Mystery
DECISIONS, OPPORTUNITY OR FATE
It is hard to admit to Jordan that you would rather check out the ghost then go for supper, even so you explain to her how much fun it would be to meet a ghost! One that is about the same age you guys are. No matter how much to try to convince Jordan to go with you she is just not interested in such a crazy thing.
By Susan McGill3 years ago in Fiction
Sirens
It’s been all but quiet in my head since I’ve finally learned the truth about the Great Wave that happened fifty years ago. My parents refused to spare any details with me, for I was not born then and they thought I shouldn’t bother myself with such long forgotten knowledge. However, my grandma, after a few weeks of persuasion from my part, finally caved in. I was now listening closely to the story, how it all begun and how it all ended. It made my skin crawl just thinking about the people that died in pain and away from their families over the span of five years. “You see Jorah, it started as a simple virus, people were taking ill one after the other, but we never lost hope that we would see the end of it”, my grandmother said, looking thoughtful into the distance. She then proceeded to elaborate what could only seem like a government plot ripped out of the pages of the books she always told me she read as a child. Schemes over schemes, nation after nation losing their people over this Great Wave as we call it now. When I asked about its name, the only answer was “It begun like a wave that takes form safely at a great distance from the shore and ended up crashing violently onto the beaches and washing away thousands and thousands of people who believed were safe from its reach”. No one could pin point the exact location of its birth and nobody really knew when it was done craving for human flesh. There are still a few among us who live in fear, almost expecting for the next tide to come ashore and wipe up entire nations all over again – we call them Sirens, for they are more comfortable in the water then on land, but I’ve never seen them. As for the rest of us, life has slowly gained its normalcy, or so I’ve been told.
By eternal_sun3 years ago in Fiction
The Chop Shop Part 1
Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. "Mr. Lewis, it is the first of the month. You can't dodge me forever." Bradley Lewis, 31, sits upright on the couch. He pushes his hair off his face. Bradley makes his way to the door as his young daughter makes her way out of her bedroom rubbing her eyes.
By Reel Vibes3 years ago in Fiction
Arcane Enchantment, Alchemy, Purification, Silver & Gold
Sol reserves his works of magic. Light uncontrolled is chaotic! Some enchantment is erotic. People suffer with disbelief. To Sol it is a source of grief. Sol’s pure love, is man’s great relief. If you feel that life is mundane, take a taste of Sol’s light arcane. You’ll live in a magic membrane. Love is the ultimate power. Sol's gaze, a cosmic ray shower. His natures like a sunflower. Not all forms of magic are bad. They all carry a form of rad. Improper use can turn out sad. Believe in truths great enchantment. Sol lives his life with commitment. It’s a source of pure excitement!
By David Duran 3 years ago in Fiction
The Bunker. Top Story - June 2021.
Day: 137 : Monica: My mother died today. The airlock in her bedroom was breached while she slept, there are only three of us now. I thought I would be more upset, but I don’t think any of us expected to live this long anyway. None of us know why her airlock failed, but there’s been tension in the air for weeks, ever since our rations started disappearing. Radhika and I are convinced that Dev has been preparing to try and venture outside. Maybe he’s been stocking up. These days it doesn’t really matter anymore, and I’m convinced the end is coming soon… No one has radioed back to us in over two months, but my mom stayed hopeful until her dying day. I guess it just goes to show that faith can’t save any of us. Radhika is calling to me, it’s time for us to bury my mother. This is Monica signing off.
By Morgan McNamara3 years ago in Fiction
USA mythical creatures
USA mythical creatures that might be real… part two. Number one is the Hawaii Menehune. The Menehune is a dwarf that is said to inhabit the deep forest and hidden valleys of the Hawaiian Island. They are described as amazing craftspeople, they build temples, fishponds, roads, canoes, and houses. Some of these buildings still exist. They are said to have lived in Hawaii for many centuries before settlers. Their favorite food is said to be the mai’a or the banana, they also like fish. They are said to only appear at night to build, if they do not finish the building they will leave it unoccupied. Only their kids and humans connected to them can see them. Number two is Idaho Sharlie. This is a sea serpent much like the loch ness monster. It is said to inhabit the deep waters of Payette lake which is near McCall, Idaho. The first tale of these serpents is from the Native Americans which stated that evil spirits inhabit the lake. The first sightings were documented in the 1920s and said that the creature was about thirty to thirty-five feet in length with a dinosaur-shaped head and a pronounced jaw, it also had humps like a camel and shell-like skin. Number three is Indiana Beast of Busco. The Beast of Busco is a giant snapping turtle, it is said to weigh around five hundred pounds. It lives in a lake that many farms had owned and reported to have seen it. Though many people reported they have seen it a search had taken place and turned up nothing, the creature was never found. Number four is the Illinois Enfield Monster. This is an unidentified creature that was sighted around Enfield, Illinois. It is said to possibly be an ape or an escaped kangaroo. It was reported to have three legs, with a short body, two small short arms, and two flashlights sized pink eyes. It stood about four and a half feet tall and had a greyish color. Number five is the Iowa Van Meter Monster. The Van Meter monster is an eight-foot winged creature that has a forehead horn that shoots out a beam of light. Number six is the Kansas Sink Hole Sam, Locals have speculated that the eel-like creature had been living in a prehistoric underground cavern that had filled with water from a sinkhole. This flooding allowed the creature to finally escape. Fishermen reported seeing something that was 15 feet in length and as round as an “automobile tire.” Number seven is Kentucky The Kelly Little Green Men/ Hopkinsville Goblins, Space goblins were the explanation for the little silvery-green-eyed men who tormented the inhabitants of the Sutton farmhouse at Kelly one UFO-filled August night in 1955. If these diminutive aliens don’t sound super-frightening, take care to note that bullets bounce off them like metal! The earliest reports on the incident did not refer to “Little green men.” That color was added later by the national media. Early sightings described them as silver with a greenish silver glow. Number eight is the Louisiana Rougarou/ Loup-Garou, the Rougarou is said to be a werewolf/ shapeshifter. They say it has the body of a human and the head of a wolf, but they have also been said to be a human-otter or a were-cow. It is said to have glowing red eyes and razor-sharp teeth. Number nine is the Maine Specter Moose, this creature is unlike any other in which it is nice just like most people of Maine. It is said to be an enormous ghostly white 10-15 feet tall with formidable antlers, it’s said to glow faintly and can appear and disappear at will. And finally, number ten is the Maryland Chessie. Chessie is Chesapeak Bay’s, Loch Ness monster, it is a camera-shy water monster. It could be an oarfish or an alien. She has been shy since there was video footage of her in the 1980s, perhaps it was because of overfishing. Witnesses have described her as a serpent-like creature with flippers, she is said to be 25-40 feet long. She swims through the water like a snake.
By Maria Johnson3 years ago in Fiction
When The Air Runs Out (part 3)
Carly could not believe her own eyes. Her parents were dead, she saw the car, there was no way the survived the crash with the way the car was crushed. She had seen their bodies go into the fire to be cremated, something they had left in their wills. She stood up, staring at this woman that could not be her mom, but she looked and sounded so much like her, and her eyes, Carly would always remember the look in her mother's eyes and this woman had that look. "I...excuse me..." Carly sputtered and ran into her bathroom, locking the door behind her. She hadn't actually looked in the bathroom until now. Though it was small, it was pretty nice and had everything she needed, toilet, sink and shower. She finally had her own shower instead of the communal one in the middle of the floor her dorm room was on.
By Crissy Cornwell3 years ago in Fiction