I curve down the mountain with exceptional speed. Flurries of snowflakes flutter in my wake, sent off to drift toward future landings. Near the top there’s no life. I slice through thin layers of icing,

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“Not that one!” Claire snatched the trophy, long forgotten since her teenage years, from the box we’d labeled junk. She stroked the silver horse head with her thumb, rubbing layers of dust from its eye.

The evening coalesced into charcoal clouds toward the west, backlit by a burnt yellow glow. Blue became grey on its path toward black, revealing glimpses of stars on the way. I walked through the shouts

Stretching her arms as far as they could reach, she greeted the new day. The breeze was blowing blue, crisp with vapor-filled chills that left the clouds behind. Late morning, early afternoon, was there

No, this isn’t a critique of your content. This was inspired by a comment from @falseyedols complimenting the format and layout of my previous post. So let me introduce you to one of my favorite visual

We share the things we create with love. We share things we create with love. We share, we create with love. We share, we create love. We share, we love. We share love. We love. We. I've been working a

Addie woke at daybreak, crossing knee-high blonde grasses to fill buckets from the river. Fresh morning winds carried the scent of smoke and fish from the camp. Ma had started breakfast. The yellow sky

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Glass half empty, glass half full. The water flows from one to the other. From everything into nothing, from nothing into everything. Glass half emptied, glass half filled. The volume of water remains

Fourth place isn’t even a place. There are spaces to be had for first, second, and third, but nothing at all for fourth. I am in fourth. My lower legs cry out with the agony of a thousand tiny torn fibers,

The old board had seen the beginnings of thousands of meals. Scars from sharp knives decorated the surface of the wood, remnants of cuts no longer remembered. I peeled cloves of garlic and set them down

The earth shook and the train car quaked, its wheels unable to connect with the track below. The man who took up two seats was a very important looking man, wearing the type of suit that would have been

They built giants out of sand to guard their castles on the shore. Together they advanced to lay claim to dominion. With every step they took she pulled herself away, but when she returned, her wave crashed

Lana’s earring slipped through her fingers and fell to the floor. She ran her hands across the carpet for a minute until she found it. Her train left thirty seconds before she reached the platform. The

“Corn?” I can’t see her, but I can hear her. Somewhere in a different area she is moving things around. If I can hear her, she can hear me, so again I call out. “Corn?” The noises pause. I take my food

“Let’s get nose rings!” Lina grabbed my hand and pulled me toward the nail salon where a poster in the window advertised a $25 special. “Sure.” I didn’t have much more than that in my wallet, but this

The girl and the boy sat on grass with a picnic spread out between them. “Tell me about yourself,” he said, and she flinched. “There isn't much to say.” She looked away, hoping he would leave it at that.

When the sleeping girl awoke, the whole world was a mess. The outside walls were crumbling and the halls were lined with dirt. Contracted muscles stretched and sent pain coursing through her legs as she