Entries By _Kate_
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savage
He flew at her with a savage growl, and pointed the knife at her throat. She dodged aside just in time, catching him off balance, and knocking him to the ground. Then she ran. She ran like she was in the final few yards of an Olympic race, and she was going for gold.
Posted By _Kate_ On 01.09.2012 @ 10:40 pm
oil
It seeped from the crippled tanker like a stream black death–a floating viscous black ribbon that stretched out across the waves.
Posted By _Kate_ On 01.07.2012 @ 10:22 pm
scar
She traced the scar with the tip of her finger, remembering the searing pain of the knife as it carved its mark into her skin. She hadn’t run. Instead, she’d fought back, possessed by a power borne of fear and pain. When forced to chose between fight or flight, flight had never been an option.
Posted By _Kate_ On 12.18.2011 @ 1:27 pm
autumn
The leaves had begun to don their fiery foliage, and chill was in the air. Autumn was making it’s presence known, and everything smelled of woodsoake, and leaves. I sat on my porch listening to the calls of the birds who would winter here. For me, winter was the only season left.
Posted By _Kate_ On 11.07.2011 @ 12:13 pm
forgotten
She looked at the forgotten toy, left strewn across a dusty shelf. His ears were tattered, and his chestnut fur had been worn away in places. Black glass eyes were scratched and empty, devoid of the life.
Posted By _Kate_ On 05.15.2011 @ 6:16 pm
console
He wrapped her arms around her shoulders and tried to console her. She buried her face into his shoulder as her body was wracked with sobs.
Posted By _Kate_ On 05.10.2011 @ 3:28 pm
crew
The crew fought to turn the ship around, fighting against the churning seas and fierce winds. They were moments from disaster–rapidly bearing down on the jagged rocks ahead.
Posted By _Kate_ On 05.09.2011 @ 12:39 pm
escape
I have to escape. I hear them closing in, the staccato rhythm of their boots on the hard linoleum floor. I make myself small and pray the darkness will conceal me.
Posted By _Kate_ On 08.05.2010 @ 2:19 pm
cross
It was her cross to bear–the knowledge that she had let them down–that she had let him down. And at the moment when they had needed her most, had counted on her to rise to the occasion.
Posted By _Kate_ On 08.04.2010 @ 6:06 pm
chaos
The scene descended into chaos. People were screaming, running, desperately trying to escape the hail of bullets and tear gas, calling out for friends and family who were lost in the crowd.
Posted By _Kate_ On 07.06.2010 @ 11:06 pm
pawn
She never loved him. He was just a pawn that she used to get what she wanted–a dispensable piece in the sick game that she played.
Posted By _Kate_ On 07.04.2010 @ 8:10 am
common
He was a common man caught in an uncommon situation. Before him stood one of the most formidable obstacles he had ever faced, and behind him was a danger he could barely comprehend. If he could have turned back, he would have, but the only option was to continue forward.
Posted By _Kate_ On 07.02.2010 @ 9:35 pm
beach
I spread my beach towel over the hot sand and dug a bottle of SPF 30 sunscreen from the dark recesses of my pool bag. All along the coast, other vacationers had set up folding chairs and brightly colored umbrellas that now dotted the beach like giant, rainbow flowers.
Posted By _Kate_ On 06.23.2010 @ 10:34 pm
tide
The tide came in slowly, gradually erasing a afternoon’s worth of footprints and sandcastles. It came as certainly as the days pass into years, softening the sharp edges of memory.
Posted By _Kate_ On 06.22.2010 @ 8:41 pm
suit
She squinted into the mirror, sizing up the thirteenth wedding dress she had tried on that day. It didn’t suit her any better than the last twelve–it felt totally out of character for her–like a putting a football player in a tutu.
Posted By _Kate_ On 06.05.2010 @ 9:24 pm
wrapped
She wrapped the light blanket around her shoulders and leaned back into the cushions of the wicker chair. The sky was burned with the colors of the setting sun, and the few thin clouds that streaked across the horizon were like streams of liquid gold.
Posted By _Kate_ On 05.29.2010 @ 6:12 pm
pillar
The sandstone pillar stood alone amidst the dunes, a relic of some long forgotten age. It was beginning to crumble and succumb to the elements, yet it’s stateliness was not diminished.
Posted By _Kate_ On 05.26.2010 @ 9:55 pm
rocket
We watched as the rocket broke free from the bonds of gravity and like a phoenix, sped toward the heavens in a cloud of fire and smoke.
Posted By _Kate_ On 05.23.2010 @ 12:15 pm
meaning
People are always trying to give meaning to meaningless things. The chance encounter at the grocery store, the dream you had last night, a moment of eye contact with a stranger–empty nothings that we fill with our own imagined symbolism.
Posted By _Kate_ On 05.15.2010 @ 10:07 pm
stand
It was time to take a stand against all of the injustice of the world. It was time to stand up to the tyrants, the oppressors, the slave drivers. They would unite and together, they would change the world.
Posted By _Kate_ On 05.11.2010 @ 7:45 pm
