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ficción breve basada en el prompt "Cabeza en la pared" / Short fiction based on the prompt “Head on the door.”

The emptiness had a hum. A low, synthetic drone that vibrated from the floor, through the soles of her boots, and settled in the hollow space where a soul should be. It was the same frequency as the crimson

Source What I see: a boxer in his stance, with the light such that his face is heavily shaded. What I feel: How people with their guard up live ... and why. He went through life like in the ring; gloves

Mateo llevaba tres meses en la cocina del restaurante más exigente de la ciudad. Entró con esa emoción de quien esta cumpliendo su mayor sueño...

Howdy Freewriters🤗. Happy Weekend to all. Welcome to my 5 Minute Freewrite blog😊. There was an impromptu meeting in the fridge. Things were not going well. No, the temperature was fine; the problem was

Creative nonfiction prompt 149

Después de darle muchas vueltas a la idea, decidí aceptar la única oferta de trabajo que había recibido en meses. Después de todo, qué otra cosa iba a ser un viejo profesor de matemáticas con la extraña

Isabella llevaba meses soñando con su fiesta de quince. No con cualquier fiesta, ella soñaba con su fiesta. La entrada con el vals sonando de fondo, el DJ, la decoración llena de flores y sobre todo..

She let the last bubble of air escape her lips, a final, fleeting ghost of her terrestrial life. Her eyelids were heavy, sealed not by pressure, but by choice. The world she was leaving behind—a world

Dos cucarachas hablando sobre sus creencias y no creencias

Ramiro vivía solo… Bueno, ni tan solo porque tenía a Simón, su perro, que era tan viejo como el y se pasaba todo el día durmiendo.

Sí, por mucho tiempo soñé con ser el arquitecto de mi entorno. Todo dispuesto para satisfacer mis caprichos. El problema es que no contaba con la competencia. Con cada intento, el vecino frustraba mis

Growing up, one of the seasons we all loved was the Christmas season. The gifts, the songs, the movies and the 'ho ho ho' Santa that our parents took us to see. As a child, I loved Christmas, and I would

Valentina iba al colegio con los zapatos rotos, la suela despegada y cuando llovía todos sus piececitos se mojaban...

Imagen ​​ ​​ Aceptación ​ ​Es muy difícil para una persona el hecho de aceptar cuando es culpable de lo sucedido; siendo más fácil cuando se trata de llevarse los aplausos por lo bueno realizado. Si es

Photo by the author, Deeann D. Mathews, June 11, 2024 “Cordelia, you walking in the redwoods and not coming to church some Sundays worries me! I know your ancestors were Druids, but resist the tree-worshiping

Childhood Dreams In Cumana, Venezuela, there is a neighborhood called La Trinidad. From the patios of its houses, you can see the sea with its cresting waves, revealing the white of its foam. In one of

"Damn thing's been expired for three hours now." I looked over at the old guy standing next to me at the bus stop. Rain was coming down pretty steady, and we were both trying to squeeze under