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All too often, novice writers make the mistake of telling us a character’s personality. Rather than tell her personality, the writer can more successfully raise reader interest by showing it –…

“The night protects.” Vix said quietly, the pond just a few yards away./It was nearly midnight, Vix thought she was alone when Emily spoke./“Excuse me?” Emily said. “Are you ok?”/“I told you to leave...

Can anything be done with love? Yes. It can be nurtured, allowed to grow. It can be freely given, spread across the world, or held close tightly. Love can save us or it can doom us. Civilizations ca...

“I have many regrets,” Emily whispered, holding Adi’s hand as he lay, unconscious, in the hospital bed. “But none as bad as the regret I have for what I did to you.”/Just days before she had broken of...

Innocence. Something all children have, empathy as well. I have gained more insight and wisdom from a young child, shown more compassion than I have from dozens of adults combined. Adults forget all a...

Proposed censorship measures in several states could deny your right to read some books in our Nation's libraries and lead to librarians facing criminal charges for the books on the shelves.

“Hey to all my fantastic feathers and fragettes!” Emily said in her usual, cheery voice, beginning her live stream. “So very sorry for the lack of Mayhem lately, things have been unusual lately.”/The...

“Hey to all my fantastic feathers and fragettes!” Emily said in her usual, cheery voice, beginning her live stream. “So very sorry for the lack of Mayhem lately, things have been unusual lately.”/The...

“She’s like a beautiful butterfly,” Adi thought, looking down at Emily’s bare form as she slept, spread across the mattress./Emily had come over the night before, drunk, but wanting nothing more than ...

Adi was sound asleep when Emily slowly crawled out of bed, bringing a sheet with her to wrap her bare, naked body. She glanced over at the clock on her nightstand, 2 am. They’ve been together for over...

“One year later and you’re still all I think about.” Seth spoke softly, standing over her grave, in the rain. /She would have turned 18 today, instead she is with her fellow angels, out of pain, out o...

“There’s something about him,” Sera wrote in her journal. “Something that doesn’t make sense. He’s smart, funny, handsome, kind. Why does he want to date someone like me?”/Sera paused for a moment, t...

“If the world were to end tomorrow…” Sera thought. “If everything just ended, I’d be fine with that.”/She was on the bridge, in her usual spot, watching the sun set over the river. She was tired. She...

After hours of searching the city, Adi finally found Emily, sitting alone on a bench in the park at night. /“There you are.” Adi said, a little out of breath. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to upset you.”/...

“If you listen carefully,” The old man at the end of the bar started. “You’ll hear the Charred Sawyer shouting, looking for survivors.”/“Huh?” Seth said, snapping out of his thoughts./“The Charred Saw...

“You have to keep this a secret just between the two of us.” Emily said, a bit of panic in her voice. /She had been dating Adi for just over 3 months at this point, far longer than any of her past rel...

After what felt like hours, Sera found herself near the bridge at the edge of town that leads to the lumber mill. An old, iron truss bridge that has been standing since the late 1800s, a symbol of en...

“Fuck.” Sera whispered as she leaned back against a beam of the bridge. “Fuck!” It has only been a couple days since they moved away. It seemed so sudden. Why didn’t they tell her sooner? Was it re...

A moment, a single moment is all it took for Sera to decide what to do. The thought has never occurred to her before, nothing even close to it has ever been in her mind, but all it took was a moment t...