"You're here because someone recommended you to me. Someone who passed the test. Someone who promised you that you'd ...
My sister was called Heather. She only lived three years. I've never been told what really happened to her, only that...
I will put my fingers together and pull the grass up from the roots. I will do it before my mother comes outside. If ...
Sometimes I still feel like a kid - excited about silly things like jumping into puddles, watching how the water spla...
It was a vast open space. Where the distant hills cling to the horizon, and the blue sky above curves to fasten to th...
The anti-grav boots were worth every penny. Shelly had saved for weeks, mowing lawns, delivering papers, collecting ...
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 ...
If you ever pass this house on 23 silverdores street, your sight will be mesmerized. A red checkered pattern clock ha...
The border. He had. To find. The border. He'd made this trip a hundred times before and each time the damn thing move...
You know damn well the head is in the box. You know damn well how this movie will end. But her legs are across yours ...
My singing was awful. Didn't matter as the audience were drunk, I could see Lorna sticking her tongue down John's thr...
The lights dimmed. Mary-Rose, in her black-and-white jail-striped dress entered the stage from the left. My left, not...
She sang. Her beautiful voice rang out through the dense smoke in the room, pushing out into the ears, minds and hear...
There's somebody standing in the corner of my room.
There's somebody standing in the corner of my room. Well, "standing" may be the wrong word. There's someone IN the c...
He likes his own room, but he likes mine more. He's five. Half the time, if he had his way he would climb back insi...
There's somebody standing in the corner of my room. That's what she told me most days and as normal, I ignored her. I...
Twist.
"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...
The gate closed behind them.
I stood on the old wooden bed I always slept in. There was always a window up high and I would always look up to it a...
Three Chances. Two Donors. One Hope. December 4th. Today is the third anniversary of your first bone marrow transp...
Rudolph ran as fast as his four legs would carry him. He had run out of fairy dust over a remote forest, and unfortun...
"Wait, so he hit you?"
"No. He didn't." I hid the bruise on my face with veiled hair. I didn't want to admit the truth. It was harsh. "Then ...
"Wait, so he hit you?" "Yes, but it's not what it seems. He's been really stressed at work. He swore it would never h...
"Wait, so he hit you?" “No, I told you. He whispered just before I woke up.” I had already told the story a couple ...