Top Stories
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When it Stops. Top Story - October 2024.
“This deluge can’t last much longer. What do you think?” “I have no idea. If you had asked me that question two days ago, I would have said, absolutely not. We’ll be back out on the trail in an hour or so, but now Jack, I haven’t got a clue.”
By Mark Gagnon2 years ago in Fiction
The Dying Source. Top Story - October 2024.
The river ran backwards on the day the Queen vanished. Instead of the crystal clearness that flowed through the land for thousands of years, the water was now so murky, you couldn't see the rocky bottom, much less an inch into it. The trees were withering away, turning the branches into daggers to stab at the darkening sky. Skeletal creatures roamed about, snarling, hungry and ready to pounce on anything. Veins of power, all coming from a single spot, once an illuminating golden, were now gray. Thick fog blanketed the nightmarish landscape, more smothering than comforting.
By Alexandria Stanwyck2 years ago in Fiction
Because of the Biscuits . Top Story - October 2024.
I grew up on a farm. My daddy was a farmer. My four older brothers followed in his footsteps, helping on the farm. Naturally, as a girl at the time, I was expected to cook and feed everyone in the family with my mother usually at my left elbow. Don’t get me wrong, I liked cooking and I loved my family but there were days when I was just tired of, what seemed like, bottomless stomachs. Every morning, I would wake up to milk the cow and bring the milk in to make buttermilk biscuits.
By Rowan Finley 2 years ago in Fiction
The Earth Show. Top Story - October 2024.
“Here it is, folks! Just as you remember it, with all the laughter, all the tears... all the glory and all the gory... all the sex and all the slaughter... all the love and all the loathing... this is the show you can’t miss, the one you can’t ignore because you were all in it! You are the stars of the show, you humans, here at the Cosmic Carnival of Humanity! Here’s your final chance to feel the fear except this time you know it’s not real! Ride the Earth roller coaster one last time here at The Earth Show! Any time, any place you wanna go in Earth history, even before you humans became the stars! Five billion years to choose from! Come one, come all, and just for you it’s all FREE!”
By Renee Y Brown2 years ago in Fiction
The day the river ran backward. Top Story - October 2024. Content Warning.
The river ran backward on the day the Queen vanished. The river was always the Queen's favorite place. She'd sit on a rock, dipping her toes in to let the fish nibble on them. So, it was no surprise that her favorite scholar, Kai, immediately noticed that the river began fleeing when the Queen wasn't anywhere to be found. It also helped that she left a note—"Follow the river," it had said, but of course, the river led out of the kingdom and into the deep woods.
By Digi Dragon 05 (Or Digi or Revely)2 years ago in Fiction
I Wish. Top Story - October 2024.
I don’t know if our nation has become too political or simply is not political enough, but I believe a political movement is the only way to transform our nation into the country I wish we had. While I understand that it’s not about me, I believe we need a political revolution to transform our nation into a country that would become of the people, for the people and by the people.
By Glenda Davis2 years ago in The Swamp
The Shadow in the Hall. Top Story - October 2024.
I see you pacing the halls, meandering among the living dead as they are wheeled into these rooms of 'healing'; are you here to save us or condemn us? Within these white walls you hear us moan and scream, wail and cry. Is our lament your fuel - your life?
By Amanda Starks2 years ago in Fiction
Disappear. Top Story - October 2024.
There was only one rule: don’t open the door. I didn’t know why, and I didn’t question it. Not at first anyway. There was this tugging feeling that I had every time I looked at the oak slab under the stairs, its polished brass knob tempting me. It was easy enough to ignore, but then came the rattling, as if someone was desperately trying to get out. It was startling every time, but it eventually subsided to a light knocking. Fear turned into curiosity as the craving to know what laid behind it grew and grew.
By Gunnar Anderson2 years ago in Horror
Journey Through the Door. Top Story - October 2024.
There was only one rule: don't open the door. I have seen that door since I was a child. It haunts my dreams, but my grandmother warned me of the danger it presented. I never understood what she meant since she never elaborated on the dangers. My thought was she had gone through it at some point and knew firsthand. My feminine intuition told me to forget the door, but my stubbornness drove me to the threshold. I stared at the wooden surface, trying to sense what was beyond. I grabbed the handle and opened the door a crack and peeked through it. Seeing the same clearing I stood in I opened the door further and stepped inside. Everything seemed normal and I wondered why my grandmother warned me of the door. When I turned to go back through the door it was gone. I dismissed its nonexistence and walked home. On my way home I ran into my neighbor who always asked me out, but this time he just politely acknowledged me and went about his way. I found it curious but didn’t think too much about it. Moments later, outside my door, Katrina from next door approached me. I kicked myself for forgetting I was hosting lunch today, but she merely asked for my help as she caressed my arm. I stared at her hand as she touched me and wondered why she was flirting. I let it go as I responded that I needed to freshen up first and she happily returned to her place. I opened my door and the odor that greeted me was off somehow, but I rushed to the bathroom. I looked in the mirror and my flowing hair and feminine features were replaced by a stern looking masculine face and screamed.
By Colt Henderson2 years ago in Horror
