The Shadow Within

…woke up around 12 pm in the afternoon and gazed at his table. His laptop, a capsized half read “Communist Manifesto” and George Orwell’s “1984” lay on the table in his room. He had spent the previous night musing in these writings. As a matter of fact, it had been weeks. He also wrote few verses and…

By Sushant Thapa

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Endurance

Captain Ernest Shackleton made the gut-wrenching decision. They would eat their 70 sled…

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…gut-wrenching decision. They would eat their 70 sled dogs. With their food stores almost gone, the 28-man crew had been expecting the decision. Some were disgusted by the idea – many of the dogs had become pets – but…

By Pete Black

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Mr. Yellow Jacket

Nobody was sure why the gruff football coach Harold Jones took a liking to the…

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… overlooking the McCants Junior High football practice field. From a safe distance, he watched the team practice each afternoon. After a week, Coach Harold Jones invited the young man to attend…

By Pete Black

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Stick Figures

…light of the moon rendered a telltale sign on a cave wall. A queue of stick figures, primarily children gathered looking at a priest on a mountain. The priest sermoned and picked up a child. He took him to the gallows. Parents witnessed this atrocity in petrified silence. Their King sat reading from a scroll. There was…

By Mehreen Ahmed

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Bad Day at the Park

…normal day at the park until Dex noticed that there was a fair going on. It had a couple of small rides and a few prize-winning games. All Dex wanted to do was ride the carousel. Then the horror show began as he was about to get on. The horses on a carousel turned alive. Dex touched one and as it turned from stone to…

By Cristina Collazo

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