The Tree of Eden By Marshall Oppel

Crowds outside the plane stood by the runway, protesting his trip. He was about to make a discovery of a lifetime, and these religious fanatics didn’t want him to go or else “all would be punished by the sword of fire.”
John boarded the plane, not bothering to look back at the crowds protesting. As he [...]

The Peace in the Fog By Aubrey Birowski

It was hazy. I could barely see my hand in front of me, nor could the merchants and the fishermen. The Viking statue was barely visible in the old Ravnkloa fish market. That Viking, Harald Hardrada was his name, stood with victory in his gaze, [...]

Still By Rachel Grant

She sat cross-legged on a seat in the first row of the balcony. Her eyes were closed as she listened to the music rising from the stage. She didn’t, or at least tried not to, visualize the scenes from The Lord of the Rings that went with each song, but tried to listen purely [...]

Flabbergasted By Jake Vannicola

It was a one-way no-stop trip to our new home in Cleveland, Ohio. I was a little scared, very upset, and not at all happy about the trip. We were moving from our old home in Arizona because my mom wanted a new “pace of living.” We drove over two-thousand miles and it took us [...]

Dead by Night By Christie Betts

On the short coffee table to the back of the sitting room, six items lay of vital importance: A gun, an empty nail polish container, two pink-stained handkerchiefs, a doctor’s surgical knife, and a scarf.
“Thank you all for coming so promptly,” said Sir John Lucas. “It is time to reveal the truth of Mrs. [...]

The Life of a Viking Captain By Ryan Marion

Everyone knew who we were. You could always tell we were different. With our golden hair, broad shoulders, near the height of six feet, we were the best. We were the ultimate fighting force, as good as the Spartans but on the sea. We were known as Thor’s right hand of thunder. This is [...]

Daniel Madison: Homeless Boy by Sylvana Gorgui

I walked down the alley that had become more of a home to me. The crinkled, dry leaves crunched under my old, torn-up sneakers, left to be blown away in the wind like the pieces of my heart. There is no hope, Daniel. There is nothing here! NOTHING! Mothers’ last words to me rang in [...]

Ever After By Andrew Hazzard

Dedicated to the memory of Sarah Foxwell
I sat in the cold house all alone; mom had been gone for days and I was scared to death. We had once been a happy Christian family, but wrecked after the malignancy of sex and drugs. Dad and mom divorced after his affair; she was so broken that [...]

Poisoned Time – By Philip Gordon

No one would believe me, but I had to tell them. I was driving to D.C. from my office in Baltimore. Had to get to Homeland Security before time ran out. Just four hours until the attack. I parked in a garage on Constitution Avenue and sprinted to the Homeland offices. I thought about the [...]