I hesitated to say it. I was only eleven, but everyone else, likewise entrenched in orange and black and equally pissed about the penalty, was chanting.
Together, in Orange by Joelle Berger
Bare by Jason Griffith
At home we give clean and comfortable nicknames. Bathroom. Restroom. We hide them away in caverns lit by Yankee candles.
Nine Things Said Over a Hospital Bed by Jessica Allen
Seconds before my father collapsed from cardiac arrest, he pointed out a rabbit to his granddaughter.
The View From the Moon by Susan Kieffer
A projector screen lit up in the front of the cavernous room, and the teacher told us to pay attention. There was a white tower in the center of the screen. An announcer’s voice droned, counting down by seconds.
Secrets of the Suddenly Single by Joanne M. Lozar Glenn
Grocery stores are problematic. Butchers shrink wrap pairs of salmon steaks, slap on gold foil labels that say “Dinner for Two.”
Guts by Mark Sullivan
It was chaos. Mice frantically burrowed in the corners for a way out; their tiny claws worn raw.
Review: Excavation: A Memoir by Wendy C. Ortiz
The story begins harmlessly enough; Ortiz is a detached teenager from a dysfunctional home whose new English teacher, Mr. Ivers, sees her passion for writing…
Behind the Walls by Vance Voyles
Sitting up, I reach down into my slick, green flight bag and pick up my English to Arabic dictionary. Thumbing through the well-worn pages, I search for the words I will need today. Hospital. Doctor. Medicine.
Full House by Kathryn Bold
“Don’t open that box,” Mom warns me, when I carry it into her bedroom. “It will make you cry.” But I ignore her.
The Pond by Damien Galeone
We dug into the ground, uprooting the shrubs and tossing them aside. We dug out stones and roots, de-housed spiders the size of plump ravioli and worms like fleshy shoelaces. Three feet into the ground we found an arrowhead…
