S.H.O.T.A
My team and I work with a program called Simple Heuristic Operations Tracking Algorithm. Yes. We are aware what the acronym spells. You don't have to tell us. Believe me, we've heard our share of jokes--especially with regards to how it relates to...
Coming out of the tent
He'd made Shannon Connelly cry, the bastard. Nobody messed with Shannon Connelly, because there was no reason to do so. Everybody loved her. She was head of the film club at school, and had the best taste in film. You'd think that's not objective, but...
Never Taste Freedom
Hector Elizondo hadn't been looking for it, but he'd found a solution to quitting smoking. First day I met him, he had a cigarette stuck between his lips. His goofy, smug smile held his cig at an upward angle so I thought he might stick the damn thing...
Curiosity
When you peer into the abyss, sometimes the abyss gazes back-Nietzsche Every state institution that's more than a couple years old has skeletons in the closet. Doors best left unopened. Topics avoided by mutual agreement. No exceptions. Ours was...
An Unusual Pregnancy
Agreements are made when moneys are paid in exchange for the work of my pen. Commissions l gained, grotesque and mundane portraying the longings of Men. Although l have had affairs good and bad, yet the strangest accruing to me was...
2811042 Blackraven2_the_shrink
"This is the first time I ever had to sign an NDA to see a patient. Now, tell me what you have in there? It's not an alien, right? Don't tell me all that Area51 nonsense is actually real, is it?" The lemur asked, slightly amused. "Nah, nothing like...
The Hive is Me
Did you know, I used to be a cat? No, really! Well, at least I thought I was a cat. I definitely looked like one. Brown-beige with stripes and cute little green eyes. And... I was allergic to bees, would you believe that? Hah, no, but that's what...
2796761 ironsnake345_springtime_sting
Springtime Sting By ironsnake345 Story prompt for Writer's Crossing * * * "Madam, please, it is bee season, you must be cautious!" The window slid shut in my face, slamming into its frame with a noise that made my ears ring. I shut my eyes and...
The Temporal Casualty
I stand before the playpen staring down at the wolf pup. He stares back his golden eyes curious. he's not afraid; why would he be? He doesn't know why I'm here, he doesn't recognize the weapon I have pointed at him. He's innocent, but he won't always...
Creative Writing Prompt #5: Tone
#5 of creative writing this creative writing prompt was to prepare us for our one minute scenes. it was to get us to understand the concept of tone and creating images to depict certain feelings.
The Wish
"Useless brat!" The hand cleaved across my face, and my cheek stung with his insult and the back of his palm. It took every ounce of my courage, every ounce of my strength not to stumble and fall. The room swayed around me as my temper rose, but it...
James and the Giant Deep
?James was sure he'd be fired. The entire board was in there. He'd barged in and seen top secret files. Glanced, really, he didn't have time to read anything they said. And yet, that eye haunted him. Just thinking about it his fear grew. He could feel...