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White - A Short Story

Created by julian 16 weeks ago

"This is a short story I wrote for my 9th grade Language Arts (English) class. Welcome to my imagination: -White- The boy looked around. Everything was creamy white, puffy, and bright. Where was he? He got up, and was met by an odd sensation. The ground was firm enough, but oddly smoky,..."

WAKE UP! A short poem

Created by reamsjp 16 weeks ago

"A short poem that came to me during work. Every day I rise but I fail to wake up Every day I wake up but I fail to observe Every day I observe but I fail to notice Every day I notice that I fail to wake..."

Harold the Crab Vacuum

Created by jlcoke 48 weeks ago

"I was riding the monorail back to my hotel in Las Vegas, drunk on "free" booze after losing my money playing blackjack all night, when I looked up and saw that the person sitting across the aisle from me was wearing a sticker that proudly announced, "I lost 74 pounds, ask me how!" The number was..."

Purple Fox

Created by jesse 1 year ago

"Once upon a time there was a purple fox. Every day he would stalk around the most distant borders of the land. The other foxes rejected him and his odd..."

fishing for happiness

Created by aiouande 1 year ago

"A penguin, a polar bear and an artic fox were tussling about on a cold bitter day. The penguin was fishing, but not in the traditional manner that penguins do, he was using a trick he had learned from the ermine that lived around the corner. The penguin was using a slender road with a line..."

Hell is Heaven

Created by pointlesspark 1 year ago

"I won some writing thing with it last year so I just wanted to see what other people thought about it. It's just some fiction story i wrote so... uh... here it goes. --Hell is Heaven-- A loud shriek echoed and a heavy artillery shell thundered onto the desolate cemetery. The earth..."

my guide to life

Created by amateurvisionary 1 year ago

"i wrote this a few years ago. i thought it was pretty good. anyway, without further ado: ___'s Guide To Life (name withheld...for no real reason. but rest assured that it was my name and my writing.) 90% of what people tell you is crap. Remember your roots. Just like a tree, you will..."

The Elegant Life Of Me: and other people you've never heard of a true story

Created by amateurvisionary 1 year ago

"The Elegant Life of Me and other people you've never heard of Late 2000 My cigarette is almost burned out now. The lake is still today. A light wind stumbles across the grass in front of me and I’m trying to fix my life. It’s not a bad life to begin with. It’s just not the right one. ..."

Censure Censor Senser Sensers: My Two Cents

Created by zagrophyte 1 year ago

" Cen was a Censor Sensor Senser--that is, he sensed sensors that sensed Censors. The central powers shelled out shillings for Cen, who sensed the sensors and disassembled them silently. The townspeople were incensed at this senseless abuse of privacy, for surely everyone should be able to sense..."

The Fark Interviews

Created by underdog 1 year ago

"Fark.com is an excellent source of amateur punditry, so for my website, The Fark Interviews, I interviewed a select few to make a web page, it is an interesting snapshot in time. Be assured the content is not sponsored by some corporations vested interest! Link:..."

I Will Never Be Dizzy Gillespie

Created by jlcoke 1 year ago

"Like most mothers, mine had a somewhat inflexible opinion of how children should be raised. At key points in a child's life, new experiences and skills should be introduced in order for them to reach their maximum potential. Strict adherence to her plan for childrearing would virtually guarantee..."

The Gillette Fusion Defines Me as a Person

Created by jlcoke 1 year ago

"I'm a can-do, take-charge, go-getter who doesn't have time for bullshit. I like my coffee black, my cars fast, and my music loud. I'm climbing the corporate ladder, kicking ass and taking names. With this kind of fast-paced, conquer-the-world kind of lifestyle, is it any wonder that the Gillette..."

Dear Ms. Waananen

Created by jlcoke 1 year ago

"The student-run newspaper at my college featured an open letter from a student to the top tax bracket chastising them for not investing in education. "Dear Top Tax Bracket" rebuked the habits of the rich and their predatory lending to the poor, so I decided to respond as if I were one of the..."

I'm Giving up Jesus for Lent: A Brief Analysis of Contemporary Morality

Created by jlcoke 1 year ago

"It isn't often that we're given the opportunity to sit back and reflect deeply on our lives; our achievements and talents, our follies and our faults. New years is one such occasion, and millions of well-intentioned folks the world over resolve each January to better themselves in one way or..."

An Open Letter to the ATM

Created by jlcoke 1 year ago

"What a torrid relationship we have had. We've known each other for what, 7, maybe 8 years now? There have been highs and there have been lows. There were times when you gently took the card from my hands, my fingers danced on your stainless steel keypad, and from your dispensing slot came crisp,..."

An Open Letter to my Misbehaving Toaster

Created by jlcoke 1 year ago

"You're better than this. Rather, at one point I thought you were. I remember taking you home from the store, wrapped tightly in your shiny packaging. "This is going to be a long and prosperous relationship," I remember thinking to myself as I glanced over at you in the passenger seat on the drive..."

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