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Curiosity and the Cat **[WP] Everyone knows a cross is a holy symbol, while an inverted cross invokes evil. Curious because you never heard it mentioned before, you decide to hang up a cross and turn it sideways.** ***** There was never any time for 'unnecessary discussions' and banter at the Chaplaincy. Our work was not that of cubicles and happy hour and a friendly office relationship. It was life or death, life versus darkness, good versus evil. And pardon me, but it was…
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Curiosity kills(?) the Cat **[WP] Everyone knows a cross is a holy symbol, while an inverted cross invokes evil. Curious because you never heard it mentioned before, you decide to hang up a cross and turn it sideways.** ***** Did I say 'regret'? Like I regretted turning the crucifix? Well, okay, maybe that was a hasty conclusion that led you to another hasty conclusion. Let's backpedal a bit. The glow did cause some concern; the fact that the position did something...…
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Summer It's been a while since I used any of the prompts on writingexercises.co.uk Many months actually. So I decided to skip the Reddit Writing Prompts and do something a bit more challenging, just to get over the writer's block I've been feeling for a while. The Eight Words are: discredit overlook sicken screeching immense summer gift garlic ***** **Summer** brought with it a feeling of dread like I had never felt before. It was hot in July, with a few showers of rain here…
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Exhausted! Tired. Exhausted. Out of gas. That's three different ways of explaining my current state of mind and being right now. I feel like I'm being squeezed hard and wrung out for all I'm worth, by things I committed to myself. School, friendships, and all of that. It gets to you. We just ended a session a little over two weeks ago - the irregular schedule was due to the pandemic keeping most public university students in their homes for all those months, up until January…
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Cold If I didn't mention something about taking a break from the prompts and fiction writing, then I'm doing it now. I'm taking a break. 'Is there a particular reason?' you may ask. Well, as @Hanzell correctly deduced, I'm facing a problem of a total lack of motivation to write on any of these prompts. The lack of motivation is affecting every other literary and writing process within me. My creativity bank is... well, let's just say I'm writing on borrowed inspiration and…
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Bored The rains from yesterday continued throughout today, I really thought they'd end anytime yesterday, but that wasn't the case. They really pulled a fine prank on me, waiting until I was outside again and far from my home before parting the heavens and drenching me in cold water. https://read.cash/@Ozzyy/cold-3a4116ac Up until then, it had been a sunny day. So I thought I could get a few errands done. But that too was a bust, because a secessionist group in my country…
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Optimistic Optimistic, huh? Heh, I’m sure many of you will be wondering what could be behind the sudden change of tone or mental state. I mean, from Exhausted to Cold, to Bored, and suddenly I’m optimistic. Must sound like you’re just listening to the mad ramblings of some clearly psychotic young adult. Well, my emotions depend on the situation around me. They just follow the tide of happenings around me, and as much as I try to get in control of my emotions and how they…
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Stressed Before you say anything, yes, I still feel optimistic. Oh, and don't give me the 'i WaSn'T gOiNg To SaY tHaT,' because I know you were. I said that to myself too, because honestly, at this point I'm unsure as to where the tide of life is taking me. Am I happy, or am I sad? Am I experiencing the highs or the lows? Or am I in that bittersweet spot right in the middle where things are hard and the pressure from the valleys are weighing me down, but I'm having a taste…
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Weekend! The Weekend is just more than two days and maybe one night that signifies the end of a stressful, tasking, draining, and annoying-as-hell working week. It's all that, and then it is more. It's a state of being, it is a mindset, it is a vibe, it is a whole freaking mood.... ah maybe I'm just high from all the soft drinks in my system (say no to drugs) but I'm just very very happy at this point and nothing, absolutely NOTHING can change that. I survived the first week…
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Lazy Saturdays, or at least most Saturdays, are lazy days for me. Sure, I could have done my laundry, or taken part in more productive enterprises than just lazing around, watching YouTube videos, scrolling through Tiktoks... *** SUIDE NOTE: I don't know if anyone has noticed it...or maybe you have but you just haven't taken note of it, but the algorithm on TikTok is so evilly well-engineered to keep you away from the path of anything productive. Like, its an extremely good…
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Fresh Start It's Monday. A new week. A fresh start. A clean slate. A new opportunity to start well and set things up for a clean, better finish. Or at least that's what the hyperactive motivating part of my brain says. Monday starts a new week, and a new chance to make better resolutions. Resolutions that could change my life for the better if I decide to keep to them. But then of course there's the inner normal student in me that just hates the day where my sleep has a…
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Where to Get Stock Photos for your Website You're a web designer, a blogger, a freelancer, whatever it is. It involves the use of your creativity, your ability to turn something basic into a nice profit scheme. The creation of any publication, be it digital or in print, requires a lot of effort as well as a few features. These special features make sure that the work remains engaging, especially in web designing. Some websites end up looking so bland that potential customers…
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Health Bites These are a few excerpts from reports and assignments I have been submitting in school. I'll update my diary series soon, so hold on to this for a while. Maybe it'll be interesting. It has been a stressful year for healthcare workers and all in that line of work worldwide. The global health crisis has put everyone in a state of urgency to provide a cure and protect the lives of individuals. Notwithstanding, there are still other deadly diseases lurking around…
