Stories by Olinda, by newest first

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  • Where I'm From
    I am from the crumbling ochre bricks of a rotting castle,
    from the seasoned remains of a world about to be built, and swiftly forgotten
    by Olinda 400 words, 1 day ago
  • No such thing as love
    Mami always spoke Russian with us, even though we did not fully understand it. I liked to listen to her speak to us in another language, de
    by Olinda 400 words, 3 comments, on Nov 21 11:37 PM
  • Jesus of the Ward
    by Olinda 800 words, 5 comments, on Oct 23 4:30 PM
  • Not Crazy
    There’s a light piercing through my eyelids when I wake up. I watch the crimson spread over my skin as the light tries to break through to my eyes. It doesn’t take too long for me to adjust.1
    by Olinda 1200 words, 4 comments, on Oct 13 9:52 PM
  • Meeting With Dad
    by Olinda 600 words, 17 comments, on Oct 12 9:02 PM
  • Blue Fireflies
    After The Accident, Mr. Kline the Shrink told me that I could make things easier if I thought of everything that I would remember when I moved. “It’ll make the transition easier.” “But what if I don’t want to make it easier?
    by Olinda 300 words, on Oct 2 10:15 PM
  • Would You Like Some Vegemite With That
    What happens when you hold your breath for a really long time, almost a life time; and then let it go? And what about when you jump into a pool without really thinking about it; with your clothes on and everything, and then l
    by Olinda 500 words, on Oct 2 10:14 PM
  • Anna
    The din of people singing in 1
    by Olinda 300 words, 4 comments, on Sep 17 9:24 PM
  • Nine thousand stars.
    “What?” Aunt Chloe moaned in the blinding darkness. Uncle Rod mumbled something, a low vibration on the walls. I lay still in my invisible room, barely breathing, for fear they hear me so much as sigh.1
    by Olinda 300 words, 17 comments, on Sep 12 6:04 PM
  • Dinner
    Aunt Chloe decided to turn Chinese for dinner. 1
    by Olinda 500 words, 10 comments, on Aug 11 5:35 PM
  • Thank you for never loving me.
    She lay beside him and breathed her impatience onto his fluttering chest, her hair curling round his neck.1
    by Olinda 300 words, 20 comments, on Jul 21 9:44 PM
  • He loves me too, you know.
    by Olinda <100 words, 3 comments, on Jul 21 9:32 PM
  • Goodbyes
    The worst thing about goodbyes is the ‘good’. It makes you feel as if the person is coming back, and you force yourself to wait for them; for as long as it takes. Like widows wait every morning for their husbands to come to b
    by Olinda 100 words, 4 comments, on Jul 18 10:39 PM
  • Forgetting.
    It’s strange how time can change so many things. And even funnier how memory likes to play with your mind, change things, and contort them
    by Olinda 200 words, 1 comment, on Jul 18 3:27 PM
  • My Parrots Cage
    A spider’s web spun of the thinnest metal, thick enough to keep in its wide- eyed prisoner.1
    by Olinda 100 words, 4 comments, on Jun 8 1:18 PM
  • Flower Rain
    She sat with her friend under the blooming apple tree, cradled by satin pink blossoms and smooth apple flesh. The two girls were perched on
    by Olinda 1600 words, 21 comments, on May 22 6:38 PM
  • Tights
    by Olinda 100 words, 2 comments, on Apr 21 3:35 PM
  • Parts of story- Kooz
    Beginning- Sophie was a simple little seven year old girl before Kooz came. She liked her long yellow hair because it reminded her of the d
    by Olinda 600 words, 3 comments, on Mar 30 2:32 PM
  • Imagery
    by Olinda 700 words, 8 comments, on Mar 10 4:29 PM
  • Chapter one: The meeting....?
    Cats hate getting wet.1
    by Olinda 1100 words, 9 comments, on Feb 25 2:40 PM
  • Chapter 1
    by Olinda 800 words, 10 comments, on Feb 10 9:11 PM
  • All She Ever Wanted
    My mother had always wanted me to dance.1
    by Olinda 1500 words, 29 comments, on Jan 22 9:50 PM
  • Loverly story
    You liked to watch me do cartwheels. You said you liked the way my hair flew with the movement. 1
    by Olinda 1100 words, 14 comments, on Jan 19 7:45 PM
  • The world destroyed them
    Her eyes are colored purple and her cheeks are yellow. Hair green on one side and checkered black and white on the other. Costume ridiculou
    by Olinda 300 words, 10 comments, on Dec 14 8:59 PM 2008. In Emotional, Life
  • Olivia
    “You see that girl?” 1
    by Olinda 700 words, 7 comments, on Dec 14 8:13 AM 2008
  • Rose and the beast
    It was raining.1
    by Olinda 1400 words, 7 comments, on Nov 19 6:17 PM 2008
  • Proloogue
    by Olinda 400 words, 4 comments, on Nov 16 3:02 PM 2008
  • Fleaur
    FULL NAME - Fleuar [pronounced Floore, in a soft breath] french for flower1
    by Olinda 800 words, 6 comments, on Nov 5 2:54 PM 2008
  • Into Time
    The clock was broken and she knew it. It was her favorte clock, and she knew it was broken beyond repair. It was an old clock, a wooden one
    by Olinda 1200 words, 7 comments, on Sep 12 9:57 PM 2008
  • Goddess
    The dream was already terrible. 1
    by Olinda 500 words, 3 comments, on Aug 22 8:32 PM 2008. In
  • Sky
    The horse softly whickered and slammed a heavy hoof to the ground. He whisked his tail back and forth, stinging me on the face like a hard
    by Olinda 1200 words, 7 comments, on May 9 10:13 AM 2008
  • Thoughts of the Mist
    The waters slowly parted as she rose from the aqua depths of her home. They fomed and gurgled as she wove her way out and flew to the edge
    by Olinda 1700 words, 8 comments, on Apr 4 7:40 PM 2008
  • The Little Christmas Tree
    In a thick forest, found deep by the mountains of a little village were a dozen tall pine trees, and right next to them, were the baby ones
    by Olinda 1500 words, 13 comments, on Dec 13 7:57 PM 2007
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