Cal's Character Contest
5 stories
Gracie. Chapter 1 I stood up, wiped myself off, and ran out from under the porch of an apartment building, ducking my head. I looked around me. There was an ...
This is the story of a selfish but quite average man, and a less-than-average girl with a annoyingly peppy personality. Priscilla was the name of the girl. She was the ...
it's about a boy who finds out he has super powers (he can heal things) and has a chance to join a superhero league. only thing is that it's the ...
[editied 7/25/08] It was dusk. I had my brightly colored notebook I had gotten at Wal Mart and a blue pen chewed past the point of recognition. Hugging them both ...
His hair was wild, just like when he first came to me. I knew he had gone threw a lot more than I could understand. And he was asking me ...
We cuddled on his futon, me sitting on his lap, and his strong arms wrapped around me. We were watching James Bond, and the love interest of the moment was ...
The late summer sun filtered through the red checkered curtains as I played deli-meat-catch with my dog, Lucy. She was a skinny beagle. I thought she could use a little ...
I couldn’t believe I was doing this. It was stupid, idiotic, irrational, and frankly stalker-ish. I’d almost thought I’d made a mistake when I saw that they had just gone ...
I was just thinking, and this thought came to me. I don't know if I'll do anythign with it. Critiques are hugely appreciated!! * * * * * * * ...
As the title says, this is an excerpt from my NaNoWriMo novel, and I wanted to get some feedback about it. I edited it a little bit so you would ...
I remember the day the Ultraphone was recalled. It was about two weeks after I thought I had the flu, and about one week after I thought I was going ...
Rachel was adorable. She was the cutest girl I'd ever seen in my entire life. I'd always play Power Rangers with her at recess. She was always the Pink Power ...
I hope this isn't too confusing. Please let me know!****Heavy footsteps clunked through the foggy streets leaving wet boot prints in their wake. Cam walked away. He just walked away ...
I have to edit this a lot, I changed what I was doing, so this isn't the final draft. Feel free to still comment, but I have a lot of ...
Waking up on lazy Sunday mornings I would hear you, my brother, and my sister whispering in the other room, trying not to wake me. Maybe it had been an ...
I watched the movie, but none of it registered. It felt like my hand had been resting so close to Alex’s for so long that I wanted to scream. It ...
It’s over. Her hair blew wildly around her head. She squeezed her eyes shut, wishing she hadn’t had to say what she just did. He put his hand on her ...
The guy in front of me leaned back again, bumping into my knees. I looked over at Bailey and rolled my eyes. She leaned her foot over and nudged his ...
Two and a half months earlier “Danny! Oh my God, Danny, we’ve hit the jackpot!” Tyler bellowed hoping over the counter, landing right next to me. I looked up from ...
Hands move smoothwhen face is youngon the hourchimes are sunghappy songs of play and raceset the world an hourly paceThe metronome shows seconds pastbut young face knows, time will last_Face ...
I had just finished gathering all my clothes from the washing machine and stuffing them into my laundry basket. I had to hurry up. I had so much to do: ...
You laugh and skip and run like all the other five year olds. You like to test your limits. You are curious and daring. What is this? What happens when ...
The couple who live above my apartment fight almost every night. Most of the time, they start up at about one o'clock, and keep at it for an hour or ...
I’ve always hated the expression “Shit happens”. It just seems like a defeatist attitude. Yeah, bad stuff happens, but if you do the right thing, you can avoid a lot ...
It’s lovely when you put on a pair of glasses and the entire world changes. Purple tinted lenses over your eyes, and everything is brighter, happier. The world seems to ...