"Following up from the fight we had last night Darren" "I don't wanna talk about it Judy" I can see the fear in Darre...

I spent days in the field, hoping to see something bloom. The desert surrounded me like the ocean that surrounds an i...

I got beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes, lamb, ham, hogs, dogs, beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes, chicken, turkey, r...

While me and my friend were packing, I thought of what we will do during the holiday we have away from school or stre...

I was scared. I could see another perspective of myself. Did I want this to happen, no, but did it happen for a reaso...

I lay there, floating. On the outside, at least. On the inside, I walked quietly down a dark hallway towards a bright...

I don't like hats anymore. My friend from camp always wore a hat, and so did I. We would switch hats sometimes, weari...

Never leave the house looking less than your best. It is this way that we show respect for others (paraphrased from T...

Sometimes I am shocked at the state of America today. The young people just have not respect - no decency at all. The...

I look at the glistening gold clock hung onto the station wall. Time is ticking. So slowly I feel that time has froze...

This note. This one note. This small little ticket of joy, was my way out of here. Out of this dump. Where flies cons...

"Travel light, but take everything with you," he said, his sky eyes looking off into the distance, "you never know wh...

What happens when life finally becomes too much to bear? He thought about it a great deal - but was unable to put his...

Erring on the side of caution I took two of the smaller ones. Just like breakfast, or a night on the town. My body wa...

There was a girl that I used to work with at the Goodwill who had eyes that were far too close together. Her body was...

I walked along the flat stones that made up the busy road and let the bustling crowds swallow me whole. My heart poun...

Walking towards the light, the people wondered if they would be provided clothes or would they have to keep walking i...

Gavin was gloating. "Enjoy your final moments, Kevin ... maybe use them to wonder how I found you. Good-bye ..." He ...

The implant's biggest drawbacks were the headaches. The gear-man had assured her that would abate in time, but meanwh...

Geraldine, I'm serious give me that back, I don't have time for this... Because it's mine. Give it back now. It's rin...

Johnny, my boyfriend was aptly named. Laura, my dad's girlfriend called him 'The Pirate' because of his long dark cu...

Once, in Beijing, a young girl in a red gown huddled in a doorway. It was snowing, freezing her slowly. She continued...

Rain poured down, next to her, the doorway shielding her. She clutched her red gown as she huddled down close to the ...

Once, in Beijing, a young girl in a red gown huddled in a doorway. It was raining, her hair was plastered to her fac...

by the time the cops can, I sneaked into an alleyway to avoid the cops but as soon as I ran around the corner of a ra...

Outnumbered. Jezebel stands on the ledge, hands fluttering up and down the slick chains. Outnumbered. She tries to br...

They were outnumbered and they knew it. J'nox lifted his six-shooter as he and his comrades prepared to defend the he...

My father had died.I was lost without any one to hold my hand.I was left alone. With no family.My hand just banged ag...

It was such a long time ago. Such a very long time ago. Yet for some reason she had still believed she would know t...

When I lost my mother in the store, I was only three years old. I can't remember what happened but I still wake up in...