Nati Yohannes

“Wandering Mind” by Nati Yohannes

Submitted to Contest #108

Had it been a day? A week? A month? It was impossible to keep track of time. Nothing functions correctly anymore. It was like someone had just taken a neuron out of her brain. A gear out of her system. A piece out of her life. A limb off of her body. Life would never be the same without Laura. It wasn't fair. She was so young. Could she have not been able to stay for just a little bit longer? 7 weeks. T...

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“Fly to the Underworld” by Nati Yohannes

Submitted to Contest #94

Trigger warning: Death Nick was very Immature. He was in high school but still did childish things like trying to learn how to fly or watching nursery rhymes. His mom had mentioned something… Otislem? Autism? Nick didn't remember, but he didn't care either. At school people always teasing him saying things such as “You can't fly!” and “Go to a mental institution!”Today he was happy, though. It was the last day of school until spring break! He was outside of the school getting ready to walk home when two bullies w...

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“John Frost - Part 1” by Nati Yohannes

Part One   It wasn't the first time this week that John was outside shoveling snow. There was a blizzard and now he had to spend the first hour of every day making it so that his family could get out of the house. "Take a break. I made hot chocolate," called his wife Nicole, almost startling him. "It's 7 am. What are you doing up?" he asked. "I ...

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“The Dove” by Nati Yohannes

Submitted to Contest #73

The Dove was so beautiful - One of the prettiest things Karen had ever seen. Gracefully flying through the prairie - She needed to catch that bird for her daughter, Eve. Eve was only 4, but she loved birds. This would make the perfect Christmas present. “Just a little closer,” said Karen, as she held the box just a foot away from the dove. “Got you!” she said. She had finally got the dove in the box. Tr...

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“There's Murderer in the House” by Nati Yohannes

Prolog: 4: 22 PM, Saturday, Oak wood middle school exit “Lets go to John’s house. Trenton said that he’s having pizza.” Aaron said hastily. “I was going to get ice cream…”  Alexi replied, “London Stella and I were going to meet at Cone Palace.”  “John has ice cream.” Aaron said convincingly, “You should come with us. I’ll tell Stella and London to come there instead.” “I guess I could come. What's ...

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“Out of time” by Nati Yohannes

Usa, 2024 Chapter 1: Surprise does not exist Hi. My name is Tim. Tim E Traveler. Say it fast, and you get time traveler. I’m called time traveler because to me, surprise does not exist. I can predict everything that will happen. There are only four others like me. Moor O seer, Min D Reader, Fortun E Teller, and Actio N Prophet. As our full names state, we predict everything. Know ...

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