Stories tagged “cliffhanger”

  • suburban wasteland

    I can hear them coming now. It’s been 48 hours since this whole thing started. We had all seen the movies and joked about it, but we never thought we would ever be here…in the middle of it all. For two days I have been running. For the last...

    • Author: J. Jaybles
    • Posted almost 3 years ago.
    • 1 out of 5

  • Young Master Tompkins

    Young Master Tompkins peeked out from the garden hedges at the edge of the street to watch a flustered Mr. Maxwell rush by. He quickly hid his head back underneath the bush, but it was too late. “Tompkins!” Tompkins cautiously stuck his hea...

  • Reflections While Dangling Over a River Gorge

    Here I was, dangling from a flimsy rope bridge above a chasm. I could see the foaming rapids and cruel rock shards a hundred feet below. One of the strands of rope holding the bridge together was in the process of slowly twisting apart. The wooden plan...

  • Chiaroscuro's Song

    There, behold the hero bright, In his eyes, the failing light Lost amidst the darkness falling Small within prevailing night Who will aid him in his plight? Who will answer to his calling? No response, no helpful stranger. None to aid his cause endang...

    • Author: memento
    • Posted 19 days ago.
    • 5 out of 5