Their hands graze against each other as they walk by the river. The lights overbearing, the sounds overstimulating, and their hands just aching to hold another. They give in with an arm loop, the ... [+]
In a small village in the Indian state of Haryana, every day the sun rose over the golden wheat fields and the sweet smell of freshly plowed earth resided in the air. Priyanka, the daughter of a ... [+]
Cassius was smiling the last time I saw him. Every time I light a cigarette, I think of his smile; but once I start smoking, the thought fades away. I've been smoking a lot lately. It helps with ... [+]
Today is my birthday, again. I ought to be happier, but I cannot help but feel only melancholy in this moment... I suppose I was happy. ‘Do blow out your candles, dear. Your cake is ... [+]
The biting November wind swept the dead, crumpled leaves into the fire pit. It was quiet and ashy, specks of white soot falling away from the cracked logs. I stared at the blue tarp ... [+]
I always prefer to stand just out of earshot. It helps keep me from listening to things I shouldn't hear. The irony is that I come from a family of eavesdroppers, the type who never bring a book to ... [+]
Darkness.
That is all that I saw when I woke up in this place. My name? I try to remember what had happened to me. My name. My parents were always loving and caring for me. My name... is
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The magic of the unexpected is so special because it can come at a time when you need reassurance for your soul. For me, it came on this beautiful day in Kerala, India on April 21st. I was in India ... [+]
It was, without doubt, the brightest and the coldest night of her life. All Aurora could do was stare at the moon, slack-jawed and wide-eyed. Her body was unnaturally light as she pulled herself ... [+]
Once in a blue moon, I wrote a letter to you.
Lying on the verdant green bed sheet we stared at the ceiling embellished with glow-in-the-dark stars. With your voice steadily reciting the tale of
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I walk through the concrete path winding through the gardens outside my college, looking around fondly at the white magnolias in bloom, its sweet scent in the air. Its petals match the fluffy clouds ... [+]
I walked to the end of the world. I used to visit all the time. The 11:55 AM ding that announced the end of third-period English and the beginning of lunch would lift me out of the dismal ... [+]
Chandra's vision was filled with bokeh in the soft neon lights at Luna. No, not the flower kind of bokeh but the technical-term-in-photography kind. She downed her drink and waved to the bartende ... [+]
Ephesta's feet dangled off the rotting end boards of the dock, back and forth in a pendulum swing over the opalescent foam of the briny black sea. The rags around her shoulders prevented little ... [+]
"Well, there's lots of things along the roa-," I peeled my elbows off of the vinyl counter. I think someone is coming up. They are. Damn. I take out my earbuds. "Find everything alright?" I ... [+]
I sit in my bed bang my head against the wall. Two am in the morning And I have been wide awake since 10. And I have tried everything! Tea, honey, milk, melatonin, reading, watching a ... [+]
There are thirty seconds until the guillotine's blade falls through your neck. Thirty. You take a second to scan the crowd. Your people are jeering and calling for your death. You, the ... [+]
