The Burden of Fear
5:23pm. 5:23pm is the time that she comes home from school everyday after finishing volleyball practice and occasionally extra help with calculus. If she has an away game it will be much later, but today, it’s 5:23pm. She gets out of her car, hauling her backpack and practice bag with her. By studying the expression […]
The Inevitable
Gut-wrenching screams were all that could be heard as Flight 537 plummeted towards the ground. Hand luggage flew around the cabin as the vessel spun out of control. Some of the more fortunate passengers were struck by stray bags and died before the plane hit the ground. The reason I consider them lucky is because […]
Savior
Perfection. That’s what I’ve grown up in. From the pristine, white church at the center of our village to the newly built colonial homes that fall around it. The crisscrossing dirt paths that connect our homes are a metaphor for the closeness within our town. Despite that, I cherish the intimacy of our little town […]
Just Fishin’
He had been up since before the sun had a chance to shine through his curtains. His alarm was set to go off at 4:30 am to Fishing in the Dark by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band—the best song to match his favorite pastime, but he’d been awake long beforehand. He had already packed his […]
It Calls
Pulling his hood further over his head he let out a deep exhale. Rolling the last piece of equipment into place, he watched as the steam of his breath rose to the top of the cave. All the monitors were in place and the various other scanning devices were set. It was a lot of […]
Some Animal
The students always joked about the stairway to nowhere Obviously the stairs in Hullinghause had a somewhere to go, but the padlocked cubby door unlocked the imagination and created a multitude of possibilities. The century-old staircase once carried doctors and nurses up and down its flights, as well as ailing patients that may not make […]