Image Credit: Unsplash- Maksym Kaharlytskyi Nobody noticed the girl in the yellow raincoat until she began stealing time. Not in the usual way—she didn’t distract clocks or cut the wires in wristwatches. No. The girl, who called herself Juniper (because her real name was too sharp), had the quiet kind of magic that made the…

Image Source: Unsplash- Good Days Digital This will be the fourth ship I have sunk in as many days. Usually, I am not so fortunate. I have had bad luck— despite all of the ships I’ve led to their dooms, my end goal has evaded me. It has occurred to me more than once that…

Image Credit: Unsplash- Lucas Andrade Isla and her best friend Marina were driving to their favorite beach, Dolphin Cove, to spend the first week of their summer vacation. As Isla and Marina approached Dolphin Cove, Isla turned on “The Sound of Sunshine” by Michael Franti & Spearhead—a song that had become one of their favorite…

Image Credit: Unsplash- Kelly Sikkema Nancy and Peter’s lives were forever changed when their parents succumbed to a fatal car accident, leaving them orphaned and alone. Forced to fend for themselves from a young age, they had to hustle to survive. Their lives became a daily struggle, with Peter turning to gangsterism, theft, and mugging,…

Image Credit: Pexels- Asad Photo Maldives I placed my phone in my back pocket, now burning with Mike’s phone number, and returned to the ladies still clamoring over the list of assigned bedding arrangements. I didn’t have to look at the piece of paper to know who my bunkmates were going to be. Rosanne shouted…

Image Credit: Pinterest- Lean Timpug Maddie has loved writing since she was a little girl, and once she got older, she decided to become a children’s book author. She loved writing fairy tales, mainly about princesses, princes, knights, dragons, unicorns, fairies, and mermaids. But this time, she was writing her first novel about a girl…

Image Credit: Pexels- Monica Silvestre Carrie had been waiting all year for this night to come round, and now that it was here, she couldn’t wait to get to London. She had purchased the ticket to see Jeff Dunham back in September as a cheer-up gift for herself, and now the day was here, she…

Image Source: Unsplash- Constant Loubier Saigon, 1969 Marianne Calloway was not what you’d call a war romantic. She hadn’t come to Vietnam looking for glory. She came because she was angry at the government, at herself, at God for sending her brother home in a sealed coffin two years earlier. When the Red Cross offered…

Image Source: dreamstime I was hoping this was going to be a quick drive to the lake, and we could get this weekend started. The only thing was, an hour and a half into the drive, I heard a loud pop on the right side of the vehicle that nearly scared the daylights out of…

Image Source: Pexels- Dayvison Tadeu Shawn is a teenage boy growing up in a wealthy family, comprising both parents and his 4-year-old sister. He was so privileged to have such a family. Though so, Shawn felt pressured and forced to live a very good life and be a well-mannered boy while his friends lived roughly,…