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THE CHRONICLES OF GIN A Serialized Gingerbread Man Retelling for Adults Part 8: Into the Compromise “That was a compromise,” Scruff replied simply. “A compromise?! Help me out here, Scruff, I'm going to

THE CHRONICLES OF GIN A Serialized Gingerbread Man Retelling for Adults Trigger Warning: This installment contains dark themes, body horror, and unsettling imagery. Reader discretion is advised. Part 7:

Yasmin’s home was a museum of odd things amassed over roughly one and a half natural human lifespans of curation. According to the most trustworthy rumors, long, long ago, she left home as a teenager armed

Disclaimer: While not very explicit, this story fits best in the genre of horror. There is no happy ending, and some folks might not like stories that get a little dark. I get it. I've been trying to write

The FreeCompliments Weekly Art Contest! Welcome to our weekly art contest! In order to participate, simply submit a post of your original artwork to this community, FreeCompliments, and drop the link of

The FreeCompliments Weekly Art Contest! Welcome to our new weekly art contest! In order to participate, simply submit a post of your original artwork to this community, (FreeCompliments), and drop the

Dr. Lee had a really unique perspective. People seemed to appreciate that some of the time. Other times, not so much. This was proving to be one of those ‘other’ times. With a deep sigh, he began to catalog

** Welcome to Graturday Week FOUR!🎉** I'd like to start out by saying how grateful I am for my family. My parents, my siblings, my husband, my son…my aunts, uncles, cousins and even the distant relatives

It's Graturday Week THREE!🎉 Last week we had fewer participants but I still appreciate those who took the time to share what they were grateful for. Big shout out to @hatdogsensei and @nozem01. I had

Welcome (back?) to Graturday!🎉 It's week 2 and I'd like to start out by saying I'm grateful for the three commenters who participated last week: @hatdogsensei, @lumpiadobo and @nozem01. This is a brand

When the ideas are flowing, it's hard to stop them. After more discussions with @hivetrending regarding @commentrewarder and other cool things that could make hive even more fun to use, I brought up an

Hive and the people here can be quite effective once they put their abilities together to come up with something and agree to get it done. This post isn't going to discuss the commentrewarder idea as the

Huh... It was right there I just had to look Now would you look At that If I'd known That's what it took This search Would not Have had to last Anywhere near as long But maybe I Had to get it wrong Completely

Who ever said This was the end? Not me Not I I swear Those words never crossed These lips Rinse them now From your ears This blood This sweat These tears They all have Deeper meaning And life itself Is

You take me around and around The places I thought were Back of the hand familiar But it's all different So different now You pause at the parts That I would have raced past And I get In an instant A gist

My heart was always In the right place Slightly left Of center in my chest You could hear with every beat I was just doing my best But my results Have varied wildly To put it mildly So sometimes best Doesn't

Where does this road go? We'll just drive and drive Eventually we'll know And as we find out We'll be talking our minds out We'll be singing our lungs out That's what today is all about From just after

Sometimes I think I might Be dying But maybe No more so Than anyone Anywhere Ever was It's no more true For any of us It's coming In the blink Of a star's eye We all die We all die Source I promise my

She's headed somewhere She's never been Ever before Not in this skin Somewhere ephemeral The place the voices Come from Wherever the sirens Have commanded her To seek After all To follow Is not The same

I will hold your hand Build another castle from the sand And we will both pretend That we really used cement And when the waves come As the waves will We won't block them We'll just stand still Hoping