Dark soulless eyes. All I saw were soulless eyes, piercing me through the dark. There the body lay cold on the floor with blank expressions on their face. What sat on the couch next to me lay a long...
The pen was slipping lower and lower in his hand. The past is too hard to let go of. He held it tighter. He held it too tight. It broke. He was petrified. What was he to do? That was the only thing he...
Sticky fruit blood dripping down chins
dripping like revelation from the mouth of babes.
I’m afraid I’m a fastidious eater
Eat light, eat polite, I’m seen and not heard
All I can offer—the...
Your sister is playing with a toy you don’t recognize. It shouldn’t be a surprise, as you haven’t been home since the term started, but it is. You can’t make out exactly what animal it is until...
it’s so vulnerable
to open something up
(crack a spine, feel a pulse)
and know it’s close to
someone close to you.
like you’ve cut them open
and you’re seeing their opaque...
She sat back in the rocking chair remembering how her Nanny used to.Then she recalled the story that she couldn’t forget. In August 1939, she had been a 15 year old in London, living her life just like...
I woke up and went to school like any other day. Six long periods all depending on a bell that dismisses us at 2:10pm to our freedom for the rest of the day. It was the same thing every day, four periods...
I remember the day distinctly. I was waiting for my French cousin to join me for dinner at La Hacienda in Santa Fe when I hatched a most brilliant plan. You see, my cousin and I have been rivals since...
Aiedail screamed, startling herself awake. Settling back against her pillow she thought
about the nightmare, one that she had been having every night since her 14th birthday about a
week ago. The...
Just 1 more minute. I didn't think it was possible, but Mrs. Miller has managed to make history even more boring than watching grass grow. I'd know cuz my brother and I tried it once. We didn't last 10...
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I could hear the leaves and branches of the trees collide into each other from the aggressive wind. The wind whistled in my ear as I kept running through the woods. I heard the laughs, and...
He stirred, although it is too dark to see him. Unaware of the true situation, Jake sat up and rubbed his eyes, as if to rub away his drowsiness. Giving off a yawn he opened his eyes, revealing his light...
