http://slow.writerscafe.org/she-iswonderland The original writings of author W0lf-tale en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776121411 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Prologue.She peeped out her bedroom door, looking into the darkness of thehallway, before closing it silently and creeping into the shadows of her coldroom. She tiptoed to her set of drawers, where she went to the bottom one andpulled out a razor. Silently, she went to the window, sat down.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1098910/ 6.Quentin: I couldn’t remember when Jem started to change, but as sure as hell, itwas defiantly after all the stuff with the police. The worst thing is that Ishould’ve shared his hatred; after all, they thought he was drunk calling themwhen he said our mother was d.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1098906/ 5.Shad0w 367:I fired the gun and watched her fall to the floor, the life falling outof her body as I chucked the stolen gun into a pile of her blood. I turned andleft, leaving the door open. I put my hood up, head down and I walked away, asif nothing happened. A few doors away I slipped .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1098904/ Jem:I opened my eyes, I could see Qasleep on the armchair next to me and a police officer outside my door. Isighed, wishing I had called the police before I left. I had no alibi, nor hadI any reason not to. They usual go for the ex-boyfriend first, but a drunk one?Of course they will g.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1098894/ 3.Jem:I hung up the phone to Q and justpaced in my room, the new vodka bottle in my hand. I closed my eyes, I feltlike chucking it across the room, I needed a friend, so I called Q, hoping he’dbe supportive, but instead all he did was throw it back into my face. I fell tothe floo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1098892/ 2.Quentin:We all have a past. Some hide it, some face it and some even run from it. But I am done running. I sat in the waiting room of the hospital, knowing that if I had stayed the way I had been seven years ago, it could possibly me in that bed instead of Jem. Every time a doctor passed me, I wou.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1098889/ 1.Quentin:Days had gone past and we hadn’theard a thing about the robbery. Jem stayed quiet about it and carried ondrinking himself to death. I didn’t think that it would stop him, but I justhoped it would calm things down a bit.     It didn’t, if .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1098887/ Prologue.Quentin:My brother and I were so different from each other, every new person toour town was in disbelief over the fact we were actually related. We didn’tonly look unlike the other brother, but we acted the complete opposite.     We grew up in the same .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1098885/ Elephant in the room: Is an English metaphorical idiom for an obvious truth that is either being ignored or going unaddressed. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1098884/ A story in only six words... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1046244/ FiveMyeyes open and the room is pitch black.I sit up and rub my eyes, the dream still fresh in my mind. I try and find thelamp switch. When I do, I flick it and light fills the room.I look around before deciding to get up. I touch my feet to the floor and walkover to my desk; I sit down .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1045717/ FourIfeel like I am falling again, but I am still lying in bed. Sitting up, a whitesheet falls off my face and slides down my body. I frown and peel it off. Itwist myself round and touch my bare feet onto the cold, tiled floor. I look around;the room is white like the one from the first ti.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1044308/ ThreeThejourney home doesn’t take long and when we arrive, I got straight to my room. Ilie down on bed and stare at the ceiling with the stars. I smile to myself andlook at my desk. There is a photo album on there, I get up, pick it up and takeit back to my bed.I rest my head on th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1044129/ TwoMyeyes open and instead of a white ceiling, it’s black with fairy lights, they almostlook like stars. I frown, sitting up, I look around the room. The walls arealso black and like the ceiling are plastered with little lights. I’m lying ina single bed with a white headrest... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1044124/ OneI don’t remember much, justfalling and falling into finally, I hit the ground and pain runs through mybody. Slowly, I open my eyes and look around. I’m in a white room, laying on abed. I hear a heart monitor to my left, I turn and see it, beeping away. Iclose my eyes and mov.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1043906/ Dear Readers,I have decided to consontrate on one story at a time, so after this one I will continue uploading more chapters of another story until they are all finished.For now enjoy my new book "False Astronomy" the idea of this came to me during a song actually. The plot is dark and unr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1043905/ When seventeen year old Lana Willow gets in a car accident it causes her memories to be lost. Can she get them back while along the way falling in love, or is the truth darker then she's letting on. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1043904/ TwoIpull into the airport car park and we slip out of the car. Millie grabs ourrucksacks, hands them to us and we put them on our backs. Issie chucks me backmy hat and I slip it into my pocket then push my glasses up onto my head.‘Are you just leaving your car here?’ Lis .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1034818/ One‘Are you ready, Astrid?’ asks Lis.She stands in the doorway, a rucksack on herback and her favourite burgundy woolly hat on her raven black hair. I smile;Lis has always been the prettiest out of us with her chocolate brown eyes,slender body and high cheek bones. She was .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1034125/ Never done a poem before so I thought I'd try. "The canvas red and black She can paint a lovely picture But" http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1033087/ After graduation, a break is needed for Astrid and a couple of friends. A camping trip to be specific, but what happens when an old 'Missing Game' starts up again and the girls are the new victims. