For her, it was sitting in nature.
Taking the sounds for the wind, the pages of her book flies ... [+]
Taking the sounds for the wind, the pages of her book flies ... [+]
1 min
Poetry
Short Fiction
5 min
I see myself in you
Why?
I whispered under my breath, looking at my soulless corpse on the bed. Next to me, my dearest sister stood there in shock, with a pillow in her hands.
The pillow that suffocated ... [+]
I whispered under my breath, looking at my soulless corpse on the bed. Next to me, my dearest sister stood there in shock, with a pillow in her hands.
The pillow that suffocated ... [+]
Creative Nonfiction
2 min
The Questions
In the midst of a village, South of Africa
When we all thought we have done our duty as mourners
Digging the grave, because there was no funeral plan
He died a sinner, from spiritual spell ... [+]
When we all thought we have done our duty as mourners
Digging the grave, because there was no funeral plan
He died a sinner, from spiritual spell ... [+]
Poetry
1 min
Love is Self Destructive, I Suppose
Creative Nonfiction
4 min
The Boy Who Ate Soup With A Fork
"Personally, I think Voltaire looks like a propped-up flamingo... but a flamingo could probably write better."
A few quiet laughs trickled through the otherwise silent class.
The quip ... [+]
A few quiet laughs trickled through the otherwise silent class.
The quip ... [+]
Poetry
2 min
An Aggressive Love Poem
Creative Nonfiction
5 min
A Sort of Shooting
Two minutes before it happened, Maya and I lay in the middle of the hallway while the other six students paced and drank from the water fountain. With our brains jittery after the multiple-choice
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Poetry
1 min
Will You Hug Me If I Die?
Poetry
1 min
My Homes
Short Fiction
2 min
Looking for a Story
What is one thing that everyone has but none of them are the same? The easy answer is a story. Where can a story be found? It can be found anywhere, as Callie found out one night long ago. Callie was
...
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Poetry
1 min
Mother Star
Creative Nonfiction
5 min
Toodles: The Early Years
Heart pounding wildly, he cavorted through the house, wreaking botanical havoc. Hearing an anguished cry as his assault on the houseplants was discovered, he tossed his head in spirited defiance
...
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Poetry
1 min
the symptoms of falling in love
You've always had a way of sneaking up on me,
lurking in too long glances and "accidental" elbow ... [+]
lurking in too long glances and "accidental" elbow ... [+]
Poetry
1 min
Evening Glories
Short Fiction
3 min
Fault Line
Evan's body lay sprawled on the outcropping below, just above the reservoir.
Millie hadn't meant to. She was only joking, only trying to stop him from being such a wimp. She could still feel ... [+]
Millie hadn't meant to. She was only joking, only trying to stop him from being such a wimp. She could still feel ... [+]
Poetry
1 min
A Rainy Day
The rain drips on the glass
Tippy tappy she asks to play
The gentle patter yearns to dance on ... [+]
Tippy tappy she asks to play
The gentle patter yearns to dance on ... [+]
Short Fiction
2 min
Conversation
She always went to the library on Tuesdays. For three years, she floated among the bookshelves on Tuesdays, curling up in her own private corner to read history and science—but only books with
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