Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. I rushed to Ms. Freeroast’s class. God, I hated being late for that. I just hated that class in general. Advanced Literature and Writing wouldn’t be so bad if Ms. Freeroast didn’t turn every class into a group therapy session. After every poem we read, ...

Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 There I was, standing in my room, where a week ago my life had been perfect. Now everything was in shambles. The walls were plastered with posters and magazine cutouts of the cast of Beverly Hills, 90210 and Party of Five, as well as countless images of ...

Read Part 1 | Part 2. Hurt, broken, confused, I pulled into the nearest gas station with an ATM. If I ignored Brittney and Mike, I knew they would feel the pain of their actions. But my father, however, was a gruffer breed. He didn’t feel emotion or understand the concept of regret and sorrow. ...

Routine. Some people crave it, and others run from it. No matter what you do, people can’t escape it in one form or another, and that’s fine by me. My dad is the type of person that lives for routines. Before my mom left us, there was rarely order or predictability in our lives. It ...

| Part 1 | and | Part 2 | Buzz… Buzzzz.. Buzzzz I slowly woke from my slumber as the vibration of Eliza’s cellphone lingered. The end credits of Avengers: End Game were on the T.V. screen. My shoulder and arm tingled from the weight of Eliza’s upper body. She was cuddled up next to me. I swore our ...

“You fucking promised! You promised you wouldn’t do this again, but here we are!” “Yeah, well,” I replied. “I also promised to let nobody treat you any less than you deserve.” “That’s just it,” she said.  “I get fucking Batman even when I only need a Robin.” “Blowup dolls have received more respect from him. ...

I have always heard writing for television is easier in its own way than writing books. I always thought this was an interesting concept because with characters in books they just kind of appear and my personal take has always been that I am just along for the ride for my characters’ stories. My characters ...

It doesn’t matter if you have a child in soccer, football, volleyball, dance, cheerleading, equestrian, or even golf, the life of a Sports Parent is hectic! Let’s also include drama, computer club, chess club, Bible study, swimming, track, and every other possible extracurricular activity a child wants to do. They are too many to list ...

Read previous installments of Myra here “Breathe, Myra…” The voice seemed far away and muffled as if someone were whispering to her from the depths of the ocean. Myra felt her stomach flutter with anxiety as she tried to look around the room, but a strong, meaty arm held her down. The smell of cleaning ...

Hello, everyone. I want to introduce you guys to a fictional story that I have been working on. This deals with the effects of mental illness and how it presents itself in the main character of my story. I call this, The Other Part of Me.   Rosaline May 2015   It happened again. I lost ...