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• Nonfiction > Sports
  How to Do a Double Backflip

  By Sam B., Brattleboro, VT

  As I stand in the corner of the floor closest to the gym entrance, my mind races, despite my efforts to calm it. I mentally run through my routines to get my body ready to deliver its maximum energy in the space of a few seconds. A lot needs to happen in a short time, and any stray thought or feelin...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  The 23.7%

  By Sam B., Brattleboro, VT

  Washington, DC - Wisconsin Senator and current Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan was caught on tape today making disparaging remarks about large population blocs today at a fundraising event. Ryan, a well-known fitness enthusiast, was recorded telling many high-powered exercise celebr...
• Fiction > All Fiction
  Russian Prime Minister Tries His Best

  By Sam B., Brattleboro, VT

  Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev attempted to release a statement to the press Wednesday on the imprisonment of the punk rock group P*ssy Riot. Medvedev bravely managed to face the press and suggest that maybe sending the group to Russian prisons could possibly be “very severe – I might ev...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Teaching in Their Language

  By Sam B., Brattleboro, VT

  Working as a flying trapeze coach at a performing arts summer camp that has campers from all over the world, it would be remarkable if I didn’t run into a few interesting, challenging situations, even excluding the normal range of issues that arise from trying to police 12 young boys living togeth...