Silver bullet

Wedged into my heel was a silver mounted monocle, attached to a familiar looking pocket watch. On the chain, were a set of keys, and a ring, possibly a wedding band? I extracted what I could of the shattered bits, watching the crimson warmth seep into pools of discoloration along…

IL-SUNG BOK (late 50s) is the leader of an organized crime family known as THE TETRAS. While smuggling endangered fish, YEONG BOK(24), son of Il-Sung, meets TAK (50s) who is the leader of their rival gang, THE BETTAS. The gangs starts to fight against each other. While THE TAILOR (40s, he also goes by Tailor), a humble working man with a perfectly knotted necktie, is sewing, there is a sudden knock from the back door. He lets his beautiful customer SOOAE to leave, carefully opens a hidden door,…

Research Paper Outline: Child Care Thesis: A properly structured government sponsored day care system in America would assist families who struggle to find reliable and affordable care. I. Topic sentence: Government day cares provide more child development that most parents can’t provide. a) Expansion: The government requires a certain structural procedure that day cares have to abide by. It likely includes early education, nutrition, or a schedule to follow. This structure fills the child’s…

A tinkling sound came to my ears as the first pearls of silver dropped onto the autumn leaves. It was the calm before the storm. The glasses I had placed on the floor fell leaving a crack either side of them as the gust of wind engulfed the apartment. I felt a sinking feeling as I pulled the store-bought pizza out of the oven, it was burnt. However, looking at the candles, wine and red roses, there was still hope, it was still reminiscent of our first date. Our first date was magical. Julie and…

Luna Smith sat down on her black leather couch with a cup of raspberry ice tea in hand. She turned to her right and picked up the TV remote from a glass side table. She then pushed the on button to turn on the flat screen TV after a long day at the courthouse of Virginia as a lawyer. She then pushed the rubber keys five and seven to turn on the CW since it was 8:55 (which is a channel made by the CBS and Warner Bros) to watch the new episode of Supernatural. (Supernatural is a show where two…

The Apprentice “How long have you been employed, Miss Baxter?” questioned the man who'd previously claimed to be employed by the New York gazette. He'd arrived last night with his expensive shoes and pristine garments, asked for his share of salted pork, then requested the cleanest cot in the whole infirmary. Now he sat with Margaret Baxter, still clothed in her apron that was once as white as snow but now stained with dried blood. Originally, the reporter wanted to pester Miss Clara Barton,…

Do you know how Superman became Superman? From nickel comics to the silver screen, as well as the tv series, Superman has always been a source of many people's fandom. Smallville, the series was directed by Greg Beeman and James Marshall, which was released in October 2001 and ended in May 2011. Smallville premiered on The WB from 2001-2006, and The CW premiered it from 2006-2011. The series was the best rendition of the Superman comics brought to life for ten seasons. From the origin of alien…

Over the past few years, racial constructs have been one of the most intensely analyzed entities. White framing, systemic denial of racism, promulgating the virtuosity of whiteness, and other factors have played a key role in facilitating the growth of these constructs from pre-colonial times until today. The study of these concepts over the past semester has proved to be valuable in not only understanding White supremacy but combatting it properly. Specifically, White supremacy justifies…

Washington procured different methods of hiding and transmitting information, like aliases, invisible ink, codes, and dead drops. Some other methods included messages cut into slivers and stored into a hollowed stem of quill. hollowed out silver balls or bullets were also used to carry messages over enemy lines, these items were easily concealed, and if needed, could be swallowed if the messenger was…

Opioids are among most abused high addictive medications in the USA; mainly they are used to relief pain. Opioids are an umbrella that covers many different drug substances, both natural and synthetic. Opiates are alkaloid compounds naturally found in the opium poppy plant. It has been used for numerous different reasons such as medical, recreational, and religious. Historians reference the opium discovery and use is in 3400 B.C. when the opium poppy was cultivated in lower Mesopotamia,…