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The Case of Edward Holmes
The Case of Edward HolmesTrials of a struggling but talented writer
The AppointmentEdward Holmes was a struggling writer. He graduated from an accredited university with a Bachelor in Literature and Letters, and he steadily sought work as a writer. With basic skill in drawing and painting, Edward hoped to publish both illustrated and non-illustrated stories in a magazine. Edward began by submitting short stories (four to five pages) to sundry magazines in his city. Many magazine editors accepted his work. Around the end of that year, one of the editors introduced him to a new magazine where he might get accepted fast. Edward agreed to contac
Featured
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Prompts
65 deviations
Literature
Petalfall
In the town of Petalfall
The people
Watch their feet
DON'T STEP ON THE CRACKS
There's demons
IN
The street
The exorcists work overtime
Removing hell
From human minds
But so far
They cannot find
How to keep it from
Concrete.
Poetry
1112 deviations
Visual Poetry
55 deviations
Literature
Silvery Shadows
Early winter winds swept across the late October night. Her sweater suddenly seemed too thin. She started walking faster. Leaving the streetlights behind she ducked under the fence and decided on a shortcut through the field. To her left was an elaborate maze of corn, three acres wide, the biggest in the state, the land running alongside her own family’s farm. It was dark now but she knew this path like the back of her hand. She was half way home when the sound of a bird startled her. It was a crow, squawking and shrieking with abandon as it tore into something very dead, and very fresh. She turned her head in disgust at the site and ke
General Prose
249 deviations
Literature
Alone: The Exorcist Exam
“Kia Awara”.
The voice is stern and crisp, almost mechanical. I look up from my seat in the waiting room. Pristine, white, sterile. The only decoration is a single poster of a bald eagle in front of an American Flag, and all the “magazines” are just government pamphlets. Not really sure who they’re trying to recruit, since anyone qualified wouldn’t be here. This is the office for novices.
“Kia Awara.”
The voice comes again, snapping me out of my reverie. The receptionist is glaring at me. I quickly stand, dropping my phone as I do. “That’s, er, that’s me.” I bend over
Supernatural Prose
407 deviations
Literature
The Tunnel
The Tunnel
Discovery and DreadIn the afternoon of April tenth, the team from Dunhill Constructions Limited had proceeded to burrow deeper underground as required by their firm. They burrowed with he customary tools and lighting for almost two hours before they eventually discovered a hidden stone chamber. Putting all of their strength into the effort, they proceeded to grasp and slide open the massive stone hatch of the chamber. They spent one half hour together to move it. Finally, they succeeded and cast beams of light from their battery torches into the darkness of the chamber, to help them look inside. At first, it seemed to them that not
Fantasy Prose
114 deviations
Literature
Breathless in Brighton
Breathless in BrightonA gold medal winning runner becomes afflicted by an unknown viral infection that leaves him breathless at his doorstep
Everywhere in the city, there were notices posted that warned of the risk of an invasion but failed to identify the source(s). Some of the populace took these warnings seriously; others, of course, did not. They wondered-doubted-what the writer referred to. Certainly, a military invasion was not in question. BREXIT was still in progress. Furthermore, nobody anywhere had reported any signs of invasion from outer space. Those who took these warnings seriously wondered whether the warnings referred to a vi
Sci-Fi Prose
120 deviations
Literature
Innocent Crimes - Juuzou X Reader (Tokyo Ghoul)
My mother once told me to get somewhere you have to give up something in return. So I gave up my life for power. I want to be strong, not the strongest, but strong enough to live in this world. Everyday a ghoul feeds on a new soul and a family suffers from that lost. Mine felt that pain twice… yet everyday I see those who have lost more.
Both sides feel this, both sides suffer, they feed on us out of necessity and we kill them for having that need. Some days we exterminate entire families, children and infants, pregnant woman, and the elderly… Other days we see out friends die as we fight a single ghoul without laying a scratch o
Fanfiction
118 deviations
Literature
Mom's Strange Dream
My Mom's Strange Dream
This morning my mom told me this dream she had last night. It started off ordinary enough. She was staying up late reading, when she suddenly heard rustling noises. They were coming from this small cardboard box near the stove. She noticed the bubble-wrap packing material inside was shaking. Thinking that there was a rat moving around inside, she started hitting the packing material with heavy objects, trying to squash the pesky varmint.
Well, I came in, apparently woken up from a deep night's sleep by all the racket that was going on. I then asked her what she was doing, and
Non-Fiction
16 deviations
Mature Content
510 deviations
Group Related
1 deviation
Literature
Demon's Fear-Entry to Contest-
Angels surround me,
I scream in agony wishing them away,
The God of the Christian's is staring down on me,
I want to run, but my legs don't work anymore,
I'm withering away,
The souls I've took, the people I've posses look at me now.
Blankly;
Yes, but they stare with a numb hatered,
"Please, save me. Please. I wish to go free!"
I scream with all my might in fright!
"Demon! You will pay for your horrid crimes!
The blood you spilt on holy ground,
Each body you tore down to the bared teeth hound!"
I felt my ragged breathing fade and my skin burn,
Till I exploded in pain, My body is in fire.
I have no soul, but still I suffer immen
CLOSED - Fear Contest
1 deviation
Literature
See
People say that losing their sight is the most frightening experience a soul could endure, forever wandering in the dark, unable to see the soft smile of their mother and blind to the affectionate gaze of a lover."I am alone," they would say, "All alone in my misery." Then, their mothers will draw them into their gentle, tender embrace and their lovers will drip words of golden honey into their ears.... and all would be well. Different, but well.
I lived in that deep void, not left alone for two consecutive moments since the day I was born. There were always people around me-- my parents, my sister, Bea.... the comforting presence of quie
CLOSED - Personal Hell Contest
7 deviations
Literature
CreepyPasta: The Web
The problem with the internet is that you never know what you’re going to get into.
Let me elaborate. Let’s say, for example, that you decide to click on a link, sent to you by a friend, let’s say. Now, that link could go to multiple things. It could go to a funny image, or maybe it’s a interesting news article. But nonetheless, if you receive a link from someone you know, you’re most likely going to click on it, right? After all, you trust them, they won’t send you anything bad, they’re your friend, they know you, and likewise you know them, right?
Right?
But, like all things with the internet, it
CLOSED- 2 Sentence Horror Contest
10 deviations
Narrative Videos
3 deviations
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