Do not speak unless spoken to. Do not show weakness. Be the best in every aspect. These are just a few amongst the multitude of …
Hawthorne Academy
Short Stories
One Step at a Time
Warm. Patient. Home. Those were the adjectives her father embodied, present even in the earliest memories she had of him. A pleasant, yet bitter feeling …
The World At Our Feet
If we’re running out of time, if we are that’s fine, Just don’t make me ride by myself. So ’till it all slows down, Ride …
Paper Dolls
Trigger Warning: Gore, Animal Death, Implied / Referenced Cannibalism Outside, thunder rapped against the steel frame of the windows. Emmanuel sat, and watched the rain …
Three Silver Coins
Gabriel June 20th, XX21 – 10:15 AM “Come one, come all! For we’re selling all your deepest desires at the cheapest of prices!” Beneath the …
THE RIPTIDE.
Red liquid spilt onto the wooden floor, caressing the cracking splinters as sloshes of red seeped into his worn-out socks. Pathetic. Useless. That was all …
Stall-ed: Unrequited Love and Unexpected Encounters
Some journeys take us far from home. Some adventures lead us to our destiny. ~ C. S. Lewis If life is a book that’s made …
Lost and Found
“Why are you here again?” Sitting at the edge of the bed, the young woman merely looked back at him from over her shoulder – …
Doorway to Delirium
Hold the door, the man that is not a man says. His smile is charming. It slips from memory as easily as skin from bone. …
Dreambound
Rage, rage against the dying light. ~ Dylan Thomas I have a secret, one that you can only dream of. Or rather, you can only …