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Roses
Three men were gathered around an open trunk, two of them exchanging glances with the locals walking on the sidewalks, while the other opened a case. There was a mother with two little boys walking on either side of her. She wore a purple dress. The boys were in street clothes and both wore a peaked cap.
By Leonardo Pizzolato5 years ago in Criminal
He Looked Nothing Like Jesus
Existence is pain, Existence is absurd, Existence is pointless… ‘Nadia!’ The familiar shout from her father downstairs drifted up and stopped her pencil mark dead on the paper.
By Rex5 years ago in Criminal
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Probably one of my favorite short scripts I've written, could certainly be a feature The Most recent short film I wrote about a month ago...
By JD Glasscock5 years ago in Criminal
A Night to Remember
“And I want no funny business from you, Gary!” With that, the burly police officer shut the door to the cramped visiting room. Gary cast a bored eye over his shoulder at the door behind him from his seat at the table.
By Luke Mayo5 years ago in Criminal
Black Book
Chapter 1 Humble Beginnings Every day starts off just the same, the sun rises up, I stretch my body as long as I can , wiggle my feet , and start my day. Life was so much easier when I was a child and didn't have to worry about getting up to do anything but go to school. Now things have changed and I have a career and people depending on me to money in their pocket and food in their families mouth. Big responsibility, I know. I feed them and in turn they feed me more. Just how it works.
By Hillary Curtis 5 years ago in Criminal
The Lights Are Brighter
CHAPTER 1 Phoebe McGee had had a relatively normal childhood. She wasn’t popular, but she had a lot good friends. Her parents were divorced for as long as she could remember, but they kept it amicable. She grew up in a small home with her mother on a cul de sac in a suburb outside Buffalo, NY. She had five sets of neighbors, two of which had children who were close to her age; two were her childhood best friends: *Aleila and Matty*.
By Molly Caitlin Long5 years ago in Criminal
Black Light
“Are you planning on leaving your bottom half here? ‘Cause all of you ain’t leaving.” Bright lights above swirl endlessly. Before all was well, the party was almost perfect, aside from being packed in a sardine can with a bunch of high and drunk-- just turned twenty-one-- kiddos. Now, suddenly the constant headache-inducing flashes have me feeling nauseated.
By Lakise Chambers5 years ago in Criminal
The Other Side of Me
"She didn't know, and couldn't see it. She needs medical help!" The opposing counsel stood and yelled. "Objection! She knew what she was doing!"
By Teagan5 years ago in Criminal
I Would Destroy This World For You - Chapter 6
Rand was last to exit the plane, his nap cut short by their descent into Osaka. Marcus and Rayven were already off the plane and talking to a woman who was waiting for them on the tarmac with a black car. After they all had their luggage in the trunk, they slipped into the car. Rand and Rayven sat in the back with Marcus in the front passenger seat.
By Wakane Ebonheart5 years ago in Criminal
Psycho Valentine
Day One I got a phone call from mother, no, let me reframe that, mother left hundreds of voicemails and texts on my mobile phone just to tell me that grandma had died. Ok, that ancient piece of museum quality antique kicked it, so what? Everyone’s gotta die someday, I’ve been waiting for this to happen for quite a few years now but that old piece of shit just won’t drop it. And now, I’m having the time of my life here in university, with all the wild party invites to fulfil and ultra handsome bikes to spot and ride, naturally, I can not be bothered to attend to dead people. But father knows me better than anyone else, he told mother to tell me that he got the new iPhone X waiting for me at home, if I attend the funeral, it is mine. Ah, dilemma, dilemma, to iPhone or to ravish hot chiselled bodies. Ok, you old pieces of shit, you got me. iPhone X here I come.
By Rex5 years ago in Criminal
What have I become?
"Aye bruh! Aye bruh! Let me hold five, so I can get a 2'11. I'll wash your windows." "I'm good O.G. I ain't got it." This was my life now, begging and asking younger G's for help. Knowing that I couldn't go back into the neighborhood corner store. I was caught stealing a beer. Too broke to buy my own. Still managed to maintain my respect from the work I put in. My life is now of a pee-on.
By Brad Mason5 years ago in Criminal
The Observer
The Observer. © 2020 Symphisis Long, low swells rose lazily out of the Indian Ocean, piling up on themselves until their teetering tips cascaded forward and down their advancing faces. First rays of sunlight lanced over the coastal heath and shimmered in the dancing foam. The waves hit the beach with a thud, hissed across the golden sand, then receded.
By Symphisis5 years ago in Criminal