Stories tagged “tale”

  • Playing with Time

    And time was exactly what Time had plenty of. There was no rush, no urgency in solving this matter. Time had all the time he needed to find the exact moment when things began to go wrong for the two teenagers. And so, Time began to concentrate, getting...

    • Author: George
    • Posted almost 3 years ago.
    • 5 out of 5

  • Myth

    Sea and Moon were lovers once. They were one, moving through the nether, each completing the other, made for each other. Both knew they would be together forever, but it was not so. Moon and Sea soon found themselves near a new world neither of them ha...

  • You Say Dramatic I Say Depressed

    The girls around me chattered like songbirds about this and that: boys, gossip, how much they hate blah blah blah. I hated them. I hated all of them. I didn’t mind being in class with them until I gasp got to know them. I was the girl in black. ...

  • You Say Emo I Say Troubled

    I watched, not breathing, as he read my letter silently. She looked over his shoulder and read it saying “She’s a freak. You’re not actually going to go on a pity date with her, are you?” He laughed “No way.” Strike ...

  • AN EPIC TALE (in just 23 words)

    “Borgdo! You must go to Wisadil and destroy the villian that plagues North-West Earth!” Five weeks later… “Sorry, Dangalf. I’m evil now!”

  • The Effortless Nuances of Seeing the World

    “I don’t have an answer. That’s just the way it is. The way it’s always been. Perhaps one day when we understand it fully there will come a change, but until that day there is no other way.” This answer didn’t seem t...

    • Author: Solitan
    • Posted over 2 years ago.

  • Human Nature

    Like a hawk that tears red, Wet strips of meat from bones We tear away the fabric of importance From everything else but ourselves.

    • Author: Tad Winslow
    • Posted almost 2 years ago.
    • 2 out of 5

  • The Thief

    Hearing the alarm, the townsfolk gathered. “A thief came through here last night,” the sheriff said with urgency, “and I need some of you men to ride out with me to get back what was stolen.” The men raised their arms and pumped...

  • Moral of the story.

    When my tour ended I went into private security. Same job, I figured, with less killin’ and more pay. Big fancy corporation hired us on to protect their factory makin’ gadgets an’ whatnot. Stuff worth more money than you and I will ev...

    • Author: Silven
    • Posted 5 months ago.

  • GOLDILOCKS-kid story-PART 1

    Do you know the story of Goldilocks? Well you must know, or at least you think you do. Why do I say that? Well, I know the real story. See, I am Louise Carolyn Goldilocks and my grandmother told me firsthand what really happened that day. Grandmother w...

  • GOLDILOCKS-kid story-PART 2

    “I am the queen and you are all my peasants!” she yelled motioning to an empty spot in the yard. From atop her play set she could see her whole kingdom. “What a view! And I am ruler of it all!” Then out of the corner of her eye she spied somet...

  • GOLDILOCKS-kid story-PART 3

    Goldilocks peeled apart her hands to view her prize but nothing was there. And the butterfly fluttering above her flew quickly away. “Gah! It disappeared!” Now Goldilocks felt her stomach rumble, “I’m quite far down this path aren’t I…” s...

  • GOLDILOCKS-kid story-PART 6

    Finally she patted the seat of the smallest chair. “This is just right!” she thought. But as she plopped herself down onto the chairs tiny legs creaked and moaned and snapped right in two! “Well I can’t believe it!” Goldilocks leaped off the ...