I knew Nick since I was in seventh grade. He was in my sister’s grade, 4 years older. I always had a crush on him. I thought he was so funny and he seemed like a genuinely nice person. Of course I was much too young, so I kept these...

What happens when a claustraphobic college student and his friend decide to explore a mysterious underground tunnel in the middle of winter in Fairbanks, Alaska?  Short answer: lots of screaming and a visit from the police.  This short...

Objective. That's that thing at the top of your résumé, before your Experience but after your name. It's what defines what we want to Do, who we want to be - it defines us. We are defined by a set of goals, by a sea of...

The pain was not intense. Intense pain is kinder, in that it is usually brief. In addition, intense pain has the blessing of being accompanied by the body’s shock response which disengages you from the trauma. The intense pain for me had...

Sarah rushed into the house, pushing past the dog gate that never turned the right way. She yelled a quick “Hello!’ to her mother, like she used to do when she come home from High School.
Sue walked in from the kitchen, but...

Roland Teed was some kind of mixed breed, a veritable freak in our high school of whitebread plainness.  Two years my senior, half Chinese, but broad shouldered with bowed legs and about my height, Roland was already an adult....