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• Fiction > Romance
  Unafraid

  

  By missmissa1289, Palatine, IL

  It’s such an ordinary day. Sunny, but not too warm. And there’s some clouds in the sky. There’s a slight breeze, but not windy and not stagnant. This is the kind of day where something extraordinary has to happen or else it’ll be a total waste of twenty-four hours. I’m outside gettin...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Now or Never

  

  By missmissa1289, Palatine, IL

  I look down. Something about the rushing water below scares me, but a part of it is seductive, calling out to me, telling me that I should jump, tempting me with the beauty of death. It takes all my strength to turn away. I sit down and lean against the brick wall of the bridge. People pass by...
• Fiction > Thriller/Mystery
  Ritual

  

  By missmissa1289, Palatine, IL

  I stare at the door, and I am afraid. Doubts flutter through my mind like moth wings. Maybe this won’t work. What if she just kills you? How do you know she can save Ella? What are you even doing here? Why don’t you go back home and pray for her like everyone else? But then, I picture my sisterâ...
• Fiction > Thriller/Mystery
  Blood on my Hands

  

  By missmissa1289, Palatine, IL

  It was the house on the corner. No one had lived there since 1971. Rumor had it that in 1976, someone had thrown himself off the roof. He had died. His name, Kenneth Ridgway, was only ever spoken in a whisper. Supposedly, his ghost haunted the house. That was why, according to legend, both of the at...