Why Compliments Make Us Uncomfortable

As the woman smiled, she tapped me on the shoulder and said: “That was a superb job you did. You handled it quite well”. But I was set back by the statement. “Well no, I had lots of help from others, you know…” I said while scratching the back of my head. “Everybody did their part and… things worked out…

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The Proposal

«Wooo, I didn’t know a prince could be so fun!» giggled the woman, sitting on top of the young man. Her dress was wide open in the chest revealing a rich bust, and her curly hair was falling downwards hiding his face. «I was always wondering what such a busy and responsible person was hiding underneath..» she giggled again as…

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A Shattering Premiere

The corridor seemed long and dark at its end. The fat red carpets with the windowless walls would make it seem suffocating and stifling, more like the entrance to a big underground cave than anything else. If it wasn’t for the occasional candle lamps appearing every ten steps or so, it would be a rather bleak and dismal place. Yet,…

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A Little Bait

«And the alarm takes off…now! Mr. Smith is gonna wait 15 seconds yawning and rubbing his eyes before he pushes the blanket aside and sits up straight on his bed, unfolding his two arms in full length.» The man was examining his watch, holding it carefully with his left hand while his peer was sitting right next to him, listening…

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Program 16

I’m gonna enjoy this all the way. I’ll make sure your pain is gonna be enduring and long-lasting, till the moment you will lose sense of who you are and how you ended up in here. By the end of the sequence, you are gonna be wishing you had never been born at all and death will be the most…

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The mixture

The mixture gave me unlimited strength. From the moment it got into me I could sense my muscles strengthening, my mind working faster and smarter, my memory got…almost impeccable. I can remember every single person, every face, and every text I read. Why did it happen to me? Why was I the one that happened to come across this imperceptible…

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Orion

It shouldn’t come as a surprise to you. What you’ve known as your family is not your biological parents. Your origins are quite tremulous and diverged out of the worst of occasions. Ohh don’t be so persistent you’ll know everything on time. But let me assure you that your father did the best he could so that you have a…

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The Paraphernalia Of Mr. Jenkins

“So Oliver, it’s true then? You are getting back in business, aren’t you?” The group of old men chuckled as they kept playing their card game around the circular table. The coffeehouse would consist of a number of identical tables sparsed around the room, for the service of the faithful and diligent customers consisted mostly of people in the third…

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In The Independence Avenue

[A short story, based on the prompt: “Write a story about change”] We stood cross-foot under his statue. My beloved Martin Luther King would loom over us with his characteristic frowned pose. As if he could see all the injustice surrounding us in the world. As if he could feel all the pain in his own body for every person…

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An Unexpected Turn Of Events

“Dad you are only gonna make it worse. It is not the first time this happens and it won’t be the last. Let it go and surely something good is gonna come up eventually.” The girl’s voice would come out timid and gentle while everyone kept eating around the table. Her thin blond hair would fall straight in front of…

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