The party was on Sunday.

And the rumors started on Monday.

“I heard she told him no because she thinks she’s better than him.”

“Well, I heard that she came onto him and he said no.”

“I’ll do you one better, she drugged him by putting something in his drink, and even stole his phone.”

“Yeah, rumor has it, the phone is in her backpack right now.”

I felt the straps of my backpack snap befo...

“Hey, I double dog dare you to steal that vodka, jump on the table, and chug as much as you can.”

It all started with a whisper. I was on a blind date, hating every second of it, and with one look you knew I was just like you.

A daredevil.

I turned to look at you, your hazel eyes twinkled mischievously, and a smile enraptured my face.

“What do I get in return?”

You smiled and answered wi...

Today, he told me he loved me.

Love, an emotion that makes you feel free.

It caught him by surprise, slowly but surely.

It twisted his will rather obscurely.

That overpowering emotion.

Seeping deep into his bones.

What a rather funny notion!

It crept through his veins.

His rationale, his reasoning, even his mind.

None of it remains.

Love has twisted inside him.

Taking hold of h...

They say that when you die, your life flashes before your eyes, and for 7 minutes you see your greatest hits.

As I lay on the grass, life draining out of me, it’s like I’ve lived my life over again.

I see my parents holding me after I won the 2nd grade spelling bee, I see my 7th grade crush; Donny McMaster kissing me on the playground. I see my first day of high school, and my last day too.

...

Staring at the board, I still couldn’t understand what the right tactic was.

Raising my hand, I asked, “Teacher? Could you maybe demonstrate the lesson?”

She smiled at me and picked up a knife, plucking an unsuspecting rat from the cadge at the front of the class.

“Certainly, Monica.”

The knife plunged just under the 4th rib of the rat, causing him to let out a squeak, and freeze in his tr...

I have a confession.

A rather odd concession.

The other day, when the world was asleep.

I slipped into Lauren’s house without a peep.

The stairs weren’t too steep.

They didn’t let out anything, not even a creak.

The house did not stir.

The Roomba did not whir.

I slunk over to her bed.

My heart filled with dread.

Simply put, I wanted her dead.

So I picked up a pillow.

And th...

The windows blow out as a spray of gunfire pierces the delicate glass. I grab my charge and drag us down to the ground, covering him with my body as I pull out my pistol to return fire.

The young business man beneath me looks at me, eyes wide and his chest heaving. “I’ve never met anyone like you before!” He screamed as I fired off shots and drug him to his feet, moving us into the kitchen.

“Y...

I open my eyes one last time. This will be my last day on Earth, and I’ve come to terms with it. My family, well they’re shattered, but that’s expected. At night I can hear my mom sobbing into my bed and even my dog, Gus, gives me those heartbroken eyes. I think he can see Death coming for me. Heck, maybe he can even smell it.

The Nurse comes into my room for the last time and changes my IV, it’...

I stabbed the knife through my latest victim’s heart, a stream of blood whistling through the air and landing on my cheek.

Wiping the blood off of my cheek with my thumb, I looked down at the corpse in front of me.

He was a middle aged man in his 50s, his hair was peppered with specks of gray, and his arm was adorned with a Rolex watch.

He also was a family man; his kids were in high school....

The van is hot and sweat trickles down my face.

Bump…bump…bump…bump…

We pulled to a stop and I heard gravel crunching under the tires. I’m at the second location. I was dead now, and there was nothing I could do about it.

I hear the door hastily open and shut and I wince. I can’t think like this. I have a family I need to get back to, I could fight. He was so strong when he grabbed me, no mat...