Kandace made me kneel, which was hard to do since my hands were tied behind my back, and jerked the burlap sack off m...

It is surprising how much three tiny candles can illuminate an entire temple. When I walked in through the main hall...

Sal knew his time was running out, a runaway train heading straight for him but he had nowhere else to go. "So... wi...

Sal was in love. A part of her felt that she'd always been in love, and almost each time with a different man. But t...

Sal knew it was too late the minute the whistle blew. That train had been keeping time in Millersville for twenty yea...

"And now, a nice, juicy twist. That's it. Keep twisting. One final push! Aaaaand release. Other side, now. Raise your...

Twist. Twist. Twist. The doorknob wouldn't turn. The door wouldn't open. And then Liz would find out why Sebastian wa...

The first day of school and he was already in a fight. Mark sighed as the three seventh graders approached him from t...

Didn't even stop to look the dude in the eyes before shoving him off the bridge. The coat was fancy, that's all that ...

There was a man who rode on a white horse. He wore a golden cloak. He was handsome and upright in posture. When he pa...

The woman at the window was dead. I knew because it was my sister. She appeared whenever we left the house. We no lon...

Sophie stood at the window, the curtains snug around her shoulders,trailing behind like a dress, or veil. The sun was...

she watched for him. the curtains engulfed her as she pressed her nose to the glass, eyes intent on the driveway. As ...

Sometimes you look kinda creepy when you are happy Really? sorry I mean it is an odd thing to say but well I guess...

She blew out the candles on her birthday cake, and the world we knew was extinguished. The next day, streamers and ha...

Within sight. A new future within sight. Fresh hope, fresh starts. Leaving behind everything we know and everything...

Capriciously, I repudiated the sky and all its lighting and thunder, snow and rain, and changing colors. The paradig...

Mary wandered through Arlington National Cemetery. She was looking for her grandfather's tombstone. In a sea of perfe...

I am different. I know it. They know it. They being society. In our society, we are to dress the same, act the same, ...

From the edge of a hole in the ground, lying on his side in a pool of his own blood, Jim looked around for his arm. ...

I'm with stupid. The boy I was standing next to is an idiot. He continuously talked to me about whales, telling me ho...

I know that I didn't choose the smartest person in the world to be friends with but she is pretty, tall, and good at ...

Julia was always scared of ending up alone. She'd picture herself old and decrepit, sitting in a lonely apparement wo...

The daring were punished. Oh, how they were punished. For their transgression of assumption: public mockery. For thei...

The daring were punished. It seemed almost contradictory, but that was how They wanted it. Ever since the capital-t-...

"What are you laughing about Jes?", inquired Sally. "I just had the most wonderful dream", replied Jes. "Can you ...