The Blessing and The Curse - Part 1
I ran home from school that afternoon. In tears, as usual. It had been just another day as the single most teased and ridiculed student in the school, and probably one of the most ridiculed in the world. You'd think that by the time your...
The Blessing and The Curse - Part 19 & Epilogue
"Hey." I could hear a older man's voice pierce through the fog of my sleep as he softly nudged my left shoulder. "Hey, guy. Wake up." My eyes opened very slowly, still not fully awake, but conscious enough to be aware of my surroundings....
Wild Ride
I spent about six months driving for one of those rideshare companies that sound really good when you first hear about them. After all, they make it sound so easy – just hop in your car, turn on the app, and suddenly you're making money like it's...
What Happens When the Moon Comes Out - Part 1
_This is something of a test chapter - I have an idea of what I want to do with the story, but first I want to gauge the reaction of the first part. Violence in minor detail is present in this chapter, although it may get more graphic as the story...
Therapy
_This story was written entirely spontaneously, after spending about an hour alone, essentially role-playing the dialogue in my head before writing it. If it seems rather rough or unwieldy, it's because I spent very little time editing it - I didn't...
The Blessing and The Curse - Part 3
The best result that I was hoping to get out of my disappearance would've been something along the lines of this: I get home, and see the relief and joy of my parents that their only child had returned from God-knows-what. After a slight admonishing...
The Blessing and The Curse - Part 2
I used my allowance that weekend to buy some essentials at the local supermarket: A few big bottles of water, some food, and enough batteries to power my handheld video game for a few days, since I knew I'd have to have something to pass the time. The...
The Blessing and The Curse - Part 14
"Gregory and I are going to the dance tonight." There, I said it. As plainly as I could, without trying in vain to dance around the subject or make it sound like my relationship with Gregory was anything less than it really was. I guess I...
The Blessing and The Curse - Part 4
The weekend was spent in a fog. My parents never did find out what I'd tried to do - I put the pills back in the kitchen once the wolf left and fell asleep soon after. Saturday came with the usual yardwork, and it seemed there was a bit more of it this...
The Blessing and The Curse - Part 6
Entering the locker room for my last class of the day, I could already hear the murmurs of gossip going on between the undressing students. Robbie had already put out the seeds of his rumor: that Gregory and I were gay lovers, and had already gone as...
The Blessing and The Curse - Part 8
I guess I should've known that something was bound to happen when I went to Gregory's house. After all, Gregory's attraction to me was so overt that being in the same room with him, for an extended period of time, away from anyone else's prying eyes,...
The Blessing and The Curse - Part 5
That afternoon went by like a breeze. I'd never done so well in a physical competition like that since, well, ever. When we played football, I couldn't catch, couldn't block, and couldn't defend. In baseball, I'd swing the bat so slowly that I was...