My mind was moving faster than my body. I wanted to play in the swing so bad but my feet weren't moving fast enough. ...

I let out a heavy sigh as I stepped over the cobwebs, allowing myself to have a moment of preparation. The swing rock...

she couldn't do it. her moist, clammy hands clung to the wooden pole with vicious might as she drew in intermittent, ...

As Thomas was smoking in an alleyway, he heard a scream. He walked out of the alleyway slowly, being observant of his...

The old trash can on Drake and Washington avenue was the witness to the biggest mistake of George's life. Sadly, he t...

I waited on the corner of Drake Street and Something. I shielded my eyes from the bright gray to see the paintings on...

It was her masterpiece. Jutting out of the water, everyone around could see what she'd created - what *she* had crea...

His dive, performed in front of the small, half-drunk dinner party, was perfect in his mind. He'd had a few martinis ...

For some reason, I couldn't stop staring at the picture. It was... gorgeous, sure. The colors were somewhat exaggerat...

"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...

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...

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...

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...

"What the hell happened here?" The man in the blue button up military coat came up to the wreck. He wore a hat on his...

I saw the thing. It was preserved in the glass case, the only one of its kind. So faithfully had the curators touched...

"Well shit, that didn't work," the conductor said. He walked around the wreckage, pulling out passengers. Women, mos...

Knives. Knives. What was she going to use them on next? The silver blades shimmered in the sunlight streaming thro...

He was a walking arsenal with knives strapped to his armor at forearms, biceps, chest and back. Two smaller throwing ...

That was the last thing she saw. It was headed straight for her chest, a glittering blade, and she saw it in slow-mot...

I step back and look. It seems complete. Ms. Johnson comes over and looks at it. She barely glances before saying, "...

He stared at his reflection in the water for a long moment. He studied his eyes (the same dark brown that they had al...

The world was so close to perfect, he hated having to point out the flaws to the designer. It was his least favorite ...