Where are you?_The Pass_Paula_Stroke of Luck
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Where are you?
I have been starring at a wall for about 45 minutes. Some of you might say that they can absolutely relate while others are wondering if I have anything better to do. The truth is…I am shocked.Well, let me start from the beginning.I was like most kids growing up, with enormous dreams and I was sure that I would be a millionaire and an accomplished businesswoman by the age of 20. Well…I forgot to tell you that I was four years old when I thought that. Then I grew up and I heard words like “Oh, you are such a dreamer,” but I didn’t completely lose hope.I obviously had challenges. Daring me me to...
The Pass
Tanek Strife-stricken watched the enemy encamped in the valley below. From his vantage point on the cliff above the pass, he could see their tents painting the once green fields in striking yellows and purples. Such beautiful colors, bringing such pain and misery to Tanek’s people. He stood there, on the barren rocks of his forefathers, listening to the wind carrying the flapping sounds of enemy banners up the mountain slope, and felt his world tremble. The war had been raging for four years already. Four years of holding the pass with too few men against an endless tide. I can’t do this any...
Paula
“Today is the day that I change my life,” Paul stated as he got ready for school.Little did he know just how true those words would become.Paul was thirteen years old now and it was the first day of Junior High for him. He has three older sisters and they loved to torment him. Their names are; Pamela, Patricia and Penelope. Each one a year older consecutively. He was tired of being picked on and today would be the day that he finally asserted himself. He had no idea what was in store for him.“Stick with me kid,” Penny stated after breakfast. “I’ll show you the ropes at school today. Don’t emb...
Stroke of Luck
“Circle of salt? Check. Full height mirror? Check. Protective candles? Check. Sacrificial offering? Check. Time? One minute until midnight. Okay, Jacob. You’ve got this.”Yeah, that’s me, sitting there, preparing to perform a ritual to summon Satan that I learned about on the internet. You might ask why I was feeling so desperate. Well, you see, there was this stock. And then a crypto. Then another stock. But that’s not where the story begins.I married my college sweetheart five years back, just after I graduated. Melody and I met when I was helping a buddy of mine with his webcomic back in fr...