Mysterious Invitation_Ada's Night_Unicorn_Any Good Person
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Mysterious Invitation
Mysterious Invitation Amy GreenSeven AM, the sound of the alarm invades my dreams taking the form of a banshee, shrieking into the night sky from a distant hilltop. I like it here, even with the ever persistent noise. Warm, comfortable, peaceful, everything that the real world is not. Even when I am awake, I still try to hang onto the smallest thread of sleep. Savoring the lingering feeling of the last moments remaining from that place where we travel to in our sleep, at least on a good night. Last night was a good night but now as I awaken, I am struck by that gnawing sensation in my stomac...
Ada's Night
They were perfect. My parents were happy. The night they had their party for their 10th anniversary was a night of celebration. My aunt was there, and so was my grandmother. They were the only family we had left at the time. Now I have no one.My parents left my sister and I at the house after the family left. They said they wanted to get a last minute addition to the night. "The car set ablaze quickly," is what the officials had told my sister and I. "A quick death. They hit the barrier hard, the three of them." "The three of them?" I had asked. "A dog," the officials had told me. "In the bac...
Unicorn
Alex stood in front of the bathroom mirror. Her blue eyes shot lasers intowww.onedoor.cc the small, red dot in the middle of her forehead, willing the pimple to explode and disappear. She reached a long fingernail out and began scratching at the spot. It hurt. She bit her bottom lip and scratched harder, drawing blood to the surface. “What are you doing?” came a small voice. Alex jumped. “Don’t do that!” she shouted at Annie. Her little sister’s big eyes filled with tears. “No! No! No! Don’t do that!” shushed Alex. She wrapped her arms around Annie’s shuddering shoulders. “Shhh! Mom will hear you! I’m sorr...
Any Good Person
"This a library," The librarian snapped with a look of fury in her eyes, "If you cannot work discreetly, please leave, this is no place for social interaction."We nod solemnly and I can see Emily biting her lip to keep her laughter in. The librarian stalks back to the front desk where she had been shooting dirty looks at us for the last half hour. As she sits down, Emily and I finally burst out with the laughter we had been holding in. The librarian glances back up sharply and we look away quickly hiding our snickers.“Okay, okay, we seriously need to finish this project Benjamin,” Emily says, ...