The doors were sealed. Glued, nailed and locked so that the devil inside could never escape again. It clawed. It banged on the wood so...

Carmen Frances Jackett had never smoked, drank or gambled. She had never shot anything up her arm or scratched away the surface of a...

The years fly by. Piling up behind me and reminding me that home is always far off. For many of the years, I didn’t think I would ever...

I could still smell the burning of the engine. The beeping of the alarms still filled my ears. Jennifer screaming into the radio for help...

The alarm blared. It was a high-pitched, terrible beeping that filled all three floors of the house. Maddie leapt from the couch, her...

Maria hated hotels. She especially hated hotels when she was with her husband and the White Grand in San Antonio was no exception. Faded...

The black dog slept against the iron fence. Her torso raised and lowered with each heaving breath of her heat-induced sleep. Water...

Tucked in tight under her sheets, Julie Hornet was not scared of monsters. Not in the closet, in the dresser or even under her bed. She...

The river pulled like an ocean. It had been many years since Ben had seen the current so strong. Each time his paddle sliced through the...

Jeremy had been trapped for 17 hours. Each time he moved, he wedged himself farther between the plaster walls. His shoulders ached, his...

We met in the rain. Yet, your hair wasn’t wet because you held an umbrella flush to your chest. The drops cut through the burning street...

At the end of a very long line of black poles and strung wires, a matte steel building rose above the red sand. The man, who was wearing...

Written by Clarke Wainikka She stood between the trees. Her head and chest lifted, flakes of snow falling onto her torso and covering her...