They warn you not to tempt fate, y'know? I'm here to tell you, don't ever think something like, "at least things can't get any worse", because they can. They always can. Even if you think you've got it covered, there are things out there worse than anything your imagination can cook up.

When my parents told me we were moving to Phoenixville, I ( Read more... )

It wasn't the whispers that bothered Meredith; she was used to the sound of indistinct voices all around her, a constant blur of noise that bordered on musical...  No, the problem with these whispers was that they originated from the living.

"She's always talking to herself." This was followed by giggles.

"Might as well, nobody else'll talk to her ( Read more... )

An electronic cacophony enveloped Shannon the moment the doors closed behind her. The tinny, discordant jingling sounds were irritating, and she wondered if there was an area of the casino where she could escape them. Somewhere behind the noise of the machines, eighties dance music played just loudly enough to be recognizable. The lights were dim, ( Read more... )

Her "gift", grandma always called it. More like a curse, Meredith thought for at least the hundreth time. Maybe it was a gift when it kept your loved ones around you, whispering endearments while you made the bed or keeping you company in front of the tv at night. It was a totally different story when the spirits in question were college students. ( Read more... )

"Can you believe that girl has the nerve to show her face here? I heard she was practically getting naked on the dance floor last weekend with Micah. I mean, Micah of all people -  her best friend's ex! Girl's suicidal or something." Elisa sidled up to a group of girls she'd seen twittering and posing for the guys - appearance-conscious social ( Read more... )

Kellie’s parents told her lies, and she hated them for it.

Daddy called her his little princess, when everyone knew that princesses were slender and graceful with smooth, perfect hair (quite unlike her frizzy brown mop) and beautiful dresses. Mommy told her it was more important to be pretty on the inside than on the outside, but the popular girls ( Read more... )

Once upon a time, in a land just across the river and over a wooded hill, a Princess named Rosalie lived with her father the King and her mother the Queen in a large castle in the very center of the Northern Kingdom. Rosalie loved dancing, and pretty dresses and needlework, but not quite as much as she loved puzzles and history and getting to know ( Read more... )

Kristie hadn't realized she'd be so nervous. This wasn't some stranger she was about to meet. It wasn't a scary blind date. She and Storm (Eric, she corrected herself - his real name was Eric) had been talking every day for months, first through LJ comments, then text chat, then Skype. He was as familiar to her as her own family, as her best friend ( Read more... )

TITLE: Irresistible
AUTHOR: Tigrkittn
RATING: PG
WORD COUNT: 881
FEEDBACK: On || FEEDBACK TYPE: Brutal. What the hell.
WARNING: Creepy ick factor
SUMMARY: Don't play with strange things that seep out of the ground
PROMPTS:Week 1 Day 4
A/N: Did I accidentally steal this from somewhere? I always feel that way, but if you remember where it came from please ( Read more... )

( Behind a cut, so as not to clutter y'all's flists... just ignore if you're not doing The Writing Game thing... )