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HeatherAnne
HeatherAnne

If You Were Artist...?

Imagine life's a painting, And you the artist; try, Imagine earth as lumps of clay, In your fingers it does lie.

22 2 120 words
a_thousand_roses
a_thousand_roses

A (Not-So) Secret World

Secret stories, Dreams of glories. An inkling of an idea. Decide to write To find the light And create a utopia. A hidden world Inside me swirled With clouds and stars and things.

4 0 105 words
iVignes
iVignes

Bal Ezra And The Fall

PROLOGUE ​A gust of wind swept under the carriage, rattling all the copper levers and gadgets in the haul.

0 0 1474 words
_BeaniesAndBooks_
_BeaniesAndBooks_

A Twist Of Unknown

Prologue The tale of Queen Ramona and the city of Vienna had been passed down so many centuries, nobody remembers whether it was just a myth or not.

14 2 518 words
Cabernax
Cabernax

A Treatise On Wargs

It has been a very long time since I have written anything on Opuss. Too long, perhaps. Anyway, I'm back now. Or I am for this piece, at least.

6 3 421 words
LordCatiouse
LordCatiouse

The Empire Of Catz part 4

Lord Catiouse woke up again and went down stairse had breakfast and went to get ready Lord mzubuz on the other hand was litrealy sleeping for ages a kajiit went near the water he saw hes familly and...

8 0 107 words
Emma_33
Emma_33

LittleKitten Shop Challenge By Emma_33

The shop Is a shop for elves and things rather than a real one,so if its not wat ur looking for then that's fine Cos I'm going to be starting a Story/poem on fairies and elves so this could be good...

10 3 380 words
overskill
overskill

The Wall 1

PROLOGUE First, there was the Wall. There had always been the Wall, towering over the Khea City Plane like a mountainous sleeping giant.

14 8 132 words
Burrfoot
Burrfoot

My Dream World

#myworld The above inspired me to look out my school English jotters, as I remembered writing a small piece on the subject 25 years ago.

30 11 206 words
carrotstick
carrotstick

My World

#myworld The wind softly sings its quiet tune to the loud, messy world that I occupy. The thin red grass by the cliff's edge sways. A giant shape eclipses the green-tinted sunset.

14 4 187 words
DrCarrow
DrCarrow

Opussia Has Been Founded

#opussdystopia The time to present yourself has come to an end. I'm taking everyone who entered and starting my selection.

48 30 141 words
DrCarrow
DrCarrow

Repost The Idea!

Dear precious followers (and any other Opussian reading this): I've been developing this idea for a while.

54 51 393 words
Timmsyy
Timmsyy

The Human Test

March 18th, 3016 The test is near. I close the door to our broken down cottage and breathe out. Opening my eyes I expect the worst but see nothing. They're gone. I'm headed for the Human Test.

8 0 212 words
Cabernax
Cabernax

Fantasy Novel Update #5

In my last Opost of this series, I said I had finished chapter 3.

8 0 476 words
pthasse
pthasse

New World: Prologue

Hey all. I've been working on this idea for a little while now, call it a pet project. Anyway, I had been writing it as episodes before I joined Opuss, which I shared on my site.

12 5 737 words
MasterDavidTait
MasterDavidTait

Untitled

The Lyrish States of Southern Elavan, owned by the races of Nollos and Ayseys, were form in 3567 (Sepistanian year) of the 18th of Mare.

0 0 247 words
Franizo
Franizo

Tribes Part 5 - 'Chatting'

Before I even thought to have any suspicions, he walked over to our stools at the bar area of his wooden building. "Takes some getting used too, don't worry about it.

2 0 674 words
Zorua101
Zorua101

Lord Herobrine - Prologue

The land of Minecraftia had once been a peaceful, untouched world. The trees had grown quickly and quietly, next to slowly rushing rivers that had wound their way to expansive, unpolluted seas.

6 16 602 words
OdinsFist
OdinsFist

Pronunciation

Hey guys (and girls) I realised today that I have written all these made up words but I can't pronounce them myself. I will update this regularly as my vocabulary expands.

0 1 117 words
linkigi
linkigi

The Dark Horse

As you may have seen. I am currently uploading chapter by chapter episodes of 'The White Rabbit'. This is not actually my first time writing it.

4 2 381 words
kayceecallstheshots_
kayceecallstheshots_

On Our Own(Prologue)

In the 1800s treaties of trade were signed, promising that lands like Japan, China, Africa and South America would trade with the northern, or western lands(United States and Canada) But now,...

0 0 292 words
heyimkate
heyimkate

Shielded

--- Another start of a short story. Comment as to whether you would like me to continue it.

4 7 765 words