• rakushasu (65)in Scholar and Scribe • last year

  I Challenged Myself to Ride the Tram for an Entire Week Without Getting Off, I Challenged Myself to Do the Long Ride - Day 3

  After last night’s encounter with the group of thugs, I was quite shaken. I didn’t know, however, what day three would hold in store for me... I still kept to my people…

  $5.99

  • Past Payouts $5.99
  • - Author $3.04
  • - Curators $2.94

   640 0
• rakushasu (65)in Scholar and Scribe • last year

  I Challenged Myself to Ride the Tram for an Entire Week Without Getting Off, I Challenged Myself to Do the Long Ride - Day 2

  Well, the second day of my little journey is over, the one I came to call the Long Ride, and boy, do I have to tell you a few things. Things took a turn for the worse, but more…

  $4.69

  • Past Payouts $4.69
  • - Author $2.38
  • - Curators $2.31

   550 0
• rakushasu (65)in Scholar and Scribe • last year

  I Challenged Myself to Ride the Tram for an Entire Week Without Getting Off, I Challenged Myself to Do the Long Ride - Day 1

  I came up with the idea for the Long Ride a few days ago. My friends and I had met up on Friday evening to hang out, share some stories, and, of course, to have a few beers.…

  $5.58

  • Past Payouts $5.58
  • - Author $2.84
  • - Curators $2.75

   504 0
• rakushasu (65)in Scholar and Scribe • last year

  My Girlfriend Got Me Hooked on a Drug Named Oneiria, I Wish I’d Never Taken It

  I met her during my first time at a club. It was quite the strange experience. I’d never been out dancing before, had never even gotten drunk and didn’t know the first thing…

  $0.24

  • Past Payouts $0.24
  • - Author $0.12
  • - Curators $0.12

   12 1
• rakushasu (65)in Scholar and Scribe • 2 years ago

  Marty the Lizard Boy

  Marty was obsessed with lizards. No, not dinosaurs, not dragons, just those tiny, four-legged, slithering things. I don’t know when or why it started. One day, out of nowhere…

  $0.61

  • Past Payouts $0.61
  • - Author $0.31
  • - Curators $0.30

   39 0
• rakushasu (65)in Scholar and Scribe • 2 years ago

  For the Past Few Weeks, the Cats in My Town Have Been Multiplying. But I Think Something Else Is Going On Here, Something Bad.

  I don’t remember when it started. I first noticed it a few weeks ago when I went to the grocery store. There were so many cats around. Seeing cats isn’t uncommon in a rural…

  $5.49

  • Past Payouts $5.49
  • - Author $2.79
  • - Curators $2.70

   418 0
• rakushasu (65)in Scholar and Scribe • 2 years ago

  I Just Watched a TikTok Livestream and Now I Don’t Know What’s Real Anymore

  Yes, I know, who in their right mind uses TikTok? I was always starkly opposed to Social Media, especially TikTok. That cesspit of stupidity and regurgitated jokes should’ve…

  $11.38

  • Past Payouts $11.38
  • - Author $5.77
  • - Curators $5.61

   783 2
• rakushasu (65)in Scholar and Scribe • 2 years ago

  During Our Annual Village Fair, Our Entire Community Gets Together for a Game of Hide-And-Seek

  By everyone, I mean everyone: from the youngest members, toddlers and babies still held by their mothers, to the oldest, those needing walkers and wheelchairs. These games have…

  $0.45

  • Past Payouts $0.45
  • - Author $0.23
  • - Curators $0.22

   30 0
• rakushasu (65)in Scholar and Scribe • 2 years ago

  Never Make the Same Mistake I Did, Don’t Get Lost at a Trade Fair

  I bet you’re laughing right now. You probably think I’m just some idiot with a terrible sense of direction. To be honest, you’re right about the latter, but I assure you, what I…

