First and foremost, I would like to make it abundantly and transparently clear that I am not happy with this proposal either, but it had to be made.

You may choose not to believe me, but this was the lesser of all evils, all things considered— whoever disagrees with this, I formally invite to propose an alternate solution. I assure you, whatever you offer, I can give you five reasons it would not...

I can’t believe this. I feel dizzy. This can’t be happening. It’s inhuman. On the news, my family and I had just heard the newest international mandate. Due to overpopulation, one person from each household must be sacrificed.

“Oh goodness,” My mom says, her hand covering her mouth in her usual lady-like demeanor.

“Dammit, this is just a stupid prank, isn’t it?” Dwight, my older brother, yells, f...

The time was coming soon. She couldn't even bear to think about it. Nothing but stress, worry, and fear are in the air for everyone around this time. Dahlia sat up slowly from her spot beside her husband in bed. Praying he wouldn't hear her she crept from beneath the blankets and tiptoed out the bedroom. Across the hall, she turned the doorknob to her daughter's room and peeked inside at the sleep...

As soon as the mandate was released, I knew it would be me. I was the obvious choice after all. At 14 I was now the oldest. My mother had NEVER loved me. She didn’t beat me. But she dug her fingernails into my legs it left tiny specks of blood. She openly admitted that me just walking into a room made her angry. She constantly accus ed me of doing drugs for literally years before I had even trie...

myname is lila snd mi writng skilz arenent thaht godd im treeand im wasin tha living rom eith my famly wen wegot tha newz.

“They say we have to sacrifice one of our family members and if we don’t the whole family gets killed. We have until sunset to kill somebody in this room.” Thatz wat my momma sad then my hole famely loked at me. I ran to the kicen and I grabed a nife then I mayormay nothav kil...

Bold, black words rolled across the bottom of the screen and I blocked out the voice of the president. The words read:

𝘼 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚𝙙: 𝙙𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙚m𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 ...

“We must, for the sake of our family.” I stumbled past the bathroom and shot a curious glance at tom and jenna. They shot straight and locked their eyes on me.

“whats goin’ on?” A small thump in my chest set about the creeping cold in my spine.

“um-“

“tally, do you want some breakfast?” Jenna smiled ear to ear and rushed to my side. i shook my head in response and pulled away from her arms.

...

The cereal balanced precariously in one hand, orange juice in the other, both threatening to splash over the rim spilling on the carpet.

As I sit down on the couch, I reach for the remote, turning it on. I scroll through Netflix, browsing for a new show, a slight ping of irritation running through me as my phone goes off in my back pocket.

After some struggle I grab my phone from my Jean pocke...

TV came on a world mandate is released due to over population every household must choose one member to be sacrificed.

All over the world people stared at each other and glued to the billboards and to screens.

One minute ago we were sitting in the house around a family dinner having a chat and now… lights went out power cut.

I the only son maybe there is another way like the d...

Brandon eased his car into the driveway and sat for a few minutes. It had been another long day of filing other peoples' taxes, repeating numbers that, to him, were as simple as 1-2-3. He took a deep breath, happy to give his brain a break.

Brandon opened the car door and walked onto his porch. As he fumbled with his keys he heard an unfamiliar sound coming from inside the house. It sounded like ...