Creative Writing Essays

The Louisiana Purchase. Always a topic seeming to float around and a subject to a lot of chatter. Not many others could have had the advantage to accompany the Discovery Corps on their mission to explore the new land. They would depart in 1803, and leave with the option of no return. With a mission to explore for the betterment of our country, who wouldn't want all of the glory and fame it would bring. Many people around me asked of my adventures or my viewpoint on my comrades. So I've channeled…

“Don’t go, not yet. We wait till it’s darkest,” she said, her voice crackling. She petted Rolo and the dog settled her nose in her fingers. Dacka wasn’t afraid. Finally, transcending her fear, she knew this was war, this was real, this was life or death, from now on. Her hand held tight to her taser-laser. “Did you check your device?” She ventured. “Yes and I get no readings.” Franklin said back. “You shouldn’t until we reach their perimeter. Be wary not aggressive. We can’t be seen. Let’s…

I awoke to the sound of the baby monitor cracking with a voice comforting my first born child. As I adjusted to a new position, my arm brushed against my wife, sleeping next to me. I arose from the bed, only to hear more noise coming from the monitor. I woke my wife to go get the gun from the closet. As she grabbed the gun, the noise grew louder. I grabbed the gun and walked down the hall to the baby’s room. The door was open, but as I approached it slammed shut with a loud “BANG”. I tried to…

“Well, uh.” General Zhousbek, now having reservations about an easy victory over Tresval, changed the subject of their conversation. “That’s not even the worst news, my Lord. Lenaya was here.” Sara stepped through the line of soldiers surrounding the two leaders and joined them. Professor Kinnock’s information was correct, Count Nightburn grudgingly thought to himself. “Where is Ace?” Nightburn directed his attention to Sara. “Ace is being treated as we speak.” “What happened to him?”…

Ripper Her fingers shook as she twisted the key in the lock. It was dark out already, although it was only seven thirty. Wrapping her shawl more tightly around her shoulders, Alice began to walk. Nobody could describe her as a delicate, excitable debutante, like the women for whom she worked­ not prone to fainting or having the vapors­ but even still, Alice felt a distinct sense of unease. In broad daylight, at the best of times, people would go on about the dangers lying within the streets of…

Mo's story began on a Friday afternoon a few weeks ago. Which of course at the time, Mo believed Friday to be the start of a normal weekend, but she was wrong. Now, I am not saying her weekend was awful, but it did run awry. The plan was to travel to her father's house in Dixon, which is about two hours away from Bloomington-Normal. She had already said goodbye to her mother and step-father, on the grounds of the fact that they had left to celebrate their anniversary. The couple planned on…

Brash, reckless, and crude are the core of what make Raleigh who he is. From his youth he'd leaned towards rebelling against the expectations that his parents attempted to bind him with. As he grew it became evident that women found his "bad boy" nature attractive and he took advantage of it. They flocked to him regardless of the numerous hearts that were broken in his wake, but there wasn't an understanding of why until one of his playmates made mention of it. No matter how frequently he…

Several men that hung around Doc‘s house after seeing the big Indian carry Charity inside, stepped up and told Jeremiah that the Sheriff, Mr. Reed, and several others were conducting a search of the outbuildings and storerooms around town, looking for Jane Reed; saying she was still missing. Someone voiced their opinion that she had run off with a boy. “We know she's missing,” Jeremiah grumbled, “We might know where to find her. Y'all help us find the Sheriff!” Doctor Lane was staring at…

“Hello?” “Hey Maddie,” there was a slight awkward pause, “I have some bad news.” “Okay.. What is it?” said Maddie as she stiffened. “Umm... Wyatt...” Quiet sobs filled the room, Madison could barely talk, “What happened?” “The plane he was in... It was shot down. I'm sorry Maddie, but Wyatt is dead.” Maddie could already feel the heat rising into her cheeks, as salty drops of water started to pour out of her beautiful blue eyes. It was only seven months ago that she had said…

N is for Nephew February 2015 I got a letter in the mail saying I was gonna be an aunt and I would always bug my brother about having a baby so I was really excited. Eyja was already 10 weeks when she told me that she was pregnant. she had already told my mom and dad but he sent me a letter in the mail telling me. We went to Florida in March for the gender reveal. We got a cake and in the middle was either pink or blue. The day we got the cake my brother would not let anyone touch the…