A Gothic Stroll [Version 2]
I remind myself it’s not even fifty yards. My mother’s mantra about everyone else being equally insecure bounces from one side of my brain to the other before…
16
So, here’s to being sixteen. Here’s to crying my eyes out and slashing my wrists one night, and to blasting music with the windows rolled down the very next…
Take This Dance - Part 2
The boldness in Clara turned Edwin on. The words she chose may have not been proper, but she was direct none the less. “Don’t embarrass me.” They both entered…
Take This Dance
Night time. Edwin stood at the front door of the now dilapidated Norwood High in a suit wearing a rather uncomfortable pair of dress shoes. No one was there…
A Quick Rewrite
Jen rushed past camera 2 near the back of the classroom. “Four minutes until we’re rolling.” “Make that two,” yelled camera 1, “The assignment’s due by 7.”…
Ran So Far Away
I just lived in the TV and the magazines that summer. Posters of Sheena Easton and Slash flickered blue against the walls of my room. “Sleep tight,” I’d say…
Down the Line
“How could she-” Ashley trailed off. Her mascara was running; her eyes were glossy white pools amidst black clouds. Under the solitary kitchen light, she…
Gus n' Bone
“Long time no see, chub-zilla.” “That’s magical Bone, thanks for that,”Gus replied dryly. “Same ol’ prude, I’ve got plenty more-” “Yeah, I’m good.”…
Forget About Ashley
“Aren’t you proud we’ve come so far, Ashley?” Gwen asked in a register that only a genuinely sweet high school junior could hit. “What? Just don’t fuck up the…
Kizuna
It was stupid to be looking at the dagger on school grounds. Mal ran his hands over the tapered edge of the blade, the smooth leather hilt, and the coiled…
The Note
“Hey, Kasey” Spencer said. “Hi.” “I was wondering if you could do me a favor?” Kasey smiled widely, exposing her braces. “Sure! What’s up?” She regretted her…
Snobs
I watched from my table as one of the “popular” girls advanced onto an ordinary guy. The guy and one of the girls exchanged some words. The guy had black hair…
Not Exactly St. Vitus' Dance
Tempting though it was I could not bring myself to look at him again for the remainder of what felt like a very long lunch. Amber prattled on, but I didn’t…
We are Stuck in a Tangled Web
We are stuck in a tangled web. Like a fly that squirms and squirms, with no surprise that it’s asine hope fails. High school is a tough time; there’s classes…
Lord of the Cacophonous Classroom
The teenagers clambered into the English classroom like a pack of wild buffalo rather in than AP English students. Jonathan Mathews thumped fellow football…
Fool's Mate
The auditorium was neither full, nor empty, but that nebulous half-way point where people declared that there were too many people while others complained that…
Stranger
When I was fourteen, like many other fourteen-year-olds, I started high school. In the most cliché way, I remember first stepping into that big, intimidating…
High School Stories
Walking down the hall towards his next class, Ben was wondering why he felt this class was going to be different. As soon as he entered the room, he saw the…
High School Stories
The bell rang signaling the start of the day and the start of a new adventure. Ben Simon didn’t know what to expect from this place. He was new and had no clue…
Introducing...Aiko
Right. As if she would ever be caught dead attending some ridiculous school dance. Obedient little piggies, all willingly led to the slaughter of their own…