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War Bride. Top Story - April 2025.
Princess Kathryn hadn't expected to actually marry her kidnapper. Kathryn would have done her duty as it was laid before her - she'd fantasized only briefly about shipwrecks and daring rescues, or the carriage breaking a wheel and necessitating that they turn back - on her way to her wedding. The price of a princess's privilege was that her life was not hers to command, but at the service of her people. That didn't mean that she couldn't have quiet complaints about marrying someone nearly her father's age, as Duke James of Slesian was.
By Natasja Roseabout a year ago in Fiction
The Five. Top Story - April 2025.
This is for Angela Hepworth's unofficial challenge that I found most intriguing and caused me to reach a full of understanding of why I was profoundly touched by this mostly obscure movie, entitled: The Five People You Meet in Heaven.
By Shirley Belkabout a year ago in Geeks
The Haunted Mansion. Top Story - April 2025.
"'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." -Alfred Tennyson ***** * ***** Truth-seeking A noble pursuit in which we can always be engaged and with which no outside force can interfere.
By C. Rommial Butlerabout a year ago in Psyche
The Genesis Utopia. Honorable Mention in Tomorrow’s Utopia Challenge. Top Story - April 2025.
Walter Robinson 5 waited with a wide smile as he stood behind three other clones in the checkout line, with a single pack of diet Oreos in his basket. To think that he got pulled off work just because his fat--his handsome supervisor had a sudden and understandable craving for Oreos but knew he needed to be healthy. Walter Robinson 5 should be feeling grateful that he got the opportunity to help his supervisor get food that would consume his calories.
By Rebecca Pattonabout a year ago in Futurism
Not The Editor I Wish To Be . Runner-Up in Self-Editing Epiphany Challenge. Top Story - April 2025. Content Warning.
I am by no means a professional editor. All I can do is alter what I’ve written until my eyes see it has something which isn’t a disaster. So, what I do now, don’t just take it with a grain of salt – take it with the whole damn salt farm!
By Euan Brennanabout a year ago in Critique
Magnificent Magenta of Time Travel. Top Story - April 2025.
This piece was originally published on Medium almost two years ago. ************** A gargantuan grape-colored glow stick, the FlewChin bisects Glendale, California, and runs alongside the freeway until it disappears into another time.
By Stephen Kramer Avitabileabout a year ago in Fiction
Homunculus. Honorable Mention in The Metamorphosis of the Mind Challenge. Top Story - April 2025.
The homunculus is a representation of the man behind the man, the woman behind the woman, the body behind the body: the graphic mapping of what parts of the body are put together in proportion to how they’re laid out and innervated as related to our brain tissue. Not all sensations and volitional movements are distributed evenly. Thus, the homunculus is a distorted—even a comical—little creature.
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Psyche
Showers And Fools - A Mikeydred April Dollar Prompt For All Vocal Creators. Top Story - April 2025.
Introduction Every month I set prompts in the Vocal Social Society and offer a dollar tip to five random creators who take part in it and ask them to share their stories in the comments and on the thread in the group.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred about a year ago in Writers
Nuanced Shades. Top Story - March 2025.
I literally stink at delving into the personal sides of myself where others can see the real me. I don't think that I can actually put pen to paper and let the monster out. Although I believe the liberation would be great for my creativity.
By Antoni De'Leonabout a year ago in Critique
The Devil Called John Brown. Top Story - March 2025.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is written from the perspective of a Southerner character. I don't condone their viewpoint. Yes, I do feel like I have to clarify this; this is the Internet and irony is dead, apparently. Enjoy.
By Conor Matthewsabout a year ago in Poets
