I couldn’t believed my parents had dragged me to spend the entirety of my winter break in the middle of the woods. It was apparently to spend more “family time together”, but the motel was very spread out—each room a cabin— that we only saw each other for meals. It was a relief for me. I stayed all of my time in the library or cafeteria, intensively reviewing my notes. I had entered a writing comp...

Among the winter stricken pines lies an old motel; It’s wood is stained a darken coffee hue which melts down the inner wrings of it’s timber. An ongoing blizzard berates the abandoned building, drowning it in snow.

A single pine cone takes cover inside on the now frigid hardwood floor. It stumbled in through the smashed window burned yellow from time. It lays there gently swaying with the breath ...

When I first met John, I thought he was a gopher. It’s a day later, and I’m still not sure.

On a flight home, I had a layover at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport in upstate New York. Christmas was only a few days away so the bustling airport was more crowded than usual. Pensive businessmen with well appointed briefcases and children with worn out parents rushed to their respective gat...

Liana watched as the ice and snow rapidly blundered around, causing a high pitched whistle through the small cracks in the motel brick.

Her unnatural green eyes flooded her sockets, beside from a small black dot in the middle.

‘This is what human climate is like?’ she asked, blinking slowly, taking the weather in expressionlessly.

‘Well—yes, yes,’ Amelia beside her pushed up her circular rimmed ...

{ I got my inspiration from watching many crime shows, specifically “Castle” it’s on Hulu if you want to watch it!}

“Hannah! Hannah, wake up!”

“Huh, what?”

“Look outside!” said my sister Rachel.

“What is it?” I said, half awake. “Can’t you see I’m trying to sleep!”

“Just look outside!” Rachel said annoyed.

“Fine! What is it-“ I stopped mid-sentence when I looked out the window. “What in the Fl...

The bored looking college kid who has been sitting at the desk this whole time found me a sheet pan. I assume it came from their sorry excuse for a kitchen, which they use to heat up their sorry excuse for a breakfast every day.

I put on the warmest clothes I brought - pink yoga pants and a grey hoodie - and put socks over my hands since I have no gloves. I was packed for Spring Break in SoCal. ...

101, 102, 103.

I knocked on the dark wooden door, bouncing on my feet. “Room Service-!” I called, slipping my key into the lock, unlocking the door as I stepped into the room. It seemed empty, how weird…the storm should’ve trapped everyone inside. Maybe they’re in the lobby, I guess I’ll just wait.

I walked into the kitchen to look at all the utensils, looking into the sink I picked up the blac...

All the kids are still running around, annoyingly happy because they got to skip school. There are six of them. Kimi, Wyatt, Amanda, Dean, Yvet and Jon. None of them like each other, so naturally they didn’t want to be snowed in together. “Nope, I don’t wanna.” “Yvet, please? I really need you to.” Yvet rolled her eyes. “Ugh, fine.” She stood up and tossed the charger at Jon. “Thank you. That was ...

I squeezed my eyes shut as the screaming continued from the other room. After being stuck in this godforsaken motel for the past 4 days, I still wasn’t used to it. I flinched and opened my eyes as I heard something shatter next door. Then more screaming. I couldn’t be the only one who was hearing this. I was only supposed to be staying here for the night, a brief rest stop during my failure of a r...

“I can’t believe we’re stuck here for 3 days because of this blizzard” Emma groaned. “Hey, it’s not that bad,” I said. “We can hang out in here a while, no problem.” “Really?” She asked. “Yeah, sure!” I shrugged. “We’ll play games, watch movies, build forts, it’ll be fun!” “Fine.” Emma said, smiling as she got up from the chair she was sitting in, which now has a slight butt dent.

Three days lat...