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• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Baking with Hilary

  

  By Krikette, Sunnyvale, CA

  When Hilary and I bake together, drama inevitably follows. Our baking sessions normally begin when I walk into the kitchen and find Hilary peering into cupboards with her I’m-going-to-bake-something face on. “Have you washed your hands?” I ask, knowing there is an 83% chance she hasn’t...
• Opinion > Social Issues / Civics
  America the Beautiful?

  

  By Krikette, Sunnyvale, CA

  History class disillusioned me. Tarnished America the Beautiful in my mind. Dimmed my patriotic pride. Each black word on each white textbook page was like an accusing finger, a silent voice saying “Look! Look what YOU have done.” And my vision of America began to crumble, to change. I sa...
• Fiction > Romance
  Tealights

  

  By Krikette, Sunnyvale, CA

  Tea lights flicker. It’s cold, so cold. Slowly I dance the steps I danced once at a memory of a party. The silence of the empty mansion rushes around me, trying to drown out the song in my head. My eyes are half closed, hiding the darkness that wants to frighten me. Tomorrow I will be gone. The ho...