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‘Fall is no time for long hair’, Riah couldn’t help but think as she tried to reclaim fly-away strands from the constantly grabby fingers of the wing. Her long black kinky waves were already near unmanageable, and the strong river winds... (more »)

As he sketched three faces on the back page of the tattered notebook he swore that he would find them no matter what. He would make them pay for what they took from him, that he treasured more than anything else in the world. She was taken cruelly... (more »)

Thomas Jefferson once said, “It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.” Poor Mr. Jefferson surely didn’t expect a place like Savagé Gardens to exist. Savagé Gardens; the place I call... (more »)

One bullet was all it took. In old western films, they show cowboys making valiant last stands. Taking several rounds of bullets, yet standing up, facing their perpetrator despite looming doom. I mean, has anyone ever cited those films for just... (more »)

Felines Seventeen cats lived in Larry’s basement. Scraggled, abused, bones jutting out like skeletal limbs from a grave. The stench was incredible. Stale urine, oozing wounds and uncontrollable defecations splattered across a raggedy carpet.... (more »)

Ruby smiled at the performer as she collected her coffee and made a break for her usual table in the corner. He wasn’t especially good, but that was expected in this small town. She’d seen him before in the grocery store, gym, and maybe even a... (more »)

All I could feel was the bitter wind against my cheeks and the tears in my eyes. The moon was so big and beautiful in the sky tonight, shrouded by mist as it peeked over the rolling hills of endless moor. I could hear the distant moaning of the... (more »)

“Jason?” I asked, raising my voice slightly over the stuttering of the engine. “What’s wrong?” I, Xyla and my brother Jason were on our way home after spending three weeks at music camp. We had been driving through nothing but snow for... (more »)

Anna O... A patient of Sigmund Freud, she developed feelings of transference towards her doctors. Transference, a psychiatric phenomenon, is portrayed by the shift of a human’s feelings for one individual towards a more available person. Plagued... (more »)

Camila felt wet. Well that doesn’t make sense, Camila thought to herself. Why would my bed be wet? Then Camila discovered something else. I’m not even on my bed! This feels like the ground. It feels like cold wet hard ground. Why would I be... (more »)