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1030716/ Four yearsLater  OneI couldn’t help but smile at him.Despite our ups and downs, here we were on our three year anniversary. He wasjust as nervous as I was, but we were happy.‘I got some wine, I got red and white. We didn’t really talk about win.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1030714/ This story is dedicated to someonewho told me to never give up.  PART IFULL      PrologueI lay down listening to the birdssing and the trees sway. Everything was peaceful, nothing was perfect. Bu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1030713/ PartOneThewicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.-Proverbs 28:1     OnePolly NielBefore I start, I’m going to tell yousomething. I has nothing to do with the story, more like advice to you as a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1030711/ ForAmber, because she was therePrologueIt is so appropriate to name thisstory Crueller Mistresses, because all though this story isn’t about fallenmarriages. It is indeed about cheating. Not on others, but cheating on thisworld. Imagine four sunny flowers, they have everythin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1030709/ For Aaron, because he lost the battlePrologueThe first thing I hear when I first wake up is the heart monitor that sits next to my bed. I knew why I was here and yet it didn't seem real enough.It wasn't something that you would come to terms with overnight, who wrap your head around it over a few ho.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1030706/ Five.I wake with a start.The gun is still in my hand, I look around at my surroundings and everything comesback, quickly.I groan, I’ve been lying on my injured shoulder.I take the gun into the bathroom with me, I strip and get into the shower.I place the gun into the sink and I c.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1030705/ Four.I drive for an hour before I pullinto a hotel. The pain was now apart of whom I was, it was going numb and Ineeded to sort it out.I go to the front desk.‘Hi, can I have a room please?’ Isay.The man behind the desk nods, hewears a suit and has dark hair. His eye.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1030703/ Three.The street is infested with people.I hide the gun behind my back, but it’s still out. You never know when you’regoing to need to use it.I follow the path until I reach the place I parked my Ford Minivan, I pull outthe keys and open it.I climb in the front, taking my bag o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1030702/ Two.I open the door and walk in, shuttingit behind me.I stand in the hallway and look at the house. I’ve never called this placehome, it’s too quiet and empty to be one.I move away from the door and into the front room.I sit down, placing my forearms on my knees, leaning fo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1030700/ One.I wrap my hands around my coffee cup.It’s now gone cold.I’m not surprised as I’ve been sitting here, for what seems years.I wipe the tears from my eyes by the heel of my hand and I put it back against the now, cold coffee.I unravel my fingers from the cup, then wrap them back, .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1030699/ Prologue.She took my face into her hands as atear fell down her cheek.‘I have to go out’ she whispered.‘What? Where are you going?’ I askedurgently.‘Just out sweetie’ she replied.‘Don’t leave me. Please don’tle.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1030697/ Chapter fiveIt’s Monday again- every sixteen yearold in the world has less than 40 days to choose their future.I see so many confused faces in the hallways; they don’t know what to choose.I can’t help but smile when I see a scene like that. If they could read minds a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1030695/  Chapter fourI sit in my room watching the happyfamily on the field outside of my window- it’s the weekend. The days I dread,I’m home for 48 hours. Whereas on weekdays I’m gone for 6 hours.I think I am the only person in the world who hates weekends. But then again.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1030694/ Chapter three‘So it’s coming up to the Freedom ceremony’I raise my eyebrows as I pull out my books. ‘So?’He smiles slightly. ‘Do you know what you’re going to choose?’ he asks. ‘We really shouldn’t be discussin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1030693/  Chapter two‘I’m home’ I say.I place the keys on the table and go to the kitchen to fetch the first-aid kit.I have a cut lip and several bleeding spots on my arms. I have a black eye anda bloody nose; apart from that I’m the normal skinny, ash blonde hair.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1030692/ For all theRuth’s,Eve’s and Tom’s out there.PART IOPENINGChapter oneI look around. Everyone is talking,apart from a tall boy who is staring at me.‘Look everyone, it’s frigid!’ Yellsthe boy.Everyone’s eyes fix on me and th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1030691/ Ruth had betrayed her group to save her brothers life. But when they found out Ruth had betrayed them, they knew exactly what they were going to do, a game was in order. It there was only one outcome. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1030677/ Imagine the worst day of your life. Now times it by a million. You still won't reach the level of Ruth's bad day. Because in that hour, something changes her life completely. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1030251/ Karma and guilt are alike. They come into your life at the same time and then leave together. They are like family. Four women, four deadly secrets and a lot of karma, what could go wrong? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1029565/ What would you do if you met a mysterious boy on your last day of living in L.A, Ruth fell in love with him. Four years later, she meets him again, but along with him comes a tragic accident. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1029549/ I choose; To live by choice, not by chance. To make changes, not excuses. To be motivated, not manipulated. To be useful, not used. To excel, not compete; and I choose self-esteem, not self-pity. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1015588/ If you had a choice between family or freedom, what would you choose? Even after knowing that if you leave, those who you are left behind get killed? For Ruth, she's known her answer for far too long. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/she-iswonderland/1015557/