“Lost Memories” is one of the January Writing Challenge entries that was chosen to be a featured story. Roaring city streets turned to lush quiet as the girl with the platinum hair entered the small garden area. Seconds later the boy with raven hair came from the entrance. At first neither said a word, neither […]
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“Between These Two Walls” is one of the January Writing Challenge entries that was chosen to be a featured story. I never liked goodbyes. Heck, who does, really? Although, this one is different. It’s different because it’s her. She was my first everything. My first friend, first kiss, first love, and now also first heartbreak. […]
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I. I am a paper doll turned into confetti and ashes. What I’m trying to say is: there are parts of me that have been swept beneath the kitchen stove. II. You have thorns for hands and never learned how to love gently. What I’m trying to say is: I smell of flower petals and […]
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Warmth escapes like sunshine reflecting off a jarred window. Days feel cold and pages lie still, unmoved by the constant whirring of the fan. My hands quiver in fear when I come to think of how you have so easily become like the things you surround yourself with. The word I am most afraid to […]
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Welcome, Germies, to this month’s writing challenge! This challenge will begin today and will end January 31st. However, you are welcome to come back anytime to complete the challenge and submit it below in the comments section. We will pick a few of our favorites that are submitted during this month, though, and they will be featured in […]
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She fought for breath from the red hands. Their grip bound to her neck Her chest anchored Her heart flooded with fear Her breathing deeper — synchronizing Sharing the pulse in those red hands Black poison pours Into her mouth — bitter Clogs in her throat She prays Why can’t I breathe Why is this […]
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The boy died when he was walking home across the estate he’d walked across a hundred times before. It was a blade, a mistake, an older kid on a bike who thought he was someone else, someone who deserved a knife, deserved to lie there for an hour before he was found. The boy died […]
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……….It starts when, in the shudder of spring warmth, ghosts shatter in skyscraper shadows. ………..You spend afternoons drifting in the streets, trying to find the missing seams of your bones. ………..Instead, you: stumble upon a philosophy major who asks for the purpose of the blurred horizon, which you do not know the answer to; meet […]
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These walls are unbroken Inside them I’m breaking bending bleeding Pleading for freedom far from this prison I’ve built. Lyrical liar don’t listen to your words You don’t hear the things they say. You’ve sliced off your ears. You’ve cut off your face. What mind hides behind that mindless mask? Don’t make my blindness last. […]
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