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Memories from unconventional travellers

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This is a story about unconventional individuals. It might seem somewhat funny that a word whose root and etymology derive from "indivisible" ends with "dual". This reflects the very chaotic and uncertain nature of all things. The individuals depicted here often struggled to face, embrace, or accept their own duality.

This is a story about travels. One could ask which story is not, and that would be a very fair question. So let me rephrase: this is a story about unexpected travels. The kind where the destination is unknown, the outcome unpredictable, and the events uncertain. 

It is also a story about flying away. Flying away deeper and further into the silky comfort of a blank yet doubtful future, which can only be better than the mistakes of the past. 

Why do people start travelling? There are as many answers as there are individuals, if not twice as much. A dichotomy between the various reasons easily emerges, even though they often combine into a weird blend: necessity or desire, compassion or revenge, regrets or hope.

I often remember the story of my friend E. as he used to tell me, before he was driven away by his own obsessions.

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Eleven Miles from Home by JeremyBursey

(short description) Richard and Rachel stopped getting along months ago, but they continue to go out together to satisfy the one recreational interest they share. However, when misfortune steals that link away and leaves them stranded on the side of the road eleven miles from home, they must not only figure out what went wrong in their relationship but decide whether it's even worth saving. (longer description) What happens when two people who used to date but can no longer stand each other are stuck together on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere? Will they find reconciliation and rekindle their lost love? Or will they discover that they truly have no business being togother and call it quits forever? Richard and Rachel used to date, a lot, not out of malice but because they genuinely liked each other. However, life has taken a turn for the mundane, and the spark they once shared has long since turned to smoke. They continue to meet once a week to satisfy the one activity they still enjoy together: jet-skiing. However, thanks to a miscalculation in judgment, the link they keep is stolen, and, as they wait for the means to return to civilization, they are forced to confront the question of whether they can save whatever it is they have left. "Eleven Miles from Home" is an unflinching story about perception, realization, and the truth behind those relationships we once thought were so great. It's the story of two people who are forced to confront the harsh reality that they've missed the mark, who bare their souls over what they discover about each other and themselves and question whether their choices are sound. It's a story that forces us to think about our relational decisions and the reasons we stay together. Read "Eleven Miles from Home" and hopefully feel better about your relationship choices today.

Barry's life by irisekkeri

Two people fall in love in unlikely circumstances. They have a lot of psychological issues and mistrusts in the order of things to prevent them from finding themselves and each other. I am a reader of crime novels and hard science fiction almost exclusively, and yet this story, which I have been writing for a long time, is a love story, I can't explain it even to myself. The characters will have to work through hardship and evolve to be able to surrender to the magical things around them and the flow of the universe and the love of other people. This story still is a work in progress, it has holes and it is to be continued

In His World [Tanjiro Kamado x Fem!Reader] by evesip

Y/n was only fifteen when her whole life changed. At first, she didn't know if it was for the better or for the worst, but as time went on, she realized that this new world and these new people is everything she's always dreamed of. With a boy with the softest red eyes and the kindest personality, and a mentor and father who will do anything to see her smile, she's sure she's won the biggest lottery in the world. But life isn't so easy, because now she has to travel the country and fight for her and everyone else's survival from the man-eating creatures lurking in the shadows, all the while her real mission in this world is making her crumble under the pressure. Updates comes out a little whenever. If this is gonna be abandoned, I'll say it without just stop updating :3 [Marked "Mature" for the violence] Published: 02-08-2025 Finished:

Riona by _Kisii_

Riona. In case you haven't guessed by now, that's me. This is my story. And I'm going to start from the very beginning, so you can get the full picture. They say we're not defined by our past. But I believe that the past is what makes you who you are. It moulds you. It sticks with you no matter how far ahead in life you get. And then, it catches up to you, putting you in a chokehold you can't possibly get out of. In my case, my past is very messy. I don't like it, but I also can't seem to shake it off. Almost ten years down the line, and I'm still in the same position, making the same decisions. I thought I'd changed. I thought I was better. Little did I know, that I was just building up to get worse. I'm not like most people, I don't function the same way you do but I believe that it is for the best. I don't see myself ever being normal. Normal is boring, crazy is fun. Crazy is what I do.

