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GryphonFledgling

  • Blue Eyes, Black Dragon

    He sat on the edge of his seat, as if ready to rise at a moment’s notice; his legs not even under the table, but pointed out to the side ...

    17 min read
  • Silver Against Red

    His music is calling me, inviting me closer, as it did those many years ago. He cannot see me as I hide, across the street from him, lost in the ...

    12 min read
  • Therapists, Unhinged Doors and Grandpa's Fedora

    It all started the day I realized that I was in love with my therapist. That day, I was minding my own business, waiting in the waiting room. The creepy ...

    8 min read
  • One upon a birthday party...

    Yes, randomness. I found this after having forgotten about it for about 4 or 5 years. I put it up for your enjoyment. Think about it: this is how funny ...

    13 min read
  • Of Princesses, Romance and Lifesaver Candies

    Once there was a beautiful princess who fell in love with a prince. He was perfect in every way, except for one thing: He was already dead. Long ago, in ...

    22 min read
  • The Beekeeper's Apprentice

    Oh... My... Goodness... I am a fan of Sherlock Holmes and when I saw the cover blurb, about him taking on an apprentice and whatnot, I was a bit skeptical. ...

    3 min read
  • Scoffing at the Inside Self

    Katie stared at her inner editor across the vast dusty span of the street. The sun glinted in her eyes, causing her to squint and putting her at a disadvantage. ...

    7 min read
  • A Moment

    I first checked out A Moment when I was nineteen. My college English teacher, convinced that college freshmen didn’t read enough and didn’t have enough to do already, gave us ...

    13 min read
  • Everyman (part 1 of 2)

    Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~ ~ ~ Hi, my name is Jeanette. Isn’t that a pretty name? I picked ...

    29 min read
  • Everyman (part 2 of 2)

    Reeve stood outside the operating room as the doctors moved around the table. Finally one broke off from the cluster and came to the door. Reeve waited impatiently as she ...

    26 min read
  • Countdown

    "Ten..."I wanted to be a starpilot when I was a little kid. I'd also wanted to be a firefighter, a policeman, and an "asthrofizziseth". **Whir**The engines' roar is muffled by ...

    4 min read
  • Quit Work. Become a Trapeze Artist.

    Dedicated to Sachiko. ---The sticky note had been taped to the edge of Melody’s computer screen because the sticky had faded from the back. The edges were beginning to curl ...

    7 min read
  • Coffee Elves

    His hair had frozen in the first stages of thinning. Too far back for his age, too little gone to look really distinguished. Though it didn't matter because his hair ...

    6 min read
  • Marque

    Life-Captain James Marque resisted the urge to press his fingers to the bridge of his nose. This was just getting aggravating. It was his job. He had signed up for ...

    12 min read


I just want to be the side character in a book that basically steals the whole series.
— avianwings47