When they asked Lucy’s father what word he would use to describe Lucy, he said “phantasmagorical.” He had trouble pronouncing the word, so it came …
Death Up Close
When I was 10 years old, I had to go through one of the toughest ordeals of my life: a life and death situation. That …
how it really ends by Charlotte Covey
if you draw butterflies on your wrists, they’ll come alive while you sleep and fly away into the night and flutter like sprites. they will …
Wake by Darby Joyce
I understood immediately why he had picked her as his model for the week. Despite my best efforts to avoid the thought, I could imagine …
Cloisters by Harnidh Kaur
The day after I died, I woke up with a knot in my throat, a rising crescendo of goodbyes that reminded me of the last …
The Girl with the Red Scarf by Leah Harter
This is one of the February Writing Challenge entries that was chosen to be a featured story. Scarlett was perhaps the most terrifying person …
The Truth About Losing a Friend
A collaboration of the memories of two important people. You don’t know it’s going to happen. You didn’t know the smiles shared from across your American …
The Art of Forgetting by Layla Zatar
Strawberry blond hair curtaining a beautiful face. Pale soft skin, a porcelain doll laying on a hard surface scattered with shards of glass. Green shining …
Sleep by Sabrina
I searched for some kind of warmth When sadness took me But when I first met you All my fears vanished Wrapped in your arms …