April closed her eyes and waited. Count to ten, she thought. She could hear the man coming closer to her, and willed herself to relax. “Steady, April,” Derek said to her from the earpiece. “Steady.” April nodded, though she knew he couldn’t see, thought about opening her eyes, then let the thought fall away when […]
At the start of January 2012, I was still dating Micheal Hamburger. Which, at the time, I thought was incredible as he was my first long term relationship. And my first. New Year’s Eve I was to baby sit at his house because his mom wanted to go to a party with her husband. The […]
When I was younger I wrote poems for my mother. They weren’t anything fancy, nothing award winning or of literary sensation—just short, small, not-even-more-than-a-few-lines poems; the kind short enough to be haikus but just lacking that rhyming scheme. I was sitting on her custom designed Windows computer—customized to be an easy-to-use gadget for the blind […]
After finally reading Meg Cabot’s Jinx, I was browsing my school library’s limited book selection, looking for something sweet, romantic, and Meg Cabot like. And the first book I found was What Happened to Goodbye, about a girl named Mclean Sweet, who made a habit of creating new persons for herself and then just disappearing, […]
So this one time out in Utah, I had come to visit my family for the holidays. While I was there, I hung out with my friend Julia. It was about ten o’ clock when we decided to take a walk. On our way back, we saw a green cart. It was one of those […]
Sitting along in the coffee shop Not looking for love, only a place to rest my head down I looked around– and saw you in the coffee line, Brown hair, soft smile, bright green eyes That met mine, and then you smiled, and you mouthed “Hello”. It probably was only fifteen seconds, but that was […]
Vampire Knight: Prose, Shorts, and Poetry chapter two: “Boundaries”, released now! Read a short synopsis below, then go check it out! Title: Boundaries Pairing: KanamexYuuki Genre: Shorts, Angst/Drama Rating: T+ Brief Summary: Lust, Desire, Longing. Feral and overpowering. Inescapable. Where will the line be drawn? Siblings, lovers–what are they really? Vampire Knight: Prose, Shorts, and […]
Me: Halley, say something profound. Halley: (gives a look and pauses) …What does that mean? -MAL
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse to never have tried to succeed.” –Mr. Theodore Roosevelt. Great words from a great president. Ever notice the accuracy? For example, in high school—students aren’t judged by their appearance but by their readiness to succeed. In fact, I think that happens everywhere. In school, at work, at […]
So I’m in my College Summit class and apparently I’m missing my “college of your choice” paper. Frowing, I’ve decided to write it, but I have no Idea what to say. When I was in Nebraska I was going to go to Doane College for government, economics, and politics—maybe English and psychology. When I moved […]
