It was Halloween, 9:00 p.m., and David and Thomas were trick-or-treating in their neighborhood with at least five pounds of candy when they stumbled upon a haunted house on Main Street.
The haunted...
I turned the steering wheel with my clammy, shaking hands, letting out a shiver while drawing out a long breath. She deserved it. There was no point in wiping her blood from my face. It was Halloween anyway;...
When most people hear about what I am, they run. They think what I can do is terrifying, so they sprint in the other direction. Mellie was never like that. She looked past the vampire and into my heart,...
October 31, Halloween.
Another year of finding the doors.
Come on Shion, you can do it. Don’t give up yet.
It had been 7 years of the same recurring holidays; New Year’s, Easter, Christmas,...
The dark forest menacingly swished its dark leaves, so different from the sunlit songs during the day. Instead of songbirds lining the trees, ravens and crows cawed from the tall branches. It was a place...
When it came it struck like lightning. I did not have time to run.
There was naught to do but bolt or hide, while that thing -- it had its fun.
It was supposed to be a normal day, at least that’s...
The boy was made of innocence, but the nurse said it would fade away soon. His parents surrounded him in the dank hospital room where he lay on a cot. His mother cried the loudest, her sobs piercing the...
The Color of Snow
Color forgotten
The splatter of war’s temper
Snow will remember
What Happened?
Pitter, patter, plop
Skitter, skatter, drop, chop, flop
Then, all was silent.
The...
Into our streets, a reminder runs dry,
Not a whisper about it, only ungrateful sighs.
These men and women risk their lives for us,
But what do we do?
Continue with our daily life making a fuss.
Then...
Hundreds getting hurt.
Asian hate is normalized.
We are all equals.
Today is my day.
Today I will show the world,
The things I can do.
You are beautiful.
You are...