Vivienne retrieves yesterday's newspaper from her skirt's pocket, sprawling herself on the tattered divan. She unfolds it, dispelling lingering dust, and spreads it on her lap to read the news from the day before.

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“Are Rosalind Preston and Christopher Neel headed for a messy breakup?” Rosalind scoffs at the headline and throws the paper in the trash. “Chris will have a cow if he reads that garbage, that’s for sure.” She mutters to herself as she pulls out her phone and dials her agent. Her foot tapping anxiously as she waits for him to pick up. Click. “Yellow!” He says calmly, as if Rosalind and Christopher...

“Extra! Extra! Town Cryer’s latest! Read all about it! Rare Crystal Emerges from the Henessen Family!”

Emily stopped dead in her tracks as she heard the raspy man’s voice call out the latest headlines from his newspaper stand. How did it get out? Who would have shared the secret? How could they?

She backtracked, grabbed a paper, and placed a few coins into the man’s hand. “Keep the change.” she ...

Boring… boring… not funny… ah, I see they finally caught on about last night. Last night was quite exciting, the pools of blood that dripped onto the floor was absolutely stunning, the way it shimmered a dark red in the light. The only thing I don’t love about this article is that they didn’t capture the actual scene, instead it’s just some boring police chief. I don’t get why he’s getting all the...

I could not stomach looking at it, and yet still, I could not look away from it. I could only stare and cringe with horror.

“Jonathan Weekes, Dead at 39.”

“It was a joke,” I said to myself the first second I read it. I had many enemies, I remembered, and this is just the kind of thing Joey or Mr. Knight would do. Mr. Knight loved a good laugh, and he was the kind of man intimidating enough to g...

It was an unusually hot Monday on this summer’s June day. The heat hugged every fabric tightly to his body. Leaning his head out over the picnic table, he noticed the line of guys that looked far bigger than Mark - clear skin, straight teeth, muscles that bulged out from underneath their t-shirts. He could feel his anxiety, along with his acne, becoming more prevalent.

Peering back down at rich,...

“Local university student found dead in his apartment.”

I close the newspaper and sigh. “This is so embarrassing. How could I have let this happen to me?”I take the last sip of coffee from my mug and make my way up to my bedroom.

I was so excited about going to a concert with my friends this Friday, but this dead thing messed up our plans. “I was so excited too,” I say while crouching down to ...

Part 2 of Found Dead

My hands shook

How was I dead?

I couldn’t be!

I was here!

Reading the newspaper!

But it said it right there in big bold letters

With a picture of my burned body.

“Mom?”

I said,

My voice a hushed whisper.

My mom made her way over to me.

She wrapped her arms around me and sobbed.

I cried with her.

At school everyone stayed away from me.

Even my friends.

It was like I was co...

People wave to me as I pass

I’m a star

A famous singer

The headlines say

Star is Born

Like it was always ment to be

I shine

Am noticed

People talk to me

People like me

They laugh at my jokes

Even if they suck

Talk to me willingly

I love it

The sun shine through the blinds

I wake up

It was all a dream

I suck

I always have

Always will

I will never be a star...

Young Child Genius

Thats what it reads

How

I’m not smart

My parents are proud

They dont know the truth

It was school

We were being fourth graders

We thought we should switch places on the sub

It was hilarious

Then we had a test

Child genius of my grade put down my name

Broke records

I’ve taken everything

His future what he deserves

What should I do

I cant keep doing this

Living with this b...