Literature & Fiction
epub |eng | 2013-06-13 | Author:Amelia Brunskill [BRUNSKILL, AMELIA]

Fern turns at the sound of footsteps and is surprised to find Joseph there looking around the kitchen his face holding the particular searching gaze she’s seen many times before ...
( Category: Friendship October 8,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Lorraine Avila

* * * Mrs. Obi is not at the door offering pounds or high-fives. We don’t normally meet on this day, but our club was brought together last minute, and ...
( Category: Violence October 8,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Brianna Peppins

Vice Principal Brinkley’s accolades hang on the wall behind the bald, angry man scowling at me and Korey. I’d hurried into his office ten minutes ago, and no matter what ...
( Category: Orphans & Foster Homes October 8,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Mona Alvarado Frazier

I stood outside of the classroom door with my English teacher, shaded by one of the few trees among the rows of school buildings. Two COs stood on the narrow ...
( Category: Pregnancy October 8,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-04-28 | Author:Maya Ameyaw

14 The next day, I get to school halfway through lunch. For once I slept in since I hardly got any sleep last night. I dreamt about my performance, falling ...
( Category: Dance October 8,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Claire Forrest

Inside Prospect’s Disability Services office, black-and-white photos of New York City landmarks hang on the walls: the Brooklyn Bridge, Times Square, Central Park, Broadway. I wonder how I would even ...
( Category: Disabilities October 8,2023 )
epub |eng | 2020-12-11 | Author:Katie Kirby [Kirby, Katie]

( Category: Humorous October 8,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Mel Mallory

SAMANTHA BEGINS TO CRY It starts softly, a whimper. So quiet I can barely hear it. Then, it pours, louder than the rain hitting the roof. I can’t do this. ...
( Category: Depression & Mental Health October 8,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-05-16 | Author:g. haron davis

Panic hits me, right behind my eyes. I don’t even really see what I’m clicking—I just click. My phone vibrates, and I take a few deep breaths to calm down. ...
( Category: Short Stories October 8,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Susan Bishop Crispell

* * * After Gemma drops me off at home, I touch up the pictures I took of her sculptures and email several options to her so she can pick ...
( Category: Dating & Sex October 8,2023 )
epub |eng | 2019-10-03 | Author:Sophia Thakur [Thakur, Sophia]

Whipped on You – There are so many other pockets of life that are far more familiar than you that have been so much better to me than you have. ...
( Category: Poetry October 8,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-04-25 | Author:Jennifer De Leon

* * * Late that afternoon, before Mama came home and they ate a quick dinner before taking a night bus to San Marcos, a bang at the door made ...
( Category: Emigration & Immigration October 8,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Lily Meade

FOURTEEN Andrew’s gift is burning a hole in my pocket. I’m not even wearing my jacket anymore—it’s hanging on my chair—but I can still feel the photo paper between the ...
( Category: Siblings October 8,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-03-08 | Author:Kyrie McCauley

21 Sweet Lark, I Will Pluck You Blood slipped out from beneath Evie’s heel. It was thick, viscous, and congealed, and it seemed to move in slow motion, spilling across ...
( Category: Death & Dying October 8,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-04-10 | Author:Jessica Kara [Kara, Jessica]

THE BUSTLE OF THE HOUSE wakes me. I crashed on the couch after walking Cassidy, and she is curled up with me in the living room. Aunt Gina and Mom ...
( Category: Depression & Mental Health October 8,2023 )