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Another Weekend! This should probably read, 'Another Weekend Loading!' or something but I'm not going to keep my excitement at bay for any reason. We've finally come to the end of another week, or at least another five working days where we've been tasked with grueling lectures, various errands, and all manner of stuff like that. I really need a back massage, a foot rub, and a 6-month getaway to the Maldives but I guess I can make do with sleeping in on Friday night. I was…
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Trip Down Draft Lane I'm finally releasing some of the drafts of articles I was supposed to upload here during my early days in Read.Cash, but I was too afraid to. At the time, I had very little faith in my ability as a writer and in the quality of my writing, so after a while I just stayed off here. By the time I came back., I couldn't say for sure if I had enough knowledge or I had done enough research on the topics involved to write anything, and I felt that they all…
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Struggles! Yes, it's a weekend. Yes, it's supposed to be the time where U get to relax after a long week full of lectures, rain, and some malaise. And trust me, for the most part, I am. But still, I cannot deny that there are some struggles I'm experiencing at the moment that makes my situation a lot less than ideal. Is there anything I can do to remedy the situation? I really don't know for sure, but I am sure that if there is anything within my power that can remedy the…
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Crush from the Other Side [WP] A teenage boy finally builds up the courage to ask out his crush but when he pops the question her face darkens as she utters to him “you’re not supposed to be able to see me” ***** "You're not supposed to be able to see me." Why did I stutter? Why was I taken aback when Emily replied to my confession of love with those words? It couldn't have been because I knew what she meant at the time, no, that was something I didn't even consider…
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The Best Crypto Trading Websites: Newbie's Opinion Being new to the game, I naturally decided to do some research into the companies and exchanges I could and would be trusting my money with. The next cryptocurrency exchange platform I did research on was Kraken. Being new to the crypto space back then, I naturally went to my largest information bank, Reddit. Yes, not Google. Google is becoming top value with the search results lately, so Reddit has become my go-to place.…
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Anxious Afraid felt like a nice potential title for this piece, but I settled for 'Anxious' because it actually encompasses the feelings and emotions I'm passing through at this time, and then there's the fact that I hate the word 'fear' too. It should not be something confessed and admitted in one's life, at least in my opinion. Anxiety is okay, as I just believe it's a normal, natural human reaction to the aggregate of situations around us and then the future which may not…
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Smartphone Reviews Another visit to my 2020 articles, and this was when @Ghostwriter introduced me to a copywriting site. At that point, I had just joined read.cash, and this platform was still young, small, and full of a few, highly talented writers. I was also very green as far as crypto was concerned, so I stuck to that platform and read.cash. After a while, I got my first gig, smartphone reviews. I wrote two of those, and just the day before they were due, the work was…
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Hi It's been along while since I was here. I just wanted to share one of the RAWS for my latest work: a logo for my friend's new business. He's dealing in accessories like shades, watches, rings and neck pieces. I wanted to make it alté, young and 2021-themed, with all the bright colours and stuff. I hope you like it!
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Writing Journey: Smartphone Review II As I promised yest2erday, this is the second of the two smartphone reviews I wrote as part of my first gig on a copywriting platform that my friend introduced me to. Like I said in the previous article, the gig was withdrawn just a day before it was due. I was quite livid because all my hard work had gone into two articles that were now useless. Well, now these articles have finally found uses. It's just to depict my growth and my…
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Myths, Monsters, and Legends Myths. Monsters. Legends. The Supernatural. In my opinion, it is safe to say that we all - or at least a great majority of people on this planet - grew up with some fairytales that were native to our area, town, or country, or that were read from books. Being African, I had my fair share of myths and whatnot, as this place is one where matters of the supernatural bear much weight and are of mighty importance. Yet, in school, I read books like…
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Success This is based on a prompt by @JonicaBradley. It's one I find very interesting, and I guess it's something personal that will require a lot of ranting from me, so basically, it's my kinda thing. https://read.cash/@JonicaBradley/writing-prompt-9-success-ad89b595 Success. A definition from the describes success as a favorable or desirable outcome. If my honest opinion was required, I'd describe success as the accomplishment of a set goal, whatever it may be, Success to…
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Skar 1 **[SP] every time you kill someone, their fatal wound shows up as a scar on your body** ***** There was a reason why I never went to the beach. Why I was hardly ever seen outside on a normal day. jogging or taking walks or things like that. And even though I was a deadly assassin and a wanted man, it had nothing to do with my 'job'. After all, law enforcement and the intelligence agencies had no pictures of my face. No this was about something else, a curse I had to…
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Skar 2 Skar 1 https://read.cash/@Ozzyy/skar-1-052845e6 **[SP] every time you kill someone, their fatal wound shows up as a scar on your body** https://read.cash/@Ozzyy/skar-1-052845e6#sp-every-time-you-kill-someone-their-fatal-wound-shows-up-as-a-scar-on-your-body ***** *MATURE CONTENT WARNING* Seeing the scar right there across my torso actually frightened me. For a second, I was confused. It was the stinging that drew me to scratch it, but then I did that a little too hard…
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Skar 3 Skar 2 https://read.cash/@Ozzyy/skar-2-5e0e5826 **[SP] every time you kill someone, their fatal wound shows up as a scar on your body** https://read.cash/@Ozzyy/skar-1-052845e6#sp-every-time-you-kill-someone-their-fatal-wound-shows-up-as-a-scar-on-your-body ***** “D-do you know Sandra? Sandra Seance, the fortune teller?” I froze and regretted it immediately. Someone as crafty as Felocoty was sure to pick up on things as subtle as this, and she was watching me…