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• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Summer: A Moment of Futility

  

  By justsmile164, New York, NY

  Almost every teenager begins their summer with the same ritual: a celebration of their victory over the long school year and a resolution to make their summer months as memorable as possible. We plan to embark on adventures that will yield unforgettable memories and to make new friends who will mak...
• Nonfiction > Academic
  Ancient Astronomer's Hollywood-Worthy Murder

  

  By justsmile164, New York, NY

  What do you get when you combine a well-known Danish astronomer, his mentally unstable German assistant, a Swedish hit man, and a jealous Danish king? The sudden and mysterious death of a Danish astronomer. Half a century later, this real-life mystery has been given blockbuster potential. Pro...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Music From the Heart

  

  By justsmile164, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

  I wish the lights weren't so bright. If only these heels weren't so tall. I am supposed to walk slowly, but it doesn't help that my legs are trembling. I reiterate a single line in my mind: "Don't trip." I walk across the solid grey ocean And finally make it to...
• Fiction > Romance
  The Art of Love

  

  By justsmile164, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

  Saturday morning. Composition class. I think that was when I first admitted it to myself: I was in love with him. It was almost unfair. I didn’t have a say in the matter at all. I had fallen for him, whether I liked it or not. The room was filled with the beautiful noise of thirteen young c...