Tony the Tiger was found on the doorsteps of the orphanage when he was just a cub. The whereabouts of his parents are unknown, although most suspect they were teenage parents who fell victim to the flawed sex education system that ignored responsible sex education,...
Wildwood by Junot Diaz (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/06/11/wildwood) Wildwood refers to the town that the protagonist runs away to in order to be with a boy she believes holds the answer to all her problems. Due to teenage recklessness/rebellion, she was hungry for a change in scenery since she...
“Where’s your food?!” “I don’t know! My driver’s been sitting in the same spot for 10 minutes. I wanna cancel but ughhhh I don’t know. I’M STARVING.” “Well, mine’s here heh heh.” _______ “Do you wanna do this log in thing together so I don’t feel stupid?” “Haha yeah hold...
Cage She remembers the day she was plucked from perfect suburbia and thrown into the cage she now knows. Her captor is now her only provider. She owes him her life. The life that he also stole from her. Her life now confined to four walls he keeps...
Smithereens By Aleksander Hemon New Yorker. Near our mountain cabin, in Jahorina, there was once a hotel called Šator. It was open only in the winter for the skiing season. When you stood outside the hotel under a frigid, starry sky, you could smell cafeteria grease, wood fire,...
Cute puppies I was running alone through a poppy field and an eagle grabbed me by the neck. I managed to escape by pulling him to the ground. But when I thought I had overcome fear he had already eaten my whole family, one by one,...
Woman 1: “Did you hear about Caroline’s daughter? They baker acted her” Woman 2: “You have to be fu%$%ing kidding me! That is long overdue!” Woman 1: “ Wow, tell me how you really feel”. Laughter from both women” ____________________________________________ Man 1: “I think my credit is in the...
Ño! Cuidado con la panther! Libraries are often depicted as buildings of silence and secrets help within their bookshelves. People aren’t fond of them because they seem to restrain rather than inspire. But this library was different. It was different because people were able to exchange...
Drive-in nightmares. The popcorn smell filled the air. Everyone sat in pairs. It was a quiet night in the city of Flaiton, and everyone was getting ready to watch the long awaited Start Wars XII movie. When the climax erupted, Vader removed his mask, only to...
Fck that guy Girl 1: “No, he didn’t even move.” Girl 2: “I would’ve at least honked. Some people have no shame” Girl 1: “Yeah, I guess I was in some sort of ‘shock,’ so I just stared…” Girl 2: “Fuck that… I spoke with Josh because he had…” *Conversation...