Years pass and the efforts Of thousands are slowly Forgotten like the wind That blew on those stormy days Of blood, sweat, and guns, And the concepts of peace And freedom and Ahimsa Spread like the black Monsoon clouds as the people Were roused to hope for the Better days when captivity Existed only in […]
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Clara Barton was born in 1821 in Oxford, Massachusetts. She first showed an aptitude for nursing as a young girl in Massachusetts when she took care of an older brother for two years after a serious accident. At that time in America, women tended ill family members but had no opportunity for professional training as […]
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War raged in every direction. Colin had never seen such savagery. White crystals poured from the sky, delivering icy kisses to ashen faces. Frosty grenades exploded with malicious force. Running for his life Colin fell in the slush, the hand of the enemy above, poised to deliver a death blow. Then, just as despair crept […]
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my organs are rotting from the inside. all i can do is rip them out, feathers in a pillow. bones pop. all i can do is throw them in the trash, smile. teeth fall. i count them one by one. tangible proof, two grams each. hide in the bathroom, try to stay safe. the kitchen […]
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“Black Gold” is one of the September Writing Challenge entries that was chosen to be a featured story. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, the stars fell from the sky, burning, turning into grey stardust. All the stars fell from the sky, because some other human-like monsters burned and […]
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“Crash Landing” is one of the September Writing Challenge entries that was chosen to be a featured story. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. . . The starship began to shudder, breaking through the planet atmosphere. Alarms went off, the cabins temperature rose, the pilot struggled with the controls. She […]
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There’s howling on the streets. Lions, brawling, tearing each other to pieces, ripping flesh. The smell of blood streaks the sky, and steel ascends from the abyss, skyscrapers looming ominously over the bloodshed. Shouting and screaming and pain ripples through the cities, and the sour flavor of death burns the taste buds with every […]
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My cousin Yijiang wanted to be Christian and a Marine, the first hot pot my grandfather ever refused to swallow. “Your ancestors blinded themselves from reading the scrolls so many times,” Yeye spit, his eyes soaring to a faraway place I could never reach. “That’s what this ‘God’ gives you when you believe.” A younger […]
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The day they came, that was the real surprise. To hear it was louder than the popping of birthday balloons. To see it was more horrifying than candles falling into melting frosting. To taste it was worse that eating dirt because you would be if it hit between yours and your next door neighbors’ house. Newly eight, […]
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