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"'I’m here for breaking dress code,' she explained, rolling her eyes in irritation. 'God forbid I wore something I actually wanted to. To be fair, it was an accident. They change the dress code…

"I creep into the room, my arms tense and my forehead sweaty. Tiptoeing over to the desk in the middle of the room, I open the second to last drawer. Peeking inside, I see…

"Have you ever wondered what the cultural norms are 6,700 miles away? These cultural norms are systems of beliefs groups follow in order to maintain well-being. These sets of beliefs keep a society on…

"An AR-15 has 15 functioning parts. The length of the gun, the speed of the bullet determines how lethal a fatality is. / The time it takes to unload the empty chamber. / That…

"But anyway, did you hear that a new girl's joining school starting tomorrow?"

" Terminal Storm / Shrieks of laughter fill the air, / Joyous new leaves flutter, / Clouds roll in to halt it all."

"Everyone’s life has a place where it keeps / all the important memories / whether it is a box or a shelf, / A cart or a peanut butter jar,"

"I find life often so represented by sports / The interwoven reliance of European football / With still the individual spotlight of baseball"

"Blue house / New house / New blouse / Blue blouse / Blue hue / Few to"

"Rain is falling / Mom is calling. / It’s time to go inside / Weather lied."

"An elegant work of art, / Fragility, / And clarity"

"The blue haired girl always came to the beach. She stood, only her toes in the water, arms outstretched. She closed her eyes and smiled. It was like she was in her own world,…

"I suddenly have a tingly feeling over my entire body, and I grow very hot and dizzy. I find myself too weak to stay sitting up. I see my phone on the bedside table…

"The ingenue dreamed of a catastrophic world of cerulean music. / There were many realms in that world, each surprisingly different. / Her favorite glowed during the day with beautiful, cloudless skies. / The…

"Her mom was on the phone again. Her mom had been on her phone for weeks, checking her texts, calling someone, or answering a call. Julia had been thinking about it forever and was…

"For all my life, I’ve wished I could be someone else. Somewhere else. New York. I remember being a kid, flipping through magazines at the one dentist office within a five mile radius, looking…

"Music echoes against the cold wooden walls of the old room, each note emphasizing how silent and still everything else is. Old books, stacked unevenly on the shelves, are coated in a thick layer…

"The worst gray haired creatures to roam the earth, / They leave and scrounge for rats and mice alike, / And they are even worse while giving birth, / Do not cross their paths…

"A dream that I had once, which was extremely odd, was that I started off standing on the top of the moon. I walked forward to the edge of the moon and fell all…

"I must serve them because alas, such are the ways of the clouds / I gather worms although alas, such are the ways of the clouds"

"You may have recently noticed that your dear semi-aquatic turtle named Henry has gone missing. Please do not call the police. If you do, they won’t believe you and won’t do anything to help…

"your words coat my lips / like honey / i sit cross-legged on my bed and speak them / over and over again"

"Vera, in her own quiet way, had always been as proud as a cat. She never claimed superiority, never went around with a stiffly straightened back, but like a cat, she always licked her…

"The sun is up / But I am not / I am numb / For the day is not"

"Yellow dogs. / Black dogs. / White dogs. / Red dogs."

"The light stains my eyelids a / lurid pink. / I fumble with the / Pen and paper / That lay on my desk."

"Three minutes before my family moved to Hawaii, I was so scared. I felt sick to my stomach. I had never flown anywhere. Well, except for going to Florida and California. Now, you might…

"I had the dream dance class… at least that's what I thought. But, I’m getting way ahead of myself. It all started three months ago when we were in dance class, and Mrs. Allen…

"We relax under the cabinet / Eating the leftover cheese / Contemplating the meaning of life / And wondering if there is any bread / That we can pair / With this sharp cheddar.…

"Get dressed - Does it really matter what you wear. People will judge you either way. You keep glancing back at your bed, just wishing you could crawl back to safety. The only thing…

"I’m standing there in the tunnel waiting for my teammates to exit the team room. I’m feeling nervous because I have never been in this big of a game. I know this because I…

"The date is April 25, 2030. The planet has been flooded with criminals and chaos, the government has been overthrown, and all known superheroes have either been killed or have gone into hiding. The…

"The radio played a soft ukulele tune in the background, shadowed by carefully placed piano chords. We lay atop my bed together, looking at the ceiling that glittered with fake, painted stars."

"Summer smiles in sun-kissed bliss with her cloudless days, / Watching over a child with emerald eyes, / Who rocks back and forth in his chair in a joyful haze / And laughs in…

"Another day at the Supermall USA, the mall of all malls, the supermarket of all supermarkets. And why are we (or in this case, why am I) here? We are here to get 13…

"I walk up, right to the elevated platform where fifteen thrones sit. I can see the king’s scrutinizing expression. I am merely a small, meaningless nymph who is much lower than him on whatever…

"It was 9:00 in the morning when I had woken up, and it was a usual day, but it really wasn't when my landlord came by to check on the house. But the moment…

"My friends finally defeated Crugo using the Particle Accelerator on Earth One in Dimension Two. I hope that the rest of the team is alright. The minute I came to this place, it was…

"Hi Confusion, Although I never expected you to come, I guess you’re welcome, because confusion leads to thought, and thought leads to finally maybe making sense of some chapter of this crazy, twisting, turning,…

"It started again, the rebirth cycle. Once a month, I change into another person. Different age, different height, different me. Now, I am a girl, Maria, sixteen years old and living in Ohio. My…

"I am different than the others. It is just the way I am. I’m used to the insults, the bullies, and the segregation. But, there is one thing keeping me going: the fact that…

"Hello? You still there? This is Professor Fly, and I'm about to board the flight to the dreaded Spider’s Island. I had to sneak my diary into the suitcase because Derek said I was…

"Scritch… Scratch… Scribble… The sound of graphite scraping across a sheet of plain paper filled my head. I zeroed in on the story I was writing, for that was all that was important. Ms.…

"He walked in with the lights hot on his face. He strode through the sea of chanting, churning people at almost a skip, eyes rapidly flipping back and forth in the apprehensive version of…

"I was seven years old. My mama and papa were driving back from Maryland in the middle of a giant thunderstorm. There was lightning and a whole flood warning. Mama was at the wheel.…

"Twelve-year-old Andrea opened her eyes groggily and looked at her bedside clock. 8:15! Andrea screamed in her head. She was supposed to be at school, Harker Middle, fifteen minutes ago. She quickly got changed…

"The town was in complete and utter chaos. Monsters pillaged and wrecked everything in their path. Innocent villagers panicked and fled, and not all of them got away. The air was filled with screams…

"Vicki opened her vibrant dark brown eyes and saw black. It was as if she hadn’t opened her eyes at all. She checked with her smooth hands to make sure her eyes really were…