Today’s the day. My eighteenth birthday. Today i become an adult and get to leave the government insitution i’ve called home my whole life.

When caring for a child became too expensive for the average person, the government created a program for kids to be raised in the insitution.

I used to think about it a lot. How my family was able to give me up and hand me over to the government. But i tr...

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“Twenty years ago, when I signed up for the war, I was just a stupid kid. I wanted to see some action—wanted to

‘See the world!’

‘Blake the only thing you’ll see is your friends’ heads blown off!’

‘Shut up old man. You act like you know everything, but you don’t know me. You don’t know jack shit.’

That was one of the hardest punches to the face I’d ever received.Daddy was...

Destiney and her sisters jasmine, madelyn and emma were outside playing in there backyard. There dog named nikki was out running around. They noticed that Nikki started digging something up from the ground. The sisters went to see what he was trying to dig up. When they looked they seen a dirty box. They were trying to lift in out of the ground. When they finally did they opened it. There was some...

I tied my hair back into a think brown ponytail. Today was the day of the pick. Govener Wilson is going to pick eight of us to live with him, we each get eliminated one by one until only one of us is left. I never understood the point of it all, especially since the governor has seven children.

I stepped out of the bathroom and into the blazing sun with the rest of section 7. All of the 16-18 y...

Auction day is the worst of the year. It brings the orphanage children so much sadness and fear. “90 for the blonde!” Or, “30 for the ginger!” Comes from the crowd of kid-crazy fringers. Next I am called, “Small Stephanie June!” I walk to the podium, gosh, am I doomed....

I call it the indoctrination bus,

it comes at 7:30am,

loading itself with the generation,

the propaganda machine rolls down the way,

consuming the consumers,

the taxpayers of tomorrow,

spreading hate in their minds,

pitting them against the nation

and against one another,

God dies before first period

and takes their dreams with Him,

the bell rings and the flag waves,

they are taught to obey,

at an...

White walls. They were always too bright, too big, too clautraphobic. She remembers being young, the other children wearing matching white shorts and T-shirts, they were like a family. A small one madfe only of themslves and the Doctors. Maja clutched at her shorts, taking another long stride not daring to glance back. The guards were watching, barking orders to catch her. She knew she couldn’t re...

It’s the year 2050 and the world could not be more in need of a savior. When you walk outside it’s almost as if the sun’s bulb has been dimmed, or it’s on the verge of going out. The atmosphere was dark and eerie. All of nature seemed to be almost dead, only the remaining roots and trunks stood tall. The streets were empty, not a hovercraft in sight. When a decade ago, shoot even five years ago th...

The constant chatter. It was in front of me, beside me, above me, below me. All the rumors of the new government laws, but I simply didn’t believe they could be true. With all the deafening buzz it was easier to tune it all out. The rumors we were hearing were that of a tyrannical government, but that’s not our truth. That’s not our democracy.

At least, that’s what I thought. My husband lays on ...

In the past, people were brought up by their parents, people who loved them, cared for them, had waited for months, even years to have them. Now, we all grew up in a government funded facility where they had complete control over our lives and everything they taught us. Growing up in a government facility was extra strange, because they were constantly contradicting what they taught us. It’s as if...