The back porch learned a new quiet. Birds chirped, trees swayed, and insects whirred—a late spring chorus for a gentle afternoon. Yet the quiet ...

What leaves usually turn brown during the fall season? And how dark do they usually get? I was holding a yellow leaf with dark ...

It felt cool to stare up at the stars with his head pressed against the road. At one in the morning, no one could ...

A troop of children marched through the fields that encircled the town. Their voices echoed as they quarreled, and their little heads burned from ...

A thick wind spilled through the streets and over the cars as they slowed to accommodate a bus. It hissed, then jostled away from ...

Sam’s heart was light even as nature gathered itself for one final inconvenience in a morning mauled by them. His dog appeared to be ...

Between the apartment complexes, the cathedral’s spires pierced the brooding sky. The forecast predicted a clear day, but the pillars of dark clouds augured ...

“I’m coming home!” Sam’s vision blurred as he went faster. “Don’t.” His sister’s voice was steady. “She’s okay for now. Her breathing has calmed, ...

Calm smoothed over the landscape as quickly as the turbulent weather erupted. I perched on my grandmother’s bedroom window and watched the sun’s rays ...

Sam choked as his heart sprang into his throat. On the next block, her hair thrown together like an abstract painting, a familiar figure ...