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•[ The writer is on a long hiatus due to stress but will come back soon !! ]• "ʏᴏᴜ sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴊᴏɪɴ ᴜs! ʟᴇᴛs ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜɪs ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ!" The words i never thought i would hear.. (y/n) /1189191 the twin sister of emma but different from emma herself (y/n) was always a introvert kind of person not caring who is who and not even her sister but who knew one day it would change? =×=×=×=×=×=×=×=×=×=×=×=×=×=×=×=×=×=×=×=×= Dont mind me im just writting whatever is convinient to me [ｉｔｓｍｏｓｔｌｙａＮｏｒｍａｎｘｒｅａｄｅｒｘｒａｙｆｆ.] ⚠ｗａｒｎｉｎｇ️ ⚠️ × - f i x i n g . . . - × t̸h̸i̸s̸ c̸o̸n̸t̸a̸i̸n̸s̸ s̸o̸m̸e̸ m̸o̸m̸e̸n̸t̸s̸ t̸h̸a̸t̸ m̸a̸y̸ n̸o̸t̸ b̸e̸ s̸u̸i̸t̸a̸b̸l̸e̸ f̸o̸r̸ y̸o̸u̸r̸ t̸a̸s̸t̸e̸s̸ × h̷a̷s̷ ̷a̷ ̷b̷u̷n̷c̷h̷ ̷o̷f̷ ̷g̷r̷a̷m̷m̷a̷r̷ ̷m̷i̷s̷t̷a̷k̷e̷s̷ × also theres a lot of spelling mistakes also this is my first time actually completing a story and some chapters are random because something happened but i duuno what happened ☁️ ᴛʜɪs ɪs ᴍᴏsᴛʟʏ ᴀ ғʟᴜғғ ᴅᴇsᴜ. ☁️ -sᴏᴍᴇ little hot moments- -ʟᴇᴍᴏɴs ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀʟʟᴏᴡᴇᴅ ʜᴇʀᴇ- 𝘿𝙄𝙎𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙄𝙈𝙀𝙍: 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘹 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘪 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯, 𝘪 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴

Dragonflies by ShimnaEM

There are times in our lives that we look for something deliberately and grow tired of the search when it isn't found. Later, we might decide that it doesn't exist or that it is lost beyond the pursuit. But then, one fine day it falls right in to your lap without even calling out for it. And when you have it right there with you, you don't know what exactly you should do with it. That is what happens with love most of the times. It gets found at the most unlikely times in the most unexpected ways. Leaving you confused about how to deal with it. And by the time you figure it out, it might have vanished. The two persons I fell in love with; One, who promised me a forever and gave up on me the half way. The other, who gave me everything except the promise of a forever. I don't know whom I love the most. When loving one of them had become a habit from the past and letting go was so hard, the other gave me reasons to love him more day by day making it impossible to resist the urge to make him stay. ............ ps: The book cover is hand painted by me

The Ride Home (Tko x Reader) by -summertimesun

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(Book Two) "I've been looking for you for two years now. Luckily for me, I saw you at the beach party which a friend hosted. It also broke my heart when I decided to follow you home, and saw the hardship life you were living." "In a nutshell," I wanted her to hit the nail on the head. Not because I wanted to sound rude, but because my legs were aching me from standing for too long. "I need your help," She paused her lips. "Which involves being me." ~°~°~°~°~ Uyai is far from being rich. And when we talk about far, we meant FAR. Uyai wasn't a people person. She didn't have much friends, except from her best friend, Judith. Judith was someone, whom was obsessed with rich Lekki secondary school boys. On a faithful day, Judith got invited to a rich beach party and forced Uyai, to tag along. Uyai so much hated the rich kids, cause she believed they were tinie tiny no good spoilt brats. But things began to change for Uyai, when she accompanied Judith to the party, and saw what she believed must be her clone, or her brain just playing tricks on her. Uyai began to receive an anonymous letter, from someone whom identified herself as 'T'. What would happen when 'T' reaches up to Uyai, claming to be her long lost twin, and also asking for help, to act as her? Would Uyai accept the offer by choice, or by force? ~°~°~°~°~ "I feel someone wants me dead and you being the stronger twin, I want you to help me protect myself." ~°~°~°~°~ Started : 05/04/2020 Finished : 18/10/2020 ~°~°~°~°~ Highest Rankings 02/06/2020 #1 - proudlynigeria

