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    the room. “Have a seat‚ Robert.” My boss tells me. I hesitate a second before sitting on the hard wooden chair. By the smirk on his face‚ I gather that I won’t be coming out of this mess employed. Skipping the formalities‚ he cuts to the chase. “Here at The Birmingham News‚ we cannot afford to have our employees deliberately disobey authority on a regular basis.” “Yes‚ sir.” I respond‚ biting my tongue to keep from adding more. “You have disobeyed almost all of our policies.” He continues. “I

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    Novastoke: A Short Story

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    dark skinned male‚ 5’9 with a spiked crew cut with crimson colored eyes. He was being accompanied by his friends Tocino and Epsilon who were planning to steal some food from a local food joint. Tocino was a short werepig standing around 3’11‚ bubblegum pink skin‚ small tusks and wore black shorts with grass stains and a black headband. Epsilon was a slightly tan male standing at 5’8 with brown dreads and green eyes. He wore a shamrock green

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    Short Story: The Water

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    Shaking his head‚ Steve quickly glancing around. "What happened?" He asks‚ trying to pull his throbbing arms down to his side. Unable to move them‚ he looks up to find his hands were tied together above his head. Tracing the rope with his eyes‚ he sees it’s looped around a hook hanging down from a small ceiling rafter. Steve tried to wiggle free‚ but soon realizes the restraints tighten with every movement. Using all of his weight‚ he pulls down on the ropes‚ hoping he could break the small ceiling

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    volunteering at the Food Kitchen of Hebron.  After a thirty-minute ride‚ I had arrived. I walked into the building nervous about volunteering. I started off by wrapping bread loaves‚ bagels‚ and donuts in plastic wrap for the homeless to take with them once they left. After successfully accomplishing that task‚ I proceeded to give out plates of eggs‚ pancakes‚ sausage‚ and pumpkin soup out. It was then that I looked over at the next table over and noticed the strange woman sitting at the extremity of

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    Cancun: A Short Story

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    we were going to MEXICO! First we had to drive to Omaha to get on our airplane it took about 1 hour 30 minutes just to get there. Then it took the plane 8 hours to get to Cancun. When we got their it had just stopped raining. The first thing I saw once we left the airport was a…….PALM TREE! It was like 6:00 A.M. so I was tired we went to our hotel and slept for 4 hours. Then my dad said “wake up it time to see the pyramids!” I was so excited I forgot I was tired! It took another hour to get there

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    Character Short Story

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    You could have heard a pin drop in the silence of the delivery room. None of the nurses dared to make a sound as Megan cradled her lifeless baby in her limp arms. A stream of tears flowed from Megan’s large hazel eyes as she stared at her child. She thought about all the endless things she would have done with her daughter. She could have spoiled her by buying her pink‚ poufy outfits to dress her. The air felt thick and full of sadness. Ryan stood next to his despaired wife‚ looking over her slumped

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    Omeone: A Short Story

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    Though everyone dreams of riding off into the sunset in a convertible and throwing caution in the wind‚ you can only be James Dean for so long. The truth is that behaving responsibly adds meaning to our lives and allows us to develop character‚ forge meaningful relationships‚ and get ahead in the work world. Remember that pet turtle who died because you forgot to feed him? Let’s not let that happen again. If you want to learn how to be responsible‚ just follow along. omeone is hesitant to

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    Short Story Of Antigone

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    Here’s a story of woe within the royal family of our beloved Thebes. Our story begins when a battle breaks out or more like a war between brothers‚ who fought to be the king of Thebes. The war consisted of bloodshed in which sent many people to Hades‚ the god of the dead and the king of the underworld. Among the battling men was the god who bends and breaks the battle-line‚ Ares the god of war. But the war ended and Oedipus’ children’s uncle Creon became king. Later on when the sisters‚ Antigone

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    Weed: A Short Story

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    my nanny got her shit together amy mom picked up the slack‚ her being Vic’s god mom and all it was her responsibility and it was nothing since Vic had always been by us anyway‚ thats how Vic and I became so close. We were raised together our whole lives. This was my brother before cousin or anything else because we were raised as siblings. My mom was this

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    Zero: A Short Story

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    bone. The bullet recoiled me away from my gun. Holding my shoulder in pain‚ I crouched on the ground‚ desperately trying to regain the courage to continue fighting. I slowly stood up‚ gripping the handle of my machine gun and firing onto the soldiers once again. My barrage of lead was quickly put to rest as yet another bullet left the barrel of a sniper. This time it did the job. The bullet hit my neck‚ severing my carotid artery and just missing my spine. I fell to the hard‚ dusty concrete floor. Laying

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