The Chosen Gift_What Constitutes a Superpower_Tom Orrow's Detective Agency_Love is selfish
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The Chosen Gift
I always dream about being on Broadway, going to the moon, exploring the Alaskan wilderness, hiking the Appalachian trail, climbing to the top of Mount Everest and hundreds of other adventures. Of course, I don't venture too far from home, since getting around in my wheelchair limits my excursions. I was told I had an accident when I was seven, which paralyzed me from the waist down, but I don’t remember it. I also have no memory of life before I became tethered to this chair. Apparently, I loved running, playing tag with my sister Grace, growing carrots and riding horses, but hard as I try, a...
What Constitutes a Superpower
Bridget bit down hard on her thumbnail, feeling the hard keratin between her teeth as she studied the questions on the dull white paper in front of her. She was convinced the questions that decorated the page truly belonged in a book of spells written in an archaic and obsolete tongue. Each letter seemed to blur into its neighbor and cease to exist as a separate entity the longer Bridget stared awww.onedoor.cct the pages. Letters flipped on themselves, turning faithful members of the alphabet into numbers and vise versa as if they were living and breathing entities. It was all so confusing. Remembering the...
Tom Orrow's Detective Agency
The phone rang, screen flashing while upbeat electronic music played. Kai opened his eyes, head leaning back against the worn office chair. Yawning, he scooped up the phone and held it to his ear. “Tom Orrow’s Private Detective Agency, we strive to find, solve, and resolve your issues. How can I help you?” he said, legs propped up on the desktop. The fractured colors of sunlight danced with the motes as it threw different colors into the air. A woman hovered in the doorway, watching with round brown eyes. Light moved through her green dress as she moved. The black dog lying on the couch lif...
Love is selfish
There is a knock on the door.'Check your hands, look at your palm, it will testify against you on this day. The book of revelation sae And, behold I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his works shall be." Their father’s radio is still playing.The knock is not stopping, Bola wakes up. She looks to the floor; her brothers are still sleeping. They sleep like they don’t hear the banging on the door that seems to be synchronizing with the beating of her chest. She’s going towards the door; she doesn’t want to go towards the door. She opens the door; she doesn’t w...