Top Stories
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Five Simple Words. Top Story - November 2024.
Dear Ms. Powers, You are a true storyteller. Five simple words. These were five simple words that you wrote, perhaps in passing, on the top of an assignment that you handed back to me over nineteen years ago. You have written so many like them since we last saw each other. You probably don’t even remember writing them. But all these years later, I remember reading them. I will never forget them.
By Stephanie Hoogstad2 years ago in Humans
Displacement. Top Story - November 2024.
The river ran backwards on the day the queen vanished. It had been the worst day of Iver Puck’s life. He remembered it like it was yesterday. The disappearance of the sovereign had changed many things, but the changing course of the water was what had altered his life forever.
By Lark Hanshan2 years ago in Fiction
Dear 1306. First Place in Letters of Gratitude Challenge. Top Story - November 2024.
Dear 1306, For so long, I did not know myself. I lived my life aimlessly, not understanding that I was in fact still here, that I had beat my own deadline for my life. Of course, I still reap the consequences of expecting such a swift end. Every day is a gift, truly, as I breathe in the air and learn how to live again, how to live in ignorance of the sword that hangs over us all. These days, I simply pay no mind to it, just let it swing.
By Lizzy Rose2 years ago in Humans
No Time for Grief. Top Story - November 2024.
There are so many devastated individuals today. Understandably so. If you are one of the many celebrating the victory of our new president, congratulations. You are some of the few who have the privilege of not needing to worry about your rights being taken away. Good for you. Please remember to show some sympathy for those who are less than ideal today.
By Kaitlyn Cane2 years ago in Humans
Searcher. Top Story - November 2024. Content Warning.
One hundred miles according to my GPS. Fitting. She's been gone a hundred days. I have proof here on my arms. One cut per day. A hundred inch long scars. Each a promise. It's almost midnight. 11:58 p.m. Time for one hundred and one.
By Andrew C McDonald2 years ago in Fiction
The Shadow Side (Chapter One). Top Story - November 2024.
This novel follows our protagonist, Haven, as she gets swept up into the mystery of a hidden realm home to everyone’s “shadow side,” a person who is their exact opposite in every way. These shadows want to capture and replace their “real” selves, since their realm has no free will — they are bound by the decisions of their alter egos.
By Steph Marie2 years ago in Fiction
The Living Statues of Orthavos. Top Story - November 2024.
"The river ran backwards on the day the Queen vanished," A soft melodious voice spoke quietly, as the sound of footsteps and water dripping echoed around the darkness in which the group was walking. The sting of ocean salt had stung their eyes as they went deeper into the cavern that they had taken a small boat to, off the coastal cliffs to the kingdom of Arataur.
By Hope Martin2 years ago in Fiction
Dear Virgil,. Top Story - November 2024. Content Warning.
The night ebbs on as sleep wanes. What sordid acts led to such restless ease? A past life? The former Selves. Or past lives? The previous renderings of my animating force. Perhaps generational sins, those passed through DNA. I feel the burden of my lineage. The accountability of restoration. The work of repairing what my ancestors wrought.
By kp2 years ago in Confessions
