My family and I had taken a trip to a state we had never been to before. We did plenty of tourist activities, ate at well-known restaurants, and did a ghost tour. My mom loved a good ghost tour, her wavy hair bounced as she laughed and her eyes were wide with excitement at everything the tour guide was saying. […]
If you haven’t read any of In the Pages of a Book yet, you can start here with Chapter 1! Trigger Warning: Topics of abuse Chapter 4 – Janette’s Story The man in the dark jacket was now hovering around the bookstore more boldly. The man was harassing the boy, Lucas, outside the shop. Janette had seen him many times, […]
My family and I moved into a new home about a month ago. It’s a nice neighborhood, quiet in a small town. My room is the only upstairs room; the window faces the street and it’s directly across from a house that looks similar to ours. The same sized window of our neighbors across the street faces mine. “Many houses […]
This is Part 2 of Clever’s short story. You can read the beginning here. … I was determined to find this killer. He didn’t deserve to just go on living without the memory of the evils he had committed. Sunshine Resort was supposed to be a place for good people who had bad things happen to them, or at least […]
My name is Mylla, and today is the worst day of my life. I’ve said that before, but I’m really hoping that this time I’m right. Relentless fear has dogged me for the past days and weeks, and when the answers had finally come, they were the worst imaginable. Grief clenched my chest tight and my legs couldn’t hold me […]
The wind gently tossed my hair as I stepped through the lush grass, each blade bending against my bare feet as they struck the earth. It was finally here, the day of the Duel. I had initiated it, of course, but there was still a pit in my stomach. I had to decide if I was going to kill someone […]
There it was again. The scraping noise I heard every night for the last six months, it was like clockwork. It woke me when the moon was high in the sky, her rays of moonlight kissing my cheek in comfort. I already knew what was waiting for me if I peeked under my bed, eyes. Nocturnal eyes, glowing in the […]
This is the conclusion to Clever’s short story, The Culling. If you haven’t read Part 1, you can find it here. … I have my theory, but I know the other villagers will need more before they agree to fight back against the monsters. I need more information to come up with a sound plan. The creatures caught me off […]
“I’ve been marked!” I jolt awake at the sound of the cry. My sleep-addled brain trying to decipher if this was real. “I’ve been marked!” the voice shouts, from farther away this time as he makes his way through the village. No, no, no, no. This can’t be happening. I pull on clothes and rush from my room. My little […]
Finally it was time. Today was the day, the day I would achieve my dreams. I shifted in the seat uncomfortably, it was the only seat so I didn’t have much choice. I practiced my breathing exercises, bracing myself for the rumble as the engines ignited. I squeezed my eyes shut, in through my nose, out through my mouth. My […]
