• Rachel commented on the post, sure 4 months, 3 weeks ago

    “Nobody’s ever going to adopt us,” said Toby quietly. He had curled up in the corner of his bunk, sinking into the shadows.
    “Yes they will,” Charlotte answered enthusiastically, her braids bouncing as she scampered towards the window and stood on her tiptoes to peer out at the drizzly gray world below. “I’m sure of it”

  • Rachel posted a new activity comment 8 months, 3 weeks ago

    This is fantastic! I loved reading it!

    In reply to - Vat commented on the post, texture She put them on. The world twisted, rearranged itself, tip-tilted strangely in front of her eyes. She reached out, trying to look and not look at the same time, and took a step. Same old dirt beneath her bare feet. • View
  • Rachel commented on the post, covered 8 months, 3 weeks ago

    The door to the pub slammed open, causing the small building to shake. A woman stood in the door, hunched and wicked-looking, covered from head to toe in frost as if she had wrapped herself in a sheet of snow.
    […]

  • Rachel commented on the post, zone 9 months, 1 week ago

    He was in a zone. It was a bizarre place he couldn’t escape from. Everything around him was fake. Or was it real? He couldn’t quite tell the difference anymore; it was beginning to make him dizzy. He was teetering […]

  • Rachel commented on the post, want 9 months, 1 week ago

    He wanted it more than he had ever wanted anything else. He craved it. He longed for it. And as he sat there in the pouring rain on a chilly night, shivering as the drops pelted his bare skin, he realized how good […]

  • Rachel posted a new activity comment 9 months, 1 week ago

    Wow! I felt like I was reading a passage straight out of a book! Keep up the good work!

    In reply to - Brianna commented on the post, want He growled. Eyeing the other, tied up and whimpering, something snapped within him. Something desperate, something maddening, something that screamed his longing. Want. He wanted that, he wanted the other, he […] • View
  • Rachel commented on the post, banks 9 months, 2 weeks ago

    He sat on the riverbank, his arms propped up on his knees, a wooden fishing pole clutched in his hands. His foot tapped along to no rhythm in particular. His overalls were torn and the flannel shirt he wore was […]

  • Rachel posted a new activity comment 9 months, 2 weeks ago

    Prima!

    In reply to - Lisa commented on the post, assaults Die Assaltantes waren kleine Grüppchen heruntergekommener Menschen. Sie trugen schmutzige Sackkleidung, langes, verfilztes Haar, sie gingen barfuß und jeder, der einmal in ihre unmittelbare Nähe gekommen war, […] • View
  • Rachel commented on the post, dare 9 months, 3 weeks ago

    “Jump off,” Toby said, smirking. “I DARE you.”
    The group of boys had gathered around Henry, their faces splotched with dirt, their shirts untucked, their suspenders dirtied, and their hats cockeyed. They […]

  • Rachel commented on the post, instructions 10 months, 1 week ago

    “Why don’t you try listening carefully to my instructions?” she said through clenched teeth. There was an irritated edge in her voice. “Find him. Kill him. Bring his body to me.” She stood up straight and clasped […]

  • Rachel commented on the post, patrol 10 months, 1 week ago

    Moira and I sat crouched behind a crumbling stone wall, watching the guards march back and forth across the bridge. Each man gripped a sharp spear and stared forward with furrowed eyebrows.
    “We’re never […]

  • Rachel posted a new activity comment 10 months, 1 week ago

    This is great! It sounds like the beginning to a really good book!

    In reply to - Vat commented on the post, quest He blinked, and stared. It was still there. It glittered in front of his vision, turning and sparkling in midair. There was no mistaking what he saw, or what it meant. He had been chosen… • View
  • Rachel commented on the post, bandages 10 months, 2 weeks ago

    A sob chokes in my throat as I push the door open, peering into the dank hospital room. A light flickers in the corner and the whole place smells like antiseptic. He lays in the hospital bed on the opposite side […]

  • Rachel commented on the post, suggestion 10 months, 2 weeks ago

    “Let me make a suggestion,” he says, his voice low as his lips curl into a smile. His silver eyes seem to freeze as he paces through the room. “Get out of here before I lose my temper.” He stops to face me, […]

  • Rachel commented on the post, harness 10 months, 3 weeks ago

    Her stomach flipped as she heard that gut-wrenching tearing sound. The harness hugged her body as she began to slip from its clutches. The dark water below her crashed up against the jagged rocks, roaring at her, […]

  • Rachel commented on the post, chills 10 months, 4 weeks ago

    The forest was eerily quiet, except for the occasional hoot of an owl. He traipsed down the pathway, hands shoved deep in his pockets as he stared up at the big yellow moon hanging low in the sky. Any other person […]

  • Rachel commented on the post, saturday 10 months, 4 weeks ago

    He spent his Saturday sprawled on the couch with the curtains tugged over the window; the television showed him a celebrity being followed by a horde of men with cameras. He chuckled as he shoved a greasy slice of […]

  • Rachel posted a new activity comment 11 months ago

    This is great . . . it actually made me really hungry!

    In reply to - cosmic commented on the post, soups Full warm bowl of soup, steam curls around your face, cold and red from hours in the snow, as you breathe in its intoxicating scent. Made especially for you by Baba (“You’re too skinny! Eat more! Don’t play […] • View
  • Rachel commented on the post, configuration 11 months ago

    The configuration of the numbers had stumped her. She sat, hands poised over the dials, staring blankly at the screens that rose up around her. She tapped her chin as she glared at the code.
    Come on, she told […]

  • Rachel commented on the post, distributor 11 months ago

    The room was dark and the air was stale; distant clangs and shouts could be heard above us. My eyes roamed over the face of each person who sat in front of me, their backs pressed up against the cold, metal […]

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