The Sacred Heart Academy Haunting
March 12 Maggie Thorne sat at her desk by the window in her dorm room, watching the other students getting picked up by their parents
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March 12 Maggie Thorne sat at her desk by the window in her dorm room, watching the other students getting picked up by their parents
A Conversation Between Two Young Women – Talking Over Each Other. Amelia: Hey, how’s it going? Britney: Good. And you? Hey did I tell you
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A Vintage Blog Post About Writing and Attention Spans Now, I’m not a writer for television (though I’m available–call me, really), but I’m an avid
I wrote this story based on the song “Invisible” by Anna Clendening – I suggest listening to it after you finish reading! — Day 254
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“And then over at Hower and Drake, I learned how to play bocce – that’s this game with balls, kind of like bowling – and
Introduction: After a zombie apocalypse gripped the world, proving that horror movies were more prophecy than entertainment, Sean and Jade Flannery faced one horrific loss
I wasn’t expecting anything. Yet, there it was. The unmistakable drone of the … well … drone dropping a package on the front stoop. I
Introduction As the apocalypse raged on, Jade and Seanix Flannery’s life fell apart. Following the brutal deaths of their children, Jade came unraveled, and she
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Jack walked into the drug store not really remembering why he was there. I really need to start writing stuff down, he thought. I’m getting
It gets easier once you accept that nobody is coming to save you. Kind of like how those eight hour shifts at Hudson’s used to
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A paranormal horror romance What is this place? I gasp for air. I do not mean to, I just do. I do not mean to
The main character in the serialized RomCom “Matchmakers” Image created via Canva and using a stock image from Pixabay Taking a little bit of a
“This was a mistake,” yelled Dave as he stared out the window at the dark, lurching shapes gathering even faster than the gloomy clouds on
Otto von Korek was born on March 14, 1717, in the German State of Thuringia to parents of noble birth, but modest means. Little of
Of Happier Times and Broken Dreams As Reyon and Raphaela Blackheart grew, so did their bond. Their love was pure and complete. Neither needed anything
Photo by imustbedead from Pexels On the way to the Smash Room, Maisie walks with her head down, recounting last night’s strange events. What the
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Can one phone alert change the world? Trigger warnings: Language, parental loss and talk of suicide I’m in freefall. Moses, who runs the canteen, says
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Mr. Bunch woke up at exactly seven-thirty on Tuesday morning. He had woken up at seven-thirty on Tuesday morning ever since the hotel had introduced
I have debated whether or not to begin with my trademarked “Ho Ho Ho”, but I wish to convey the gravity of the matter. Let
I give mirror-me finger guns as I come to an unfortunate conclusion at the most inopportune moment: I hate every article of clothing that I
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This is it. I thought to myself as I walked out of the arrival hall at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. It had been many years
Photo by KoolShooters from Pexels After a peaceful day at work yesterday, Maisie peels her eyes open and extends out a shaky stretch feeling ready
The first time Jörgen and Malena used the threat was when Katja was ten. Qetesh must have been one year old; Katja had been nine
Photo by Valeria Boltneva from Pexels Here we go again. Another shitty date that I wish I could move out from under. Sitting here, twirling
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A supporting character in the serialized RomCom “Matchmakers” Saving the best for last in this group of friends, meet Arnold (aka “Glitter.”) “Arnold is a
It astonished me when I realised there were people who designed urns for babies. Cat-eared, pink, baby blue, shaped like a teddy bear or a
Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels Sitting at her mahogany desk, Maisie flips through her mail, trying to stay distracted from last night’s date with
You shift your weight from one leg to the other fully aware of the fact that it is a bad habit of yours to lean
The woman giggled as the snake gently wrapped around her arm and rested his head in her hand. She adjusted herself in the tree and
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Aaron let himself into the studio. He hung his coat on the rack. There was one other coat there. He walked down the hall to
I live in the house where my brother died. He lives here too. Not in the traditional sense, of course. I cook meals for two
James found himself sitting alone in his car at around 8:30 each night, wet from a mixture of his own sweat and the sprinklers on
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The distant train whistle doesn’t sound romantic, now. She gathered her coffee as thoughts of chemical spills from train derailments stained the sound she loved.
When I moved out, I bought nail polish for the first time. Almost an entire row of little glass bottles: frosted, sparkling, pearlescent. Lipstick in
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Melissa said goodbye to the last of the mourners, closing the door with a sigh of relief. “It was so hard pretending I was devastated
Abrial was away from her home in the stuffy inland town of Relway, California, visiting her sister Peg in Las Flores on the coast. She
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An exert from Last Free Exit: They arrived early at the football game, as the seats filled quickly in the first of the season, at
A 500-word flash fiction piece. “Hydroxyzine.” “Excuse me?” I cleared my throat and pointed to the row of small circular welts on her exposed arm.
Casey’s mind was a whirlwind of thoughts. The contractors working on the house had found an antique silver box containing Nazi gold bars, loose gems,
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Photo by ÉMILE SÉGUIN on Unsplash or ‘The Little’ By Matthew Portman April 27th, 2020 I’ve never seen a piece quite like it. Le Petit,
Oh, hello there, blank page! It is being typed with Times New Roman font.Why not: Themes Old Catholic, Days Old Gregorian, Best Somehow Baltic, Zuzhelitsa
Something was very wrong with the fields in Drift City, but no one could say exactly what the problem was. What was once a fertile
I miss my modelling days. They were good days, I felt like I was going somewhere in life. In the end, I realised, I wasn’t.
[Content Notes: Swearing | Jasper reference] Summary: Being one of the top students at Holmes Institute involves more responsibilities than Jasper Madero really wants. Luckily,
March 12 Maggie Thorne sat at her desk by the window in her dorm room, watching the students picked up by their parents for Spring
Photo by author To say time to start praying was a little false. She woke up praying every day. She prayed without ceasing. There are
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“It’s all happening now!” Karen said with a mixture of sass and desperation only she could pull off. “Lovely day for a funeral.” “Shut up,
I was annoyed when my husband started referring to our book group as “The Cult”, but mostly because part of me knew he was right.
Many years ago, an amateur graphologist told a business colleague that I was, based on my signature, a serial killer. When she assured the gentleman
I thought that I would never see A fight regarding poetry. Life can venture nothing worse, Than fisticuffs o’er flowing verse. * If poems be
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I need to develop an audience. I need to develop an audience that is dedicated. I need to develop an audience that is dedicated to
Casey Spencer parked her black SUV in the middle of the circular driveway of the family manor she’d inherited from her grandfather. She turned the
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Photo by Alexander Dummer from Pexels The next day Maisie meets up with Arnold at the studio for the Gallery Night photo-shoot. Hearing Arnold’s manicured
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