THE FOREVER EXPRESS by vanillapancakesz

"she was just a small town girl , living in a lonely world. But one night she took the midnight train , and it can take her anywhere !" _____________________ Lovanna had always been a calm girl .Her dad was the only family she had . Tragedies of the past were well forgotten in the cozy town of Illyria . Her hands had been made for art. But Everything in her life takes a 360 degree turn when one night she sees a mysterious train in the middle of the night . Now that wouldn't be out of place if the town had train tracks but Illyria didn't have any! Despite the shady circumstances she finds herself drawn to the train... The magnificent aura of a train blending with night sky and a strange man calling himself the conductor holding his hand out to her claiming that the train could take her anywhere compels her to rethink her sanity and make some choices that would have consequences . proofread by : @saya-phoenix Rankings: #26 in destinations #17 in new people *2nd place winner of the #eyecatchingawards* (Not a copy of the polar express or any other train stories out there !)

Short Fictions, First Edition by arturoolivar

A teenager begins experiencing hallucinations amidst a rough morning routine with his overachieving brother. A young woman's life as the black sheep among her classmates begins to unfold with the help of two unlikely friends. A father and his son go on a duck hunting trip in the countryside. A taxi driver stumbles upon a lack of meaning in his life in the wake of his elderly companion's disappearance. A man finding misfortune in fixing his and his family's lives receives a letter from an unknown benefactor during a tumultuous era in his homeland. *** A bundle of short stories I wrote over the past few months to explore themes, ideas, and stifled feelings about my experiences with life and the rest of the world. The following stories included within this edition are: 1. Sponge Cake 2. Miss Tori 3. The Duck Hunters 4. Improvisations Over Spilled Wine: Chapter 1 5. The Magnificent Mundane: Prologue I've also included general information regarding the works included above before you begin with the first story. I hope you'll enjoy them as much as I did writing them as an amateur writer.

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ɖɨʄʄɛʀɛռt ||ᴛᴘɴ x ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ|| cover

Dragonflies cover

The Ride Home (Tko x Reader) cover

𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐒��𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 : 𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐘𝐎𝐔 cover

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Eleven Miles from Home

(short description) Richard and Rachel stopped getting along months ago, but they continue to go out together to satisfy the one recreational interest they share. However, when misfortune steals that link away and leaves them stranded on the side of the road eleven miles from home, they must not only figure out what went wrong in their relationship but decide whether it's even worth saving. (longer description) What happens when two people who used to date but can no longer stand each other are stuck together on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere? Will they find reconciliation and rekindle their lost love? Or will they discover that they truly have no business being togother and call it quits forever? Richard and Rachel used to date, a lot, not out of malice but because they genuinely liked each other. However, life has taken a turn for the mundane, and the spark they once shared has long since turned to smoke. They continue to meet once a week to satisfy the one activity they still enjoy together: jet-skiing. However, thanks to a miscalculation in judgment, the link they keep is stolen, and, as they wait for the means to return to civilization, they are forced to confront the question of whether they can save whatever it is they have left. "Eleven Miles from Home" is an unflinching story about perception, realization, and the truth behind those relationships we once thought were so great. It's the story of two people who are forced to confront the harsh reality that they've missed the mark, who bare their souls over what they discover about each other and themselves and question whether their choices are sound. It's a story that forces us to think about our relational decisions and the reasons we stay together. Read "Eleven Miles from Home" and hopefully feel better about your relationship choices today.