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[pre]The stream of humanity passed him by. Uncaring. Unknowing. He didn't mind though, after all how could he when he was mad? And so he sat, in his tattered clothes, ...

fanfic of Unbreakable ************ Institute for the Criminally Insane Elijah Price stared dazedly into the distance. He was allowed one small window, through which to see the outside world, and ...

A Funeral of Demons It was a bright and airy summer day, a typical day, one would think, for beach outings, gathering wildflowers, picnics and the like. It was not ...

The people of earth were idiots, led by idiots in as ridiculous a manner as possible. And they were about to be woken up to that fact. It was a ...

Hey ppl. I wrote this in the Creative Writing section of a previous exam. Now my most important exams are coming up, this friday. Was wondering if I should redo ...

They constantly try to escape From the darkness outside and within By dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need to be good. The filthy pile of humans ...

People often misconstrue the beauty of the blank canvas. They see it as nothing, something merely to support the vision, Ivan mused, smiling slightly. He knew better though, and gazed ...

The prince paused, unsure. The cobbled street was a river of reflected silver this night, marred only by the harsh angles of his shadow. Amid the derelict buildings, his polished ...

There was a table; a simple, real object, in a world of weightless nothingness. Around it sat several figures, all of striking appearance. One, a massive bald man, sat with ...

Silence reigned for a moment. "So what we do we now?" Jesus asked. He and Muhammad were alone, God and Buddha having gone to get something to eat. "What do ...

No matter what he did, or where he decided to go, he always ended up here. He exhaled slowly, breath frosting in the air before him. He was alone. It ...

It was dark outside. The shadow of leaves, backlit by moonlight, cut across her face. She was sitting at her desk, staring thoughtfully outside. An antique lamp shone with a ...

Harry Romtalsky was very bored. He sat on his green, scratched and fading bus stop, staring glumly at the passing stream of motorists. His roughened fingers plucked idly at the ...

So I submitted 'Monster' to an anthology of short stories 'Flash Spec' that will be published later this year and was asking for submissions. It was short listed for publication ...

It was beautiful; there was no doubt about that. Ironic really, he’d never have thought his death would be pretty. Or heroic, for that matter. He sighed, clear blue eyes ...

The Great Hunt Buildings, tall and dark, towered above him; graphitized messages screamed at him, glowing in the night. Sam’s breath misted in the air and he clutched thin arms ...

**Continued** Sam stared at her. He could feel the sweat on his brow cooling in the wind, as around them, all was silent. Her clear hazel brown eyes looked into ...

If you stare at something long enough, it loses definition; physically and mentally. It expands, consuming your vision, a featureless nothingness. It was an experience John Bradford was entirely famil

The tables were covered in death. Worn fingers stroked the cool, sleek metallic instruments, silently reassuring over the surrounding babble of talk, laughter and movement. Oksana was at a fair. ...

The darkness surrounds him. Above, cold stars glare down, imperious; his breath steams in the air. There is no one else here. Had he got it wrong? He stares at ...

Light, blinding, surrounded him – he was falling. No, he was flying, ascending. Such joy drowned him, at the feel of the wind beneath his wings once more. He stretched, ...

It's been three months since I wrote a short story, due to fracturing my wrist, so before I began again in ernest, I thought I should do a little warm-up ...

A little bell tinkled. Sitting in the kitchen, a weary Bella sighed as she heard the slight, familiar noise reverberate. She got up, putting aside the paper she had been ...

You can see them dancing, sometimes. If you know where to look and when, you’ll see them floating carefree, all white and cool and lovely. I was lucky enough to ...

There she is. She walks past and doesn’t see me. I revel in the smell of her, the whispering caress of her perfume. She’s dressed well today, as usual, with ...

So, I've decided to make the one exception to my rule of not posting my stories on YWS, anymore. This is for Kylan's contest and Angel :p * Darkness; it ...

The stars glared down. It was no wonder. I didn’t know them nor they me; those familiar pin points of light that I had ignored my whole life were now ...

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Sometimes it’s hard to credit what your own eyes are showing you. Even, as now, when I knew I was dreaming. There was a dragon; a real live, breathing dragon ...

The darkness closed in, surrounding him with velvet arms. At first, it had been strange and unfriendly; covering the house with covetous arms and distrustful eyes. Harold had been a ...

A radiant light suffused me, lighting the area but even as I became aware of it, it began to fade and die. I clutched frantically at my arms, expecting them ...

A/N: I'm experimenting with form and some new techniques a bit, want to know if its not enough, if its just right *** There’s a sort of hysteria that grips ...

Go on, go under the bridge, you urge, laughing. Catch the Troll! I shuffle my feet and grin, I don’t really want to but I will. So I peek beneath ...

A/N: I'm most interested in the story you, the reader, can construct from these exchanges. ==================================== Hey, Haven’t heard from you in a while. What’s going on? How was the

The Holy Grail pub was smoky and dim. A few hunched figures sat at small round tables, alone. Above the fireplace, a sword was hung. It rested in shadow. Behind ...

Mary whimpered.She nosed the ground, feeble whine slowly edging out of her throat. She scrabbled at the floor in desperation, unable to think, mind blank with the pain. It was ...

The first fragment of...something...I'm not quite sure right now. *********Summer, 1190, Year of the DrakeI grow old. This is the troubling truth I have come to behold. And for all ...

Okay, so I am really, really struggling with this. I know where the story goes but I'm...a little confused about how to make it happen. ---Winter, 1200, Year of the ...

Make sure to re-read the end of part 2! I added a bit that you kinda have to read to understand this. --Ishmael stared at his grandfather. It was enough, ...

Complete:Follow the lights.See the glitter of a million stars trapped in glass cages, forever reaching for the heavens above. Hear the people walking in endless waves, a ceaseless ocean in ...

Lucky Charms‘Ho there, lad! Why so glum?’ James turned in surprise, and found there was a man standing in the alley. His hair was burnished bronze, glinting red in the ...