Corbin Green sighed, slipping his shoes off his feet as he entered his home. Another long school day was over, for which he was grateful. Tiredly, the teen dropped his backpack in the foyer and padded ... [+]
Kyle was in a cramped cage that was hung deep within a cave. Cold droplets slid down her neck. Beetles scurried across her numb fingers that still limply clung to the cage bars. The acrid smell of ... [+]
“I always thought it would be sex and not music,” was her answer when she finally made it to the couch.
“Sex is good, very good. But sex passes. Music lasts.
“All of a sudden
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I pulled and yanked on the Animal Kingdom diaper bag trying to get the zipper to close. There was no doubt I overfilled it. How does one determine what to take for an overnight hospital stay ... [+]
The wind blew in my face, bringing with it the smell of smoke and burning wood. I gagged at the smell... couldn’t stand it. I stood frozen in the road with thirty or so other people, screams let out ... [+]
You’re a Star
Nine-year-old Star sat alone at the lunch table in the cafeteria of her new school as she picked at her cold lunch with a fork. She had no appetite. None of the other children
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I am numb when I arrive in Tegucigalpa, traumatized after three weeks trapped in Olancho with no way of knowing if I would ever get out alive.
The city is surreal. We pass soldiers searching
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They reminded me of prayer beads.
But I could tell from the look on her face that my daughter was not open to this idea at all.
I listened as the nurse continued, "Every time you get
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A blizzard is nothing out of the ordinary for a city like ours. I should be used to it by now, but I can almost feel the bitter, cold air forming ice crystals in my lungs. With every breath, it is ... [+]
I saw the gun in his pocket as we sat down on the couch.
“Here, let me take that,” I said as I gently took it from him.
I held the gun awkwardly in my hands. Now, what am I going
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Hi! I’m Bryleigh and looking back now from the vaunted perch of my 21st birthday I know I grew-up fast, basically in a day. Fourteen years ago, on my 7th birthday, or what passed for it anyway, my ... [+]
The wind and rain pummeled him from all sides like a pack of street punks eager to humble an old man, but the world-weary veteran was undaunted by the blinding storm. Reaching through the gale, his ... [+]
“We are gathered for the official nomination of Mr. George Counts...” a male voice booms over the intercom of the wooden interior of Regency Courtroom. Over 100 people gathered to view the ... [+]
Harley woke up feeling like a bus had run over him. Weak, and a bit nauseous, and most definitely like he wanted to pass out.
Which wasn’t at all unusual considering his anxiety disorde
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She has a studio apartment, he has a rented room. Both are transient and lonely but she finds feels stable in how they can be a little less lonely together.
She’s planned this moment and she
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I busied myself with the last of my lunch biting into a dark purple plum then sucking the juiciness, so it wouldn’t land on my yellow tank top. But as always, it did. The water sparkled with ... [+]
My mother would tell me that each freckle around my nose resembled spots where whiskers would grow and that my wild red-orange hair reminded her of a lion’s mane. She also made sure to tell me to ... [+]
