Category: Creative Writing

  • Bit of Soul, part One

    Bit of Soul, part One

    Emma is now a barbarian named Gulud in a team of monster-fighting adventurers. How will she hang onto who she is if she isn’t herself anymore?

  • Dear Death,

    Dear Death,

    A letter to Death from a woman.

  • See Me

    See Me

    Hidden within this world of walls, life, and darting trust is beauty and devotion. If you’re just willing to devote some time and risk yourself.

  • Listen

    Listen

    Listeners listen and talkers talk. Society works just well that way. And if listeners depend entirely on talkers, that’s alright, right?

  • Dear Sierra,

    Dear Sierra,

    There are things I wish you knew, things that people don’t tell you until it’s too late.

  • Alone (with you)

    Alone (with you)

    Have you ever felt alone surrounded by people or lonely when you were with someone?

  • The Zookeeper

    The Zookeeper

    In a room full of demands, who do you choose?

  • Goose Girl

    Goose Girl

    It was time to leave the middle school. Large yellow buses were waiting for the seats to fill up and teachers were collecting the papers they would take home to read and grade. Masses of children and adults swarmed the front, either entering buses or talking with friends until the last moment, adults supervising their…

  • Destiny

    Destiny

    He called it destiny. We were partnered up in class to do a video project. We worked well together. I took charge and he followed through. I felt like Spring, suddenly growing up. Destiny. Like in any chick-flick, after our meetcute, we flirted, dated, met the parents, endured our own drama and fights, got married,…

  • Growth

    Growth

    Growth, Chattering squirrels, Acorn-stuffed burrows: Plenty. Miles high, branches Fighting others for light, for space Growing green lines Encroaching Old oak taking a long time to say it’s old And things have changed. Bemused children Disbelieve A feast of flora and fauna Cacophony of cackles Orange and yellow Crinkling Laughter deepens Families scatter Slow winter…