Witching Hour_The Past Erased_A Boy's Best Friend_"Untaken"
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Witching Hour
The sky was dark over the town of Summerville. Black clouds, rolling in their thickness, provided a barrier between the light of the stars and moon and the sleepy town that laid before them. On a typical night, the children would be tucked away in their beds and the darkness would hide the occasional straggler slipping through the streets to an unknown destination.It was no matter, though, for the town wasn’t sleeping tonight.The streets and sidewalks on every corner were lit by porch lights that exposed carved pumpkins, dangling hairy spiders, and skeletons that danced in the breeze. A countl...
The Past Erased
“The past, the present, and the future walked into a bar. It was tense” - Lex MartinDaisy opened her eyes and looked at the reflection in the mirrored glass in the hospital room. Who is that? She thought. The figure had several bandages on her face and arms. A nurse approached her bedside, saw her wide eyes, and quickly summoned other staff members. “Code amber room 216” nurse Julie said softly into the speaker of the watch she wore on her wrist. That was code for “she’s awake, come quickly.” The message was spoken softly because other patients in the ward were trying to sleep. It was late - 1...
A Boy's Best Friend
A ratty old teddy bear. The left siwww.onedoor.ccde’s seams are broken halfway down the bear, its white stuffing beginning to spill out of the side. One buttoned eye is missing, while the other hangs loosely, as if it could fall off at any minute. “Can I have it? Pleasseee? I want it so bad.” Jonah whines. “No,” she replies. “Not today.” She looks more anxious than usual, lines of worry etched across her face. Jonah does not understand. He wants the teddy bear, and therefore he should get it. “Why not?” He asks again. It is not a good day for her. She is tired from working at the factory all day and did n...
"Untaken"
It was early fall in the late 2000s. As a new girl in town moved in from California. She had graduated from the eighth grade. She was going to the ninth grade in a few weeks. Her and her mom just moved to Georgia. Because her mom got a new and better job. She had a dad that was back home back in California. As the days went by she slowly fell into depression. Her mom seemed very excited and tried to encourage her on meeting new people. She slowly gained fear and concerns about being bullied. Which she quietly experienced that back in California. It was just three days before the first day of s...