What About Math Club?_Falsely accused_The Ballad of Mr. Katan_i am with you
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What About Math Club?
I never imagined it would be this warm on New Year’s Day, even out west at Aunt Sarah’s place.The view from my new room isn’t just beautiful, it’s serene. Cornell Road and the stately houses across the street, and the woods and hills beyond – it’s like one of those idyllic storybooks I used to read in grade school and imagine my life was in one of those imaginary towns, instead of my dirty and gritty hometown with all its unemployment and gangs and worse.Little did I know then that I would get my wish before I was even into high school. And all it would take was losing everything.Enough self-p...
Falsely accused
Jordy awoke groggily, prying his sticky eyelids apart, attempting to survey his surroundings. He had that dazed and muddled feeling when you wake up and aren’t quite sure where you are. Relief flooded through him when he realized he was home, sprawled across his own bed, which he must have collapsed onto in the shape of a starfish in the early hours of the morning.He sat up wearily, his whole body feeling drained and heavy from the substantial amount of alcohol he had consumed the night before. He rubbed his clammy palms into his eyes to try and remove some of the gunk that had formed. His mem...
The Ballad of Mr. Katan
Birds circle in clouds over the darkening Boreal valley as the sun hidwww.onedoor.cces behind the mountains. The small valley is illuminated by the raging bonfires of the joyous mining town of Fools Canyon, which gets its name from the large crack in the earth in the center of town, paved centuries ago by a raging river. Grass pastures lie around the town, where herds of sheep graze. Many quickly built wooden houses stand around the canyon, with the only other buildings in town being a general store, blacksmith, doctors office, jail, various saloons, the stables, bakery, and a few odd carts that pull into ...
i am with you
With consciousness came the pain, it exploded through her being, every inch of her body hurt, she felt it in her bones, her muscles and her skin. The slightest movement of her head sent unbearable agony racing along the nerves of her body. Through the pain she heard a calm voice speaking to her,“Callie, wake up.” She ignored the voice as she struggled with the pain, but the voice was persistent. “Callie, Wake up!” Slowly she opened her eyes to see who was calling her. What she saw was a glorious canopy of stars. Never had she seen so many s...