Forest Fires (Sole Survivor)_Winter in Buffalo_ The Anglo-French War_Brother Hal
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Forest Fires (Sole Survivor)
The day was deathly still.The summer sky was ablaze with color, awash with silent splendor. Thick, gray-white flakes drifted down from above, blanketing the earth. Andrew made his ponderous way up the slope, between the trees, marveling at the sight he never thought he'd live to see.He was all alone. His sneakers crunching through the snowdrifts and his breath rasping from his narrow chest the only sounds in the tomblike stillness.This was his moment.The brittle day had the same haunting-hallowed feel of Easter mass at St. Marks. A sacred silence. Reverence in the face of the unspeakably profo...
Winter in Buffalo
He was relying on this trip to save their listless marriage. He knew the gray and disconsolate December landscape of Buffalo, New York was only going to make their uphill battle of marital rejuvenation far more difficult. He wasn't sure if this trip was going to be too little, too late. However, he did know that staying in New York, where the weather was beginning to flirt with subzero wind chills and the sun's appearance became more and more fleeting with each passing day, was leading to a certain death to a once vivacious relationship.She knew it was over. The impending polar vortex was the ...
The Anglo-French War
I was sitting on the red vintage sofa playing with a rag doll my mom made and then a loud explosion and our house crumbling down. I ran for my little sister knowing she was the most scared one and running out of the tall green brick apartment. My sister yelling and crying all over the block while some people were trapped in the apartment yelling through the windows. Then I saw helicopters flying over us with guns shooting at my family and others. I held my sister and grab my mother's hand and ran I don't know how far we ran but we soon saw people in armor coming up to us. "Come with us NOW! " ...
Brother Hal
Once upon a time, in a land behind the mountains, there lived a King and a Queen and their daughter, Princess Eliza. It was a fairly nice kingdom, and everybody who lived there was quite okay with things as they were and with life on the whole. Some people were more happy than others and some were more miserable. Some people had more stuff than they needed and some had less. Some people had loved ones and some were alone.Princess Eliza was quite happy most of the time. She had more stuff than anybody else because the king and the queen loved her very much and gave her presents all the time. Yo...