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Hazzy16
Hazzy16

Milton School

The tragic story of The Milton School began one chilly Autumn afternoon.

10 8 780 words
Odd
Odd

Penny For Your Thoughts

.8. Dora shot him a look, hoping that her blush would stay hidden, only known to the darkness beneath the stairs. "You say that as if you're the first person to think if it." She whispered to him.

14 2 386 words
Odd
Odd

Penny For Your Thoughts

.1. The Penny family had always had rumours about them within the local town.

14 3 233 words
jents
jents

Red

First up is something white. Of the blinding kind. Some of you are most likely thinking that white is not really a colour and all that tired sort of nonsense. But I'm here to tell you that it is.

0 0 373 words
aprilAnn98
aprilAnn98

Untitled

Sophie - A girl with beautiful brown eyes stared gallantly at the window as i walked in, what can be so heavy that is visible in her wary eyes like she fell from space, or was she daydreaming.

2 1 440 words
leelee101
leelee101

Ravenswing

It was a lovely summers day When he took his stick and walked To the sleepy little hamlet Of which the locals talked He strolled and took the sights No signage could he see It should only be mile How...

38 21 171 words
mason_dowdy
mason_dowdy

Her Darkness-Part 2

Jamie's room looked exactly the same as it always did the night of the Mass. Everything was organized, just as she liked it. Everything was there but her. I sat on her bed. It still smelled like her.

4 3 513 words
kezisms
kezisms

The Town Forest

#3 She threw her bag on the nearest cardboard box. While the hired movers, had done all the hard work, no boxes had been unpacked, nothing told you people actually lived here.

6 0 388 words
kezisms
kezisms

The Town Forest

#2 'I just don't get it, you drive by and everyone thinks this town looks beautiful, thats why we moved here' 'I know Lexi thats the point, you move here and you are trapped, they don't let you back...

10 1 219 words
kezisms
kezisms

The Town Forest

She stood in the darkness not knowing what to do.

10 3 222 words
Minstrel
Minstrel

Death Blossoms In The Dark.

I always believed that monsters couldn't see you in the dark... I was wrong though.

16 2 479 words
BethyBoo
BethyBoo

Sandy

I've been writing stories for years now and so this is a little taster of the one I'm writing now. It's only the blurb I wrote for it but I hope you enjoy ;) ... Sandy was in love.

12 0 122 words
sjw
sjw

Broken Promises

A continuation of previous chapters written by @smellyfingers, @misslittleDHP, @Naaviie, @MrAlex and myself Chapter9. Demons in the dark.

22 28 824 words
misslittleDHP
misslittleDHP

Broken Promises

Continued from @sjw and @smellyfingers Chapter 6......It Begins Huddled on the floor on the strange sign, Derek and Mikey have their backs to one another.

20 27 652 words
smellyfingers
smellyfingers

Broken Promises

Following on from mine @sjw and @misslittleDHP story ;-) Chapter 4 - Red Star "What are you two idiots doing here!" Derek's father said angrily.

24 19 531 words
misslittleDHP
misslittleDHP

Broken Promises

Following on from @smellyfingers and @sjw Chapter 3 Confusion Derek grabs Mikey's arm as though he was protecting him but the truth was he was the one needing protecting, grabbing his young and...

18 21 789 words
Cabernax
Cabernax

Fang

. Chapter One .......................... Vladimir Fang swooped over the rooftops of Cherrybottom with all the grace a bat could muster.

0 0 430 words
glen
glen

The Man On The Bus

With two children going missing in the small village of Steeple Dale in the past year the villagers were very wary of any faces they didn't recognize in their town.

98 57 1149 words
kaitlynmb
kaitlynmb

Pink Skies

Her hair flew back into her face as the wind tried to whip it back in the other direction. She couldn’t look back. Not know. ONot never.

8 0 629 words
johanerik
johanerik

A Twenty Fist Rock

In a little town somewhere in a snowy land lived a little boy called will. He was a calm and quiet boy who didn't stand out in any way.

0 0 674 words
CharlotteEWatts90
CharlotteEWatts90

iii

If anyone was to inquire about the blue house with the abandoned garden and dilapidated structure, most of its neighbours would turn their heads and claim ignorance about any deeds that went on in...

2 0 1141 words
_mollygreen
_mollygreen

Lost, Leaving Town!

(second story, so please comment whether it's good or bad. Thanks!) Two best friends, Kim and Beth, were getting bored of living in a small little town since they were small.

4 1 710 words
Hazzy16
Hazzy16

Hollows Inn

The year was 1926, a time when kids played in streets, sang songs, and the time of the murders at the sweet young town of Rainham.

2 0 126 words
jjgreen99
jjgreen99

My First Story

It was 1876 and Bob Wacahoodoo was in his back garden, when some loud shouts and big bangs began erupting in the alley next to his back garden.

2 2 175 words
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