In the quaint town of Willow Creek, there was an unspoken rule: every once in a blue moon, something extraordinary would happen. The townsfolk had their rituals, but none quite compared to ... [+]
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In the quaint town of Willow Creek, there was an unspoken rule: every once in a blue moon, something extraordinary would happen. The townsfolk had their rituals, but none quite compared to ... [+]
Bang! Bang! Bang! I rolled my eyes. Probably the neighbors again. I turned up my music and returned to my drawing. Crash! "AAAHHHHHH!" I huffed, slamming my pencil onto my ... [+]
The last apparition of Halley's Comet was in 1986, approaching Earth as close as 0.4 astronomical units. Halley takes a long journey to visit us. The comet follows an elliptical orbit that reaches ... [+]
I can still smell that bakery you despised. It's sickeningly sweet, full of processed sugar and disgustingly fattening. It was the only place that could keep you at bay, at first. The bakery's ... [+]
Sarah never thought she would be sorting through and packaging her grandmother's earthly possessions on a Tuesday afternoon. Not that she ever planned it to happen another day of the week, but any ... [+]
My brother loved to run. Every day before dawn, I saw him run. Before we'd even finished dinner, I saw him run. I tried to go with him sometimes, but I could never keep up. My brother runs like ... [+]
Tonight, I have work to do. Over my desk, a narrow window cracked open as far as it can go, frames the dormitory blocks across from mine. Gray clouds cover a sky far too well lit to ever see ... [+]
In the first minute, the yolk of infinity swallowed me whole: everything bathed in a primordial black, silent cacophonies reverberated against the vacuum, sightless eyes watching as the tendrils of ... [+]
"I found you!"
The somewhat voice of a customer echoed through the bakery, who I could only describe as having erupted into the store with their declaration, interrupting my work as I dutifully
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I will always remember
the taste of the Moon.
the crispy edges etched into
soft crumbs that
hold sweet fillings and
loveless bites
lotus flowers,
ripped
with vigour, torn
into
... [+]
You find life on the moon. Now, you are not the one on the moon when you find it. That would be the rover, which your team built. It located and harvested the chunk of ice, but that's not the ... [+]
Summer opened her eyes and she realized she was on water. The girl began to feel queasy. Her mouth tasted like those sweet honeysuckle candies that would sit in the jar in the living room of he ... [+]
The elders had always told us not to venture beyond the woods. We were a superstitious bunch; our village was our corner of the world. No one really knew what lay beyond the woods. Some say that ... [+]
Normalcy never resonated with me. Normal children do not try to take their mother's lithium, hoping they can "sleep forever." Normal children do not pinch themselves when they get angry. Normal ... [+]
The sun dipped below the horizon, casting a golden glow over the tranquil coastal town of Harbor Springs. Waves lapped gently against the shore, whispering secrets of the sea to anyone willing to ... [+]
We only ever met when the blue moon shone, a rare beacon in the night sky. I could hardly believe how vibrant it was, how strangely similar it was to your smile – both precious and elusive, yet on ... [+]
As I set foot in the Vatican, I was possessed by its energies and the chills that hovered over me. I am a woman who has lived long enough to defy what my eyes lay upon and spiral into my own black ... [+]