The hull was dark and damp. Rays of light fought to get through the cracks between planks of wood. The captive was not at all concerned. A group of sailors came and grabbed him, dragging him up a steep set of stairs. He attempted to walk, but the shackles made it difficult. The sun was disorienting, but simultaneously appreciated. The hull was cold. The sun warmed him. The hull smelled of clams an...
The headmistress scowled at the student sitting in her office. This had been the third time this month she had been sent to the principal, and always for similar reasons.
This time it was because the science teacher had had enough of the incessant questions. A week ago the English teacher had ended up contradicting herself while debating with the student. A week before that the math teacher was u...
Every kid has an astronaut phase. I was no different
Every person has some favorite sci-fi movie about space aliens. Personally, I enjoyed Star Wars. Well, Return of the Jedi specifically. I know people say that is the worst of the original trilogy but I don’t care. I thought the Ewoks were cool, even though I think it would have made sense if Chewbacca was...
Sixteen-ounce drip coffee, splash of cream, no sugar, blueberry scone, two chairs away from the window, back to the wall.
That was Tim. Some might call it boring or predictable. Tim felt it was comforting.
It would happen every so often someone else would sit in the second chair from the window. Tim did not make a fuss. He simple found another chair with his back to the wall. San Clemente is a...
I love performing. I am at peace with myself and feel at one with the world. The orchestra, the costume, the audience, my movements…all slide into perfect harmony when I am on stage. Everything just makes sense. I do not worry about school, or parents, or boys, or my phone, or the news. I am alive and present for every beat of the music, every sway of my body. Nothing else matters. It’s as if the ...
He was so ashamed of himself. If all of pain and suffering he has caused others throughout the centuries were all put together, it would not equal the remorse he felt now. There was only one being in the entire world he loved during his 1,700 years of walking this planet. Ever since he traveled with Helena to the Holy Land and stole the True Cross from the mother of the emperor, Eusebius had been ...
“Get out. See different cultures. Meet interesting people.”
Sure, that’s what the brochure said, and that’s what the recruiter said, and that’s what my parents said.
But no one told me how it would REALLY be.
I don’t understand how anyone can live where it is this cold! I really do not know what color the buildings are around here because everything is constantly blanketed in white. You can’t rea...