  $7.44

  • Past Payouts $7.44
  • - Author $3.78
  • - Curators $3.66

   487 3
• rakushasu (65)in Scholar and Scribe • 2 years ago

  The Cow King

  When people think of their first pet, they talk about dogs or cats. For me, however, it was a cow. Now, Lina wasn’t my cow, of course. She was one of many my grandpa owned.…

  $7.75

  • Past Payouts $7.75
  • - Author $3.94
  • - Curators $3.81

   576 9
• rakushasu (65)in Scholar and Scribe • 2 years ago

  Bump

  I first felt it a few weeks ago. It was a bump on the back of my head. I thought nothing of it. I’d probably bumped my head while drunk. Happens all the time. It would go…

  $6.67

  • Past Payouts $6.67
  • - Author $3.39
  • - Curators $3.27

   493 2
• rakushasu (65)in Scholar and Scribe • 2 years ago

  The Legend of Long Legged Larry

  It was my cousin Bill who first told me about the Legend of Long Legged Larry. Bill and I used to be best friends, and I always spent the long, hot weeks of summer in his small…

  $6.55

  • Past Payouts $6.55
  • - Author $3.34
  • - Curators $3.22

   508 0
• rakushasu (65)in Scholar and Scribe • 2 years ago

  Red

  Red. It’s the most vivid color and has always been my favorite. I loved it ever since I was a little girl, and as I grew older, these feelings only intensified. My clothes always…

  $6.61

  • Past Payouts $6.61
  • - Author $3.37
  • - Curators $3.24

   525 0
• rakushasu (65)in GEMS • 2 years ago

  The Feast

  We’d all been invited by Professor Davies and flown out to his remote home in the Scottish Highlands. The professor was a strange, eccentric man, but a renowned expert in his…

  $6.87

  • Past Payouts $6.87
  • - Author $3.48
  • - Curators $3.38

   440 3
• rakushasu (65)in GEMS • 2 years ago

  Package Delivery

  “Postal service, do you mind accepting a package for Ms. Ivanovna?” Still half asleep, I mumbled a ‘sure’ before I opened the door to the apartment building. A few seconds…

  $5.08

  • Past Payouts $5.08
  • - Author $2.59
  • - Curators $2.48

   515 0
• rakushasu (65)in GEMS • 2 years ago

  There’s No Fucking Ghosts in That House!

  “There’s no fucking ghosts in that house!” my boss, John, yelled. The victim of this newest tirade of his was Ed, my co-worker. I liked Ed. He was a good guy, if a little slow…

  $7.09

  • Past Payouts $7.09
  • - Author $3.57
  • - Curators $3.52

   224 4
• rakushasu (65)in #horror • 2 years ago

  How to Crack a Vending Machine

  Chance encounters are common, even in the middle of the night, or especially in the middle of the night. The man who taught me and my friend Sebastian how to crack vending…

  $0.09

  • Past Payouts $0.09
  • - Author $0.04
  • - Curators $0.04

   3 1
• rakushasu (65)in GEMS • 2 years ago

  The Wailing of Willow Way

  Terrance Brown had always been in love with ghost stories. He would scour our town in search of any and all rumors regarding the supernatural. Yet, our town was small, tiny…

  $11.29

  • Past Payouts $11.29
  • - Author $5.72
  • - Curators $5.57

   696 1
• rakushasu (65)in GEMS • 2 years ago

  Premonitions

  Photo by Paul Garaizar / CC0 Premonitions. They always happen at the strangest time, always out of nowhere. One second, everything’s all right, the next I witness someone’s…

  $0.04

  • Past Payouts $0.04
  • - Author $0.02
  • - Curators $0.02

   5 1
• rakushasu (65)in GEMS • 2 years ago

  Paper Magic

  Photo by Daniel Álvasd / CC0 Our annual village fair was always a magical place for me, but one year, I should witness some real magic. The fair wasn’t as big as others…

  $10.58

  • Past Payouts $10.58
  • - Author $5.36
  • - Curators $5.22

   474 0