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Alison commented on the post, framework 11 months, 1 week ago
I carefully laid out the framework, each piece set with slow precision- carefully, carefully- and sat back to survey my handiwork. The plan was set, each figure in their place. The game began.
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Alison commented on the post, mayor 11 months, 1 week ago
Being the mayor wasn’t easy job. Stamp papers, listen to boring people, stamp papers. One morning, I decided to do something to shake up the routine. Something the town will never forget. And, let’s just say, they never did.
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Alison commented on the post, racket 11 months, 2 weeks ago
“What’s all that racket?!” The old woman screamed. The two boys looked away from the dead body with a start, and exchanged glances. The night wasn’t over after all, they guessed.
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Alison commented on the post, grind 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Back to the daily grind, the executioner thought with a sigh. Then, he heaved the axe into the air. It glinted in the sun -only once- before crashing down through the sinew of the prisoner’s neck.
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Alison commented on the post, architecture 12 months ago
As I walked down the street, I couldn’t help but to notice that the buildings weren’t normal. The architecture seemed warped somehow, twisted and wrung by some diabolical hand. I quickened my pace.
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Alison wrote about the word slouch 1 year, 5 months ago
I slouched into the chair, putting my head in my hands. Why? I asked the universe, but without saying a word. Why is it always me?
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Alison wrote about the word foreign 2 years, 1 month ago
I don’t know what I’m doing here. In a place where everyone is the same, I stand out like a sore thumb. But why? Is it my clothes? My voice? My personality? Or is it just the state of my mind? I feel so foreign.