Tag: Creative writing

  • Bad Boys Get the Dark

    Bad Boys Get the Dark

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    The Tert
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    By Jacob Wood When the Dark was in control, Lester had little idea of his surroundings; could see nothing but shifting shadows. For brief moments at a time he could hear fevered shuffling, the scraping of harsh blades and a horrid stench that came over him in fetid waves. For the first time, though, he…

  • Seven Strands – Candace Zalloua

    Seven Strands – Candace Zalloua

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    The first string was violet, as many were. A co-worker I rarely spoke to, apart from telling her coffee orders. I refused to be excited because I refused to be brave. Then one day, she knocked three coffees off the machine that she was in the middle of making. Hot coffee poured onto her hands,…