Submissions by scorp
a lack of talent and an excess of space
Poem
sometimes i wonder if there’s a point to even writing this
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dear drain
Story
I thought love was all in the shoulders. Hunched, preparing for the moment you will lunge at my neck. [...] Love and fear, as far as I knew, were the same scars.
4 mins
(1)Words: 998
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perception of art
Story
The better I get, the more I yearn for what I cannot create.
8 mins
Words: 1642
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18 summers
Story
Birthday cakes and treasure hunts. Damp towels and bickering in a squeaky car. White wine and cigarettes.
2 mins
(1)Words: 567
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a chess god from the window
Story
My window is stupidly narrow. Whenever I smoked and couldn’t muster the twenty seconds it takes to clear my ashtray, the wind would spurt through; like an arrow through the arrowslit...
2 mins
Words: 522
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annabelle
Story
the story of two girls and unlikely love, even when winter is the coldest
3 mins
Words: 605
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cemetery (draft)
Story
Time could kill, but it could not kill everything.
3 mins
(1)Words: 653
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muse
Story
to all the people who only how to bring light to the world, thank you!
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murder
Story
Gun in hand, a dissociative sociopath like her could be up to anything.
2 mins
(5)Words: 491
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