Sophie pinned her hair at the temples, and swooped out the sides of her eyeliner; she found safety in symmetry.
Her mother would tell you she’d never been good at climbing; a false hope. At twelve years, Wren Harper mastered…
CeCe’s nude heels clacked against the concrete sidewalk as she tugged on her black silk dress. It was the only funeral attire she owned, and…
October 1972
Heck Hansen gripped the wheel so tight that his knuckles were as white as the snow swirling around…
He looked at the tree-covered mountains, worn down and rounded over millions of years. In one of the valleys was the house. He…
The colors of city lights bleed out into the blank sky, smoke rising to the atmosphere, and ashes falling back to the asphalt. In the back…
The ferry ride was long and hard and left the boy feeling serious. The trip up the coast took three days and three nights, dropping…
When walking, Uncle Pug’s crutches went huff-plat, huff-plat, telling us he was coming. Two loud crutches made up for one dead leg. Tee cut…
It soon became clear that the children were not going to stop.
As of today, there will be seven of us. Mikey and I are in the basement, like we always are on CPS days. We hate that stupid lady, Ms. Fowler…