Raspberry Line Chapter 16
Emeral swirled the water with her finger. It was quiet now. The otter-family and friends had left a few minutes ago, and it was just her and Ket now. She was sort of surprised at his uncharacteristic action, getting them into...
Lonely Oak Chapter 9
The sky was as pink as a ripe cherry. It was only five o'clock and already the sun had gone down and propane floodlights began to dominate the atmosphere, splashing an ethereal noire-blue to most every surface. Amidst the ether...
Lonely Oak Chapter 38
Lyza stepped out into the heat, the car engine puttering as her brother killed it. She adjusted the brim of her hat, making sure it was on straight. Beneath her feet were the whitest stones she had ever seen, and they reflected the afternoon sunlight...
Raspberry Line Chapter 10 - Drift Like A Leaf
"Get...started?" He repeated back. "Yeah," she took his wrist and led him to an area that wasn't so populated by dirt or trash. "My instructor says I'm not supposed to do this, but..." She swung her arms and clapped them together, like she was warming...
Lonely Oak Chapter 16
There is a place at Lonely Oak Elementary, in the school's courtyard, different from any other place in the world. There is an iron fence that has no gate; just an open way. The fence surrounds a modest square of land, nestled in the corner outside of...
Lonely Oak Chapter 4
At the top of the stairs, Emeral took off her shoes and set them at the penultimate step. She shuffled across the carpet and laid claim to the rightmost cushion of the gray couch. Ket was already...
Lonely Oak Chapter 17
Panda--now recognized by the name after he spent the entire day yesterday fixing that mess--huffed with great effort as he trudged along outside. It was PE, which meant he was not having any fun at all. Worse, Ritzer had been absent for a couple days...
Raspberry Line Chapter 15
"Coming!" Mrs. Brillian called, and let the pen in her hand drop as she stood from the kitchen table. She huffed as her knee banged against the chair, and gingerly limped toward the door. She opened its lock and turned its knob,...
Lonely Oak Chapter 20
The transition from one subject to another was like the set changing for a play, except the lights were shining on all the prop-movers and scenery-changers. Thumps and thuds and metallic scraping signified books and supplies swapped from within the...
Raspberry Line Chapter 17
Six in eve, and already night was beginning to shove its cold, dark nose in the sky. The tinted windows of the library betrayed the actual daylight left, making time within feel thirty minutes forward. Ket sat at his usual...
Lonely Oak Chapter 55
Lyza sat across from her brother at the table. Beside them, their camping lantern illuminated a florescent-white glow that pierced the darkness, casting light across the table and the ground like they had taken the moon for themselves. Kval...
Lonely Oak Chapter 12
The bell rang. Children scurried to their seats, pretending they had been there the entire time. There was no order, no seating arrangement; friends sat with friends, enemies sat far away from enemies, and the cliques and...