True North_The crime of a rose_The Monkey's Fist_Now or Never
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True North
He knew it would happen, One. Fine. Day. And Here. We. Are., he thought. He really should have brushed up on the life.skills 101 - he thought. He remembers 'How To Read A Map' being in the top 5 life.skills. www.onedoor.ccHe thinks. He isn't sure of that. He is sure he had a HUGE.CLUE that day, about three and a half years ago, when he and about four of his closest friends, could not grasp the concept of working a rotary phone.'Let your fingers do the walking' was only for dialing, not web-surfing? Maybe.He knew that day, about three and a half years ago. He knew he should have 'read.up', maybe even 'smarte...
The crime of a rose
"Wake up An or else you will be late for the university. Even your students arrive earlier than you. Do you have some shame? Get up from your bed you lazy bug" my aunt screamed at me. It was a daily routine for her to yell at me. I wished that I would not have grown into an adult, but it cannot be helped that now I am an adult.My aunt's daily taunts are haunting me now even in my dreams. Gives me chills."I am wide awake aunt. Do not scream, the neighbors complain about you to me." I informed my aunt as if it were a fact to know. I took a quick shower as I was late for the university. "Aunt, wh...
The Monkey's Fist
He knows the story of the monkey trapped by the bushman. Of course he knows that story, he knows a lot of stories. Stories are something he indulges himself in. The ebb and the flow of the words sooth him and for a while he forgets where he is. Just for a while.The words are sounds and little more. They make their music and then they are gone.He has access to stories from this room, and he has access to much more, but none of it has any substance, there is no meaning to be had. Nothing matters, none of it is real. That’s fine by him. Or so he thinks.He’s been holding on for such a long time no...
Now or Never
Proving Beth right that he should never have flown that plane, Frederick fell asleep so quickly in the backseat you might be tempted to say he passed out.She drove, Frederick slept in the backseat and their little brother Teddy rode shotgun. But Beth didn’t make it far — barely to Roanoke, which wasn’t more than an hour from Lexington— before she pleaded being too tired to drive further in the dark. Frederick was still passed out, so she handed Theodore the keys.And that’s how 16 year-old Theodore Sullivan, the youngest of four sired by the Clayton County’s Principal and Teacher of the Year, c...