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My Bully Frenemy... is a Ghost?!

Ali Molina

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I guess I never thought I’d said life is good while staring at the chaos right in the face.If you look at the picture, you will find me with my dress drenched. The whole venue for my Quinceañera party is flooded. The cake, the food, and some presents are done for good. But here we are, dancing under the lights like nothing happened, listening to “Party in the USA” and moving our hips. The good people I want and need are here: my parents, my best friend Mary and my newfound friend… frenemy… uh, I… I don’t even know how to name it. One, becaus...

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Troy in Motion

Rebecca Buchanan

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Troy slid into his seat in the middle of the second row, his chair tipped sideways, nearly falling over, but settling on all four legs as the tardy bell faded away. Mrs. B raised one eyebrow at him and started roll call.“Peter Emory”“Here”“Angeline Emory”“Here”“Eric Getty”“Here.”Ripples of stifled giggles went through the classroom. Mrs. B looked up from her ledger, the giggles and grins were coming from the area behind Troy. “Troy”“Here.”“We know you are here, what we don’t know is why everyone behind you is laughing.”“I wouldn’t know, ma’...

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Verity

Ben W

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Sensitive themes: Familial Alienation, Cursing Verity watched the world go by through the train window, her heart thundering with anxiety, eagerness, rage, and hope.Breathe, she commanded herself as her stomach tightened again and the urge to run back to the onboard bathroom grew. Breathe. It's going to be alright. I'll just explain everything to him. Explain that Mom lied. That she manipulated me into believing her bullshit! Verity clenched her fist until her nails bit painfully into her palm, at which point she quickly unclenched and clos...

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Jenny

Chloe Schaefer

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TW: blood, mourning Jenny ran down the street as fast as she could, her dress shoes thumping against the ground. She shouldn’t be running in such an outfit, dodging obstacles and jumping over sidewalk cracks, but she was late. She was so, so late. Though she couldn’t quite remember what for.She woke up that morning to an eerily silent and completely empty house, dressed like she’s going somewhere important. She could feel the makeup on her face, though she doesn’t remember applying it, and a long, fit-and-flare black dress hugged her body. I...

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Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire

Alexis Colson

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I’m starting to question if I’ve ever had a real piece of chicken.At dinner tonight, Mom kept shoveling slimy, stinky, slop-like foods onto my plate and encouraged my fork and mouth to cooperate by telling me it tasted “like chicken.” She even took a bite from the swamp on her own plate, and her face looked pleasant enough. I knew she wasn’t faking it, because I heard an “mmm” buzz through her lips. So you can imagine my surprise when my first bite tasted nothing like a McNugget. In fact, it tasted a lot like that pink, fishy thing Nana forc...

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Terrible lies

Leda De Graaf

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“Daddy!”, I called as I backed away from the lifeless body.“Daddy!”, I called again panic rising in my chest as time trickled away. The woods seemed to close in around me. I tried to scream again, but no words could leave my mouth. I noticed the murder weapon lying a few inches away from the child's body. Me and my dad lived on a farm in Texas America. These woods lay just a few miles away from our farm. I squeezed my eyes shut tight and waited for my daddy to rescue me. I woke up inside my daddy’s arms, inside a cold bright room. A man in a...

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Lily's Morning

Ricky DS

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The gentle caress of morning sunlight filtered through the flowery curtains, casting a warm glow across Lily's bedroom floor. It danced playfully on the worn wooden boards, creating little sunlit puddles that beckoned the world to be not only seen but felt anew. ‘Oh, look! An ocean of light!’ Lily announced to her room, her voice bouncing with excitement. Every shadow whispered tales of grand empires, and every fleeting beam invited a new adventure. Sir Pawsalot, her brave lion with an ever-fluffed mane, seemed to nod in agreement from his r...

