The sea battered itself against the base of a tower, starved and hungry. The setting sun glittered on its back, burning orange streaking across the dark water. A lonely seabird wheeled through the ... [+]
In the darkest hour of the night, when the silence was louder than every whisper, he was still there. At his desk, waiting for words to come out. Everyone asleep, only he was left. Searching ... [+]
They sat there in that dimly lit room, on the ratty quilt that covered the rickety wooden bed. The air was cold. A thin breeze slipped through the cracked window, carrying the sharp, salty breath of ... [+]
The deadline is in a few hours. My heart has been racing every time I remember that I need to decide which draft to submit. I have pushed the responsibility of making the decision for a week, but I ... [+]
I had seen him before. I never expected anything to happen. We were from different crowds. We hung out with different people. Sure, I knew some of his friends, but not well enough to get close to ... [+]
You never know when the last goodbye is. We think we have forever until suddenly we don't. We enter with purpose and leave with only memory. I wish I had seen the battle he was fighting before it ... [+]
My mom is not the best at cooking. Since I have memory, she always does the same breakfast and dinner. Lunch is when she gets creative: chicken with bacon, zucchini with some sort of sauce and ham ... [+]
I always thought witches were fond of cats, but it turns out that becoming a witch requires you to kill one. Please — let me rewrite the folklore. My family got Sergeant when I was fourteen, a ... [+]
The opportunity to drop out is ever-present. Nobody could truly stop me at the end of the day. I could do it whenever I see fit. Or I could transfer. I've had the transfer application open fo ... [+]
"All my love, all my heart goes to you. Give me the chance to care for you. Let me love you. Let me show you all of me and be the best person I can be for you." At 18, I didn't know any better. At ... [+]
"You're useless Kathrine, you couldn't even clean the house correctly" my mom yells at me. I want to shrink until there is nothing left of me.
"Go to your room. I don't want to see you until
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The Museum of Data was always open at this hour.
Quiet. Undisturbed.
Just Theo and the machines.
In the back rows below, the cooling fans whispered under their breath.
Towered overhead the buzz of
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It isn't raining. Heartbreaking moments are supposed to be accompanied by the sound of rain, or so the assumption goes. But it isn't raining. Not a single cloud is in the sky. The sun shines bright ... [+]
Long ago, before roads were carved into the mountains, the Kyrgyz lived close to the sky. They moved with their herds through the high valleys, spoke softly to the rivers, and believed the wind ... [+]
Maxien charges ahead, knuckles stretching his skin to the edge, aimed towards the King of the planet. He has had enough of his rules. The punishment. The control. This was inevitable, the day Maxien ... [+]
As a child, I remembered the face of my imaginary friend better than that of my own father. Unlike my father, my imaginary friend was a continuous presence. As a child, he seemed, to me, a giant with ... [+]
