Preface I knew that coming within 100 feet of my father for longer than a few months would be fatal. What I didn’t expect was to find love. Not the fleeting kind of love that teenagers experience when they’re trying to discover who they are and what it means to be in a relationship, […]
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#3 Beginning a Day (#StoryADay2017)
The screams in the village pierced his ears. The sound nothing against his own rapid pulse. He glanced into the darkness to the left and then to the right before moving towards the patch of woods that surrounded his village. He’d seen at least two of the invaders retreat there. They would not leave with […]

#1 Beginning a Day (#StoryADay2017)
So… I’m breaking the mold a little and going a different way. I’m writing a beginning today. Two actually because I missed my deadline yesterday! I’m recovering from a wicked sinus infection and well, life. I’d love your feedback after you’ve finished reading today’s beginning. Was it too… weird? The bright lights usually mad Axel […]

#2 Beginning a Day (#StoryADay2017)
I’m posting two today since I didn’t do it yesterday. (Shame shame shame!) Here is another story beginning. What do you think of it? Potential? Cliche? Troy stared at the notice in his hands as he read and re-read the message. Fuck. He was being audited in one week and he had just fired his […]