“Get back here!” A man demanded from behind us, his feet pounding on the floor as he chased us around a swerve in the mountain.

I grabbed my sisters hand tighter as we sprinted away, my calves were burning and my lungs were gasping for air but we didn’t stop. We couldn’t stop, if we stopped we died and the thought of that suddenly made the ache in my calves worth it. I didn’t know how long we cou...

It started with the small things, smiling back at strangers who offered me a grin, giving the few pennies I had in my pockets to the homeless man and his dog outside my apartment block. They weren’t big or extravagant but it made me feel good. A weird kind of good, the kind of good that warms your heart and makes everything you’ve ever done wrong in your life seem forgivable. As if for a minute yo...

“Benny look- just give me a break.” Jason pleaded reaching out to his upset friend.

The tension in the air was thick and uncomfortable. Silence suffocated the room as Jason waited for Benny to say something back, maybe snap at him, or insult him. Just anything

“Am I quiet? Or do you just never try listening?” Benny replied, turning around to meet Jason’s eyes, the envious feelings, he once tried ...