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,…

Image Source: Pexels- Ninari One summer morning in June, Brooklyn turned on her television to watch Gilmore Girls while drinking an iced coffee and eating a strawberry-frosted donut from Dunkin’ Donuts. She began getting very excited because later that morning, she and her boyfriend Max were going to the Sea Breeze Aquarium in Seaside, Florida.…

Image Source: Pexels- Javier Gonzalez It was 4:30 P.M. as I stepped out of my tiny house and started wandering down the path headed toward the wharf. The sun was setting; it felt peaceful in a way. Birds were chirping, and the air smelled like freshly mown grass through each light gust of wind. The…

The cover image was taken by David Mawdsley and it was found on Pexels. Image Source: Pinterest “from the secret diary of an unnamed heart” There was a girl not quite made of skin and time like the rest. She walked through the world quietly, like a whisper the wind had almost forgotten, trailing softness…

Image Source: Unsplash- Barry Johnson Pearl grew up in a less privileged family with many children, old and young, who she thought were all her siblings. One silly day, she overheard people talking about how much they felt sorry for her because her real mother might be living a good and fancy life somewhere else.…

The cover image was sourced through Pexels and it was taken by a photographer named Lucio Paneri. Image Source: Pinterest Margaret wanted to be the perfect wife, mother, and homemaker someday. She had just turned eighteen, and her parents were pushing her to find a good husband to marry. Since it was the 1950s, most…

Image Source: Pexels- Samrat Sammy You were behind the wheel, I rode shotgun. “Is it difficult?” I had asked. “I’m getting the hang of it, easy task.” You had said it with a smile, the moon cut in half. We were only eighteen, in driving class.  Your life had been a difficult one. Absent father,…

Image Sourced Through Shuttershock Ron, Amy’s husband, opened the front door, giving Juan and me a full view of the entry.  The double staircase was a sight to behold. The chandelier that hung down from the thirty-foot ceiling was nothing short of glamorous.  “Hello, Juan.” He eyed Juan with suspicion. Knowing that Ron knew Juan…