By Sarah Demeter One moment forever captured Inside a haunted house Abandoned of light This house once filled with luminescence Now stands bleak barely seen in day As if the windows had betrayed the people within Bouncing off light Forbidding it to breeze and illuminate the residents lives Guiding the mourning of people with something … Continue reading Haunted House
Grave Robbers
By Wolfgang Wright “Why not trees?” the boy asked his father, who was just about to fire up the excavator. “What?” “Why not trees instead of bones?” They had just returned from lunch, where they had sat under a tree for shade, which was where the boy had gotten the idea from. The tree was … Continue reading Grave Robbers
Cemetery Hill
By Daryel A. Groom Ronny was 7 years old when his grandfather Rodolfo passed away. Dr. Ramirez had come to the house while the village of Marcala was just awakening to the warm tropical sun. He said he had a heart attack in his sleep. This sudden death was unexpected since grandpa was healthy despite … Continue reading Cemetery Hill
Death Doesn’t Kiss Back
By Ben Cromwell I saw a cartoon, once, in some magazine, or maybe it was online. It said life was in love with death, and that over the years, life had sent gifts to death. A little cartoon turtle walked across the frame, going from young to old as it went. A dark robed figure … Continue reading Death Doesn’t Kiss Back
Academy Classics: Halloween’s End
By Jessica Ricks Jacob, Chrissy, and Marcus made their way to the end of the long, winding street. It was getting late. Houses were starting to turn off their lights indicating that they were done giving out candy. The streets that were busy with kids, and some teenagers, going from door to door in their … Continue reading Academy Classics: Halloween’s End
Ruins
By James Moran When the sun set I went to the ruins. When mother and George fought I went to the ruins. When George convinced the village mother should be executed I went to the ruins. When mounted nomads attacked the village I went to the ruins. Even when a pair of bears inhabited the … Continue reading Ruins
House of Ghosts, Three Kids Burned Out
By Maid Corbic The streets have become more and more deserted, so that we do not see their beginning, nor the end itself. Everything we kept looking for seemed to be gone forever, because our feelings haven’t changed. Yes, we are just children ready to love the world around us, and, of course, as such, … Continue reading House of Ghosts, Three Kids Burned Out
Echoes of a Distant Future
By John Lane For the past fifty years, NASA led a secret government project, called The Spoken Word, to determine the existence of life inside black holes. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, after the first two probes self-destructed, the agency successfully sent out a third probe, nicknamed Alpha 3, equipped with faster-than-light technology. … Continue reading Echoes of a Distant Future
Deadline!
By Nathan Gromotowicz Isaac sits at his desk gazing upon a typewriter. The paper resting on the paper rest is a blank, it has been thus for the last week. And his cogitations are equally as destitute of words. His deadline is in two days. The employers who hired him are strangers to Isaac. They … Continue reading Deadline!
The Women of the Sea
By Samantha Sampson There have been rumors about the Women of the Sea for as long as I can remember. Rumors that spoke of women passengers aboard sea vessels being drowned. Drowned by sailors who believed having a woman aboard their ship was bad luck. Women who only wanted to sail, to explore the vast … Continue reading The Women of the Sea
Academy of the Heart And Mind 