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Family Dinner

Laura Osborne

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“Oh my god, Mom, that’s so not what hook up means”, Caroline covers her face with her hands and groans, lamenting the cruel god that has placed her in this life with this family. “Well, we did! We hooked up at the concert, sat together, and caught up, and you know how she loves to talk about her kids. Did you know Ian is gay now? He-” “I’m literally begging you to stop talking,” Laura says through a mouthful of mashed potatoes, when they hear a set of lethargic footsteps coming down the stairs. “Okay, everyone, be cool and be nice,” Mom wa...

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Uncle Hank's Headache

Venita Bonds

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Uncle Hank’s Headache One hot afternoon in 1967, Aunt Beverly parked the elementary school bus at our house and started checking under the seats for stray kids. She drove for Uncle Hank when he had a headache. As I helped my three-year-old cousin down the steps, Uncle Hank strolled out of the house. I was amazed to see him. He usually kept to himself in the garage. “Hey girls, come see my baby boa constrictor.” He held up a shiny gray snake about two feet long. Terry Ann ran to him. “Lemme hold the worm, Daddy.” Aunt Beverly ru...

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Friends First

Hannah Deegan

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No kid likes packing up their things and moving. Starting at a new school, having to learn where to sit at lunch or remembering which streets you take to walk home at the end of the day. I don’t mind it so much though. I’m looking forward to a fresh start. Dad and I both were. That’s why I didn’t put up much of a fight. Not that he would listen to me if I did. Ten years old are rarely the voice of reason when it comes to arguments with parents. Mom had left us a few years ago before I really understood what that meant. Anytime Dad and I talk...

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A Print in the Sand

Miranda Johnson

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Today, the newspaper headline read: Three years and the bodies have never been found. No one knows why the parents of these children agreed to visit the park that day. They knew a killer was on the loose, and yet, they took their children out of the safety of their houses anyway.The young girl sometimes wondered what her life would have been like if her parents hadn’t decided randomly to go out that day. All she knew was that they had never returned. They were only assumed to be dead, after all. She remembers it vividly. A Saturday morning i...

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Kid Hollywood

Moss Hall

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KID HOLLYWOOD by Moss Hall My career as a kid movie actor began on a high note and gradually slid into the dumper. My mother had signed me up with the Central Casting Agency shortly after my birth, and at the age of six months I was signed to play the baby son of a major A List actress in a film directed by William Wellman. The film tanked. So there I was, washed up at the age of one. But this didn’t stop Mom. Central Casting continued to call and I appeared in some 30 more flicks over the next ten years. I hated it. Being dragged out of...

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Time Travel Guru

Christine Roddie

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Derek wasn’t supposed to do it, but he told his sister Sandra about the aliens’ plans he was talking about with his Dungeons & Dragons friends. He told her about their theory that the President was being programmed by humans and aliens in a secret hideaway in Colorado.He said, “It’s like he’s a puppet who doesn’t know what he’s saying or doing. If what we researched is true, then his staff, or a previous president, perhaps using Artificial Intelligence, is running the country.”Sandra decided to go along with her teenaged brother who was ...

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The Magnificent Temper of Catherine the Great

Diana Sadat

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“Sharpen those minds, folks. It’s test time!”Hark, the holy master doth cry. Seriously though, how do they expect us to be excited about our futures when they use discount Eugene Levy as the personification of a fulfilled education? I stare at him as he stops at my desk, licking a grotesque finger onto a stapled manifesto of misery while a sickly smile spreads on his sagging face like a delightful disease. He leaves a spot of saliva on my paper as he slithers onto his next victim. I am simultaneously mortified and mystified by this meagre m...

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Remote Play

Jae Po

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CW: Strong language and themes of domestic conflict------“John?! Why the fuck are you just getting home?!”Sigh.[Mute][Right, right, L2]------“Do you hear me, John?! I said, why the fuck are you getting home so late?!?!?”("Hey, Mo--I mean, honey... I'm glad to be home. I'm sometimes late because being here is sometimes stressful, especially when you scream at me...")------“Oh, spare me, Mary. I don’t owe you any explanation—I’m a grown-ass man in this household!!”------“What!? You mean you’re a grown-ass baby!”[Right, L1]("John, you’re my hus...

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