“What if we named her after your umakhulu‚ Nkosi?” Rachel asked as she laid her head on Virgil’s lap. Her audible radiant voice echoed through the air as they sat on the fields‚ watching the South African sun go down. It had been a long day for the couple‚ with one struggling with carrying herself‚ and another
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“Come on‚” I whispered. We ran across the square until we were hidden from view. Why the heck was Atticus was hangin’ ‘round the jailhouse this time at night? Only thing ‘round here at this time were the niggers. But‚ I was proven wrong when shadowy silhouettes got out of cars in pairs and walked purposely towards Atticus. From our vantage point‚ the men blocked Atticus from view and they spoke so softly that I could barely hear them. Something… something about this situation was just… fishy. Yeah
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looks so peaceful. It always reminds me of when I was I was little. I used to swim in the river with my mom. Before she got consumed with work. When I get home‚ I don’t want to talk to anyone I just curl up in my bed and try to fall asleep. The next day‚ I get to school‚ I see Becca‚ she is picking on this small girl. I should help her. The girl makes eye contact with me. I quickly look the other direction‚ I couldn’t risk getting bullied today. So I walked away watching the girl desperate for help
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you can do or anyone else. By the time this silver reaches my shoulder‚ I’ll have minutes before it reaches my heart and then I’m dead.” “We don’t know how fast this thing works…” “Works?” I scream. I can’t stop myself. “It’s barely been half of a day and it’s almost to my elbow.”
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known that just a year ago‚ he couldn’t speak any English at all. I’m almost not sure if I believe him. He’s one of the people on the island who just know when turtles will be visiting that night‚ in the early hours of the morning where it is still dark‚ to lay their nests‚ and he camps out
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all. Most people can just pick up a random dish and consume it without reading into it‚ but for people with allergies‚ like me‚ it becomes much harder. I have to read the ingredient‚ and it is just a calorie difference‚ but one that deals with life or death. It was a nice day‚ mid 60 degrees‚ in January‚ of 2015‚ and I had just finished a greek salad around 3 when my grandparents asked if we would like a
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“Jessie! We are leaving now!” Aunt Casey yelled from outside the house. Jessie looked at the house one final time. She smelled the crisp‚ salty sea air from the ocean and her feet were devoured by the soft sand below her feet. Jessie gets up slowly and puts her luggage in the truck and sits down. As the truck started to speed by the house‚ she stared at it until it simply evanesced. This would be the last time she would see that house again. “I know that you aren’t happy about this move‚ but look
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the space of a few days‚ I had been thrown into a living nightmare worse than I could ever have imagined. Now‚ all I could taste was the saturated‚ acrid‚ mud and the salty tang of blood where I had bitten the inside of my lip. My vision blurred as I willed strength to enter my fatigued body‚ drained dry from the never-ending march of despair. Caterwauling erupted around my vicinity‚ however too
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October 31st‚ 1992‚ a mom named Kate and her 14 year old daughter Jill. They were eating breakfast. “This tastes funny‚ kinda like rubber” said Jill. “I’m using a new pan for the eggs.” said Kate. “Not the eggs the water” responded Jill. “I don’t know then” said Kate. JIll went to school. Kate was feeling bored‚ so she went out to her porch. There was a pumpkin sitting on the railing. She picked it up it felt heavy too heavy. It was filled with smooth black rocks. They had etchings on them. She
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A few seconds passed before the subject came out of the door. Those seconds felt like hours for the audience members in the amphitheater and felt like years for the man whose fate rested upon the subject‚ which was about to appear before him. The gaping black hole that filled the room behind the door smelled of tiger blood but that was no indication of which subject harbored the room. The audience remained completely silent‚ except for a few children’s muffled cries as their parents put their hands
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