I see you. Icy blue eyes seem to lie. See-through icy blue. I see blue eyes I’m excited to try out! Icy shrewd cries: I’ll arise as they die out. I see you. I see you try to seem graceful and elegant. I see you strive to be praised for your eloquence. I see those lies you’ve embraced as your renascence. I […]
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Thursday, November 23, 2006. I woke up to SOS by Rihanna playing on my purple digital alarm clock. I got out of bed, grabbed my new toothbrush with too many bristles, and brushed my crooked teeth. I pulled my fried blonde hair back into a ponytail to wash my face. Wait – that doesn’t make sense. I got […]
In this YA short, Allison is reluctant to open to Guenevere until it is revealed that Guenevere’s visit is the beginning of Allison’s entire life changing. If you’re reading on mobile, you can use the +/- buttons to zoom! A note from the author: Hi! Thank you so much for reading your story! I’m dying to know what you […]
Content Warnings: Abduction, youth & substance abuse, weapons, murder, death, neglect, abandonment. Do not read if you cannot handle any of these themes. You will know right away how this story ends, and you will try to change it. That voice in your head will clutter, and those voices will scream. And you will believe if it’s loud enough, you […]
While you can’t predict whether the day will be good or bad, you have some choice. While you may not have control over when the bad comes or how terrible it will be, you can create good – and good can act as armor so the impact of the bad isn’t, well… so bad. The more good you can create, […]
“That’s enough, Janet!” I hollered. My throat hurt from screaming. “Murray!” Her shrill voice shot back. I loved her. I truly did – I always have, but living in isolation with her was more than I could bear. She just kept nagging. It never stopped. A constant stream of things I did wrong or tasks I’d forgotten fell from her […]