Sierra Brockenbrough

“Hottest Day” by Sierra Brockenbrough

 "This is the JAZZ Radio station and I'm your host, Risk, with the hottest news in town! The current temperature is hotter than the burning solar flames of a forest fire in the mountains. Here's a Public Service Tip: Keep cool and stay safe…" Risk ends his radio announcement with some upbeat jazz music. I have the fan on high. There’s a small compartment where ice water mix in. It's too hot to go outside and I want to cry. Not to mention, I haven’t seen any hurricanes in the past coming days. It's the heat that makes me angry on the ins...

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“Nodobaki” by Sierra Brockenbrough

 You think know your friends well. You think you know everything about everyone you meet. For a long time, I met someone who I thought I knew very well. I meet this guy near the corner store in Kurotani. The first time that I meet him he didn’t seem harmless. Of course, I knew better than anyone else. Everyone is either crazy, or you have to be crazy your own self. His outfit resembles of those eccentric gurus around here, and I have no choice but to wait for the bus alongside him. He doesn’t say anything to me as the doors open. We get...

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“Volley ” by Sierra Brockenbrough

 Our last volleyball game didn’t go so well. I try to figure out what happen during the game. It wasn’t the other team and I know it wasn’t me. We (my team) haven’t been doing so well. The boys locker room is clean, and I am able to breath for once. I usually change in the bathroom stalls, but I didn’t want to be around with everyone, and I don’t want to hear the coach yelling at us again. I did what I did. After I was done changing, I grab my gym bag and left the room. My coach is talking to one of my teammates. I can’t hear what they’...

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“Veil and Cycle” by Sierra Brockenbrough

 I am being followed. I kept looking over my shoulder every second. I’m delivering a special package to my master and I have to give it to him on time. He warned me beforehand yesterday that I have a window frame of time before it falls into the wrong hands.I don’t know what’s inside. It might just be an empty box. I stopped at the end of the sidewalk and waited along with the others for the light to change. I took a deep breath, letting my nerves settle. Once the lights changed, I headed up the sidewalk to my next assignment.My assignm...

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“Bulletnite” by Sierra Brockenbrough

 “Glad you came to meet me here,” Homasa said. He sat on the other end of the seesaw. I walked up to the other end of the empty seat and climbed on. “I was thinking that you weren’t going to show up.” I thought it would be best to go and see him, even though he never calls me. Homasa stared at me with a serious look on his face, as if he had something to tell me in private. “Gero,” I looked at Homasa. “Do you want to play a game?” Homasa asked. When was the last time we played together? We haven’t graduated yet. Above all else we are si...

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“Clover Eclipse ” by Sierra Brockenbrough

 For thousands of years, the town of Avenue has been gathering around for the eclipse for quite some time, and yet people have been waiting for it to come. All eyes were looking up at the sky. The shadow crossing over the sun was a sight to see. They hadn’t seen anything like it before. Three years later the sky went dark and stayed dark. After the eclipse, it seems that humanity has been wiped out. Avenue-Two is a city, where buildings crumble before you can walk inside them. Stood tall and the clouds were gray. Up in the sky, there’s ...

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“Trident” by Sierra Brockenbrough

 Black. All around him was black. An endless void staring back at them. He woke up at the sound of a beeping around him. Trying to gather his senses, someone was standing over him. Startled, he realized that he was in a bedroom. “Are you okay?” A little boy said to him. He blinked a few times trying to get himself together. “...I think so...I know that I am in a bedroom, where am I exactly?” “You’re in space,” The boy told him, “My father and his crew found you in the middle of a war-zone. They saved you!”“That’s great…” “I’m Ginga.” He...

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“The Fish and The Wind” by Sierra Brockenbrough

A man is taking a boat out in the summer. It's hot out and the water is perfectly blue. The waters of Greece are beautiful. He only has a small boat, and the others are bigger in comparison. The other fisherman sat under the parasol right next to a small fish market. The three men sat around drinking. One of the fishermen smiled at him. He waved back. He continued to push his boat past them when one of them spoke.“Felipe! Come over here. I found something for you!” He stopped his boat halfway near the shoreline. He walked over to the gr...

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“Chronoium ” by Sierra Brockenbrough

The year is in the future, the time is now. There is no turning back. The past is now or never. With the current situation, we are just lucky enough to scrape by. I recorded the notes in my black journal, everything that I have jotted down seems to be kept up to date. I sighed, looking out the window of the observatory. The stars are pretty tonight, and the scientists have reported a shooting star sighting.  I finished writing down my sighting of my Chronoium Theory, a theory where space and time can coexist. Of course, I have no proof...

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“Kaito-Kun Does Not Like Blind Dates” by Sierra Brockenbrough

“I'm not going!”  “Dude, please do it…for our sake, please?”  “Not in a million years, I’m not going to get roped up in your antics.” Kaito is a senior in high-school with no experience in dating. He’s too busy trying to get his grades up to even think about getting a girlfriend, and all of his friends always talk about girls like they’re life depends on it. He stayed behind with his friends after school. His friend, Lance, ended up getting the short end of the stick, because of a bet he made with another classmate. Lance los...

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“Do Racers Dream Of Electric Speed?” by Sierra Brockenbrough

Two racers speed down the track, and the rest behind them are left in the dust. With the only two in the lead. The wind rushed past them with only one goal in mind: to be the champion of Koiwa! Everyone wants to be number one; number one, they shall be. It’s a close call. They’re neck and neck. The racer on the left takes a sharp turn on the curved track bulldozing past the rider on his right. Crowds were on the edge of their seats, waiting with bated breath. Getting close to the finish line, the anticipation ramps up with excitement in the ...

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“When The Throat Is Dry” by Sierra Brockenbrough

The drought season has already begun. It starts in the first month of the year. Each bar in town runs out of alcohol in a good way. A man walks into the bar, and only a few people are inside. He sits by himself at the bar like usual. He looks up at the menu and reads the chalkboard: Happy Drought Season. The Drought Season was taken seriously. A way to help people recover from harming themselves. A woman approaches him from behind the bar. “My name is Daria, I’ll be your waitress. What would you like?” He sees her holding a pitcher...

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“In Hope Of Light” by Sierra Brockenbrough

Submitted to Contest #232

The time of the event was hard to ignore for a lot of people. Most people who came before us don't remember when the sun shone in the sky or how it felt. On the day of Pre-Flash Week, a bang came out of nowhere and wiped out an entire civilization. Years later, it happened again. People who survived the flash called it Post-Flash Week. It was the day when light was scarce. When we find light, we harvest it before it burns out. Photos are reaped into jars or lamps that are sealed tightly and shipped out to towns and cities. I work with a larg...

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“My True Self” by Sierra Brockenbrough

Standing in the final battle. We saw him breathing heavily through his mouth, gasping for air. I saw the white veins protruding, going deeper into his skin than before. This time it was more painful as he screamed with delight like a drug addict asking for more. He already has his foot in the grave, and I can’t let that happen to him. He’s my friend. I kept repeating those words over and over. Trying so hard to convince my denial brain that he wouldn’t hurt us anymore and that we might have to end his life. I remembered the vial of antidot...

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“The Last Puff Of Smoke ” by Sierra Brockenbrough

Behind the school far away from peering eyes. The two boys in high school are leaving for their summer break. Spending their last year together and sharing their very first...but ever so last, cigarette together in their usual spot. Liam Pak and Alex Choi, two out of school boys with no business being around the park lot, leaned against an old red Cadillac. It looks in good shape some might say. To Alex, not that much. No one would want it, maybe? Smiling to himself. He pulls out a lighter from back pocket and lighted his and Liam's cigarett...

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