiction
The Lower Shelf
The Lower Shelf by luccian.layth An old bookstore on a street he won't remember the name of. Ghaith pulls a book from the bottom shelf, wipes the dust with his finger without meaning to. A woman stands nearby reading upright, as though standing is part of the act.
By LUCCIAN LAYTH7 months ago in Fiction
