Bismuth-209

Two Leaves, One Gone You know, I tried. I really did. As I sit here, a hole in my heart, (literally and figuratively) I wonder what I did any of this for, why this came to be. Sorry, my name’s King. I get distracted easily. I am your average but not average high schooler. Not to brag, but I’m kind of a genius. I’m a senior at 16, and had a fairly nice life. I had my loving mother, but my father had died two months ago to cancer, and it was hard carrying on. My little sister in particular, had…

This is the story of a man named Andrew Andrew is a simple man, who likes simple things. He worked for a simple company, in a large building where he was Employee #472. Andrew has had the job of Employee #472 ever since the day he graduated from high school with his first chest hair, curling, proving he was a man. Employee #472 had one simple job: he would sit at his desk in room 472, and push buttons on the keyboard. Commands came to him through the monitor on his brown desk, telling him what…

A Party to Forget The majority of my weekends in the fall of my sophomore year of high school had been spent the exact same. Three of what I considered my closest friends and I would attend the Friday night football game and then pile up in my best friend’s sports car and head off to whatever party we had heard about prior to the game. We would all manage to construe a way into staying out at as late as we desired; my mother was under the impression that I was staying at a friend’s house, and my…

“Fackelträger…,” muttered Virgil. Just thinking about that word only made him want to know more about what they were. Since he was as curious as everyone else, Virgil decided to ask a question of his own. “Think you can tell me something about these Fackelträger suits?” And as a result, Victor Malinski offered to provide the Silent Orphan a description of it. “Torchbearer suits are these Ryanite dress uniforms that have been embedded with the powers of these so-called Anomalies that you may…

We're dating. By 'we' I mean my husband of 27 years and of course me. John decided a few months ago that he wanted to make some major changes. John has always been incredibly conservative. Watching every penny, worrying about every event, predicting all possible outcomes and then sort of holding his breath to see if his predictions would come true. These qualities may sound dull as you read them, but the truth is that they've made him a terrific husband and devoted father. We've always known…

Walking with Hannah When I was trying to decide what to write about, nothing was striking me. I wanted to find a culture that I had deep-rooted opinions of and a person who would challenge me. As a child, my environment as a whole was completely accepting of people from all lifestyles and backgrounds, except for the LGBTQ+ community. When I realized this, I knew that this was the culture for me to try and understand. I was scared to write about it, because I am still working through my prejudice…

“Solome and I were to be married next month but things have changed now.” Hakeim says with a bit of reservation. He stands and goes over to a china cabinet and opens a drawer. With his back turned to Hunter his voice goes a little deeper and darker. “We must make the sacrifice so the world will be a better place maybe we can survive it you taught us well. Just say the word and it can begin.” Hakeim turns around with a gun in his hand but he doesn’t point it at him. Hunter sits back with a…

Courage is a trait that earns you rewards. It helps you earn respect, people invest their trust in you, and it gives you confidence. In the book, Call of the Wild, Buck earned the respect of his peers and his masters and gains confidence. In the short story “The Earne from the coast”, Harry and his father knew that Harry didn’t have courage. But when he brings back the bird that attacked the sheep, Harry’s dad never looked at him the same. In my life in second grade, I did something that I…

Rena collapsed to the ground, resulting in a loud thud. She had recently been training her mental strength to zero in on her magical abilities. It took lots of training and resulted in mental an physical exhaustion. While Rena worked on improving her powers, Commander Erwin had been supervising and barking out orders to the Survey Corps for their upcoming expedition to retake Wall Maria. Now that the Female Titan was gone, they believed they had a better chance of taking the Wall from the…