Lauren and Lucy are best friends. They do everything together. Go to high school together. Graduate together. Watch sappy romcoms together. Longingly listen to love songs together. They both made the smart decision not to date in high school, but with graduation being three years in the past, both girls commiserate on not having found Mr. Right. Until one day, Lauren captures the attention of not ...

I didn’t know this at the start

That day of my school class she became a part

She sat by me because I wasn’t scary

The only other girl in the class was popular

And the boys were big and hairy

That’s where it started, sitting side-by-side

Now as adults, in each other we confide

Oh, a true friend who can find!

Friendship is about balance

Being adventurous is her talent

She helped me come out of my ...

“I’m a spinster. I never wanted to be. When I was young, I would fantasize about what my wedding dress would look like. Whenever I would play dolls with my best friend, I always wanted to be the bride. All throughout high school I was boy crazy, with numerous crushes. But I’m also an introvert. Because of this, I never told my crushes how I felt. In my young adult years, a few men did try to court...

I walk down the lane

Slightly self-conscious of my

Average appearance

Soon an old woman

Meets me on the lane and blocks

My way forward

She greets me with a

Warm smile, grasps my hands, a

Strange look in her eyes

“What is the deepest

Desire of your heart, child?

And I will grant it.”

The old woman said

I felt she somehow knew my

Answer already

“More than anything

I wish my appearance was...

I have never been more excited to visit a post office before! Today was the day I’d get the letter, though. It had to be today. It had been three weeks since I’d sent my letter, and this was the longest I’d waited for an answer. Was something wrong across the pond? No, today I’d get a letter—

“James, wait up!” My younger sister, Nora, yelled from behind me.

I hit the brakes on my red bike as sh...

“Leaving room for errors always seems wise,

Until there are mistakes sleeping on every sofa in your house.”

That’s what everyone says these days.

They think I’m too stuck in my old-fashioned ways.

The trend is to let mistakes just walk out the door,

So as to have plenty of room for more.

Or gifting them to others it’s also their aim,

They’ll do just about anything to shift the blame.

As for me,...

Corsica heard the rush of wind, soft at first. Suddenly, the wind was all about her, roaring in her ears and whipping her dress. Her small apartment melted away and Corsica felt her feet leave the ground. Or perhaps the ground had simply disappeared in the same way as the familiar four walls around her faded into obscurity. Either way, Corsica didn’t like it. She wasn’t afraid of heights, just fal...

I love you

You don’t know it but

I love your smile

The way you say hello

I admire from afar

For I know you will never love me

And I will never tell you

I have sharp edges

I have sharp edges

And I will never tell you

For I know you will never love me

I admire from afar

The way you say hello

I love your smile

You don’t know it but

I love you...

“Get out of my house!” Drogo said in a voice of deathly calm. Drogo fixed Lefwin with a piercing glare.

“But you have to teach me,” Lefwin protested weakly, “the prophet told me…”

Drogo interrupted with a mirthless laugh, “So, you’re the newest product of Prophet Sigor’s vindications. What is not commonly known is that… I was one as well. I was about your age when that confounded, immortal prop...

“Aim for the mouth, men!” roared the general in front of me, “Aim for the mouth right after the creature fires a blast! It’s where they're the most vulnerable!”

“Easier said than done,” I shouted at my friend, Davis, to my right, “It takes, what, five seconds for a Scricrod to recharge its salivary glands! You’d get fried by its blast before you could aim a shot.”

“Well, in case you haven’t no...