The Flicker

A Worn Path During our life we face many challenges. We have the ability to either choose to face them or run from them. Some challenges can be more difficult than others, for we are alone to face them. We encounter many crossroads during our journeys where we have to choose which path we take in life. Sometimes we open a door just to see that on the other side there is another closed door. Even though sometimes we are defeated by challenges they make us stronger and give us the ability to keep…

Existentialism is the philosophical notion that existence precedes essence. We are born first and then decide what meaning our lives will have. Existentialism maintains, that our choices determine our nature and that there is no predisposition of what each human is born to do. Humans, according to existentialist beliefs, are condemned to be free. With freedom comes consequences. Since humans are free to make their own decisions, we are each responsible for our own consequences. Letting others…

The real villain of this city was the blistering wind that rolled in from the bay. It was invasive and suffocating. If the wind wasn’t killing you, it was the humidity and intense gray heat that followed in seasonal suit. I didn’t like thinking about the change of seasons, or the inevitable, or the past. Too much had happened last Christmas for me to consider it a “joyous” time. It was the last time I watched my mother and father fall asleep. And never wake up. What was God’s use for smallpox…

They had not long left Alistair's house when he told Storm there was something he should take a look at. It wasn't going to be a long detour and they wouldn't be getting out of the car. He had turned off the highway, soon after reaching the outskirts of the city. “We need to be very discreet. Best to look like we live around here.” “Wagonshaks Incorporated is an international company used by the government to set up and service emergency shelters—and—internment camps.” “You mean those emergency…

It’s Monday, December 9th. Today just seems unusual, like something big is going to happen! I wonder what it will be for a split second, then go back to studying for the Latin America quiz we have tomorrow. Mr. Fielder announces what questions we should highlight on our worksheets. I watch him go back to his desk. I look up and out the window, I see the glistening shimmer of fresh snow dancing in the sky. I cherish every second of it, wishing the time would go by slower. As time creeps closer…

Awakened in a white and black bed, in a white and black room, while wearing white and black clothes. A boy, aged about ten years with fair skin, black hair and black eyes. He sits up, fumbling carefully with the white blanket draped upon him. He turned his head to the left wall which was closest to him, and sees a painting of a gray flower. Then turning towards the right he sees a white wall with a black door. He doesn’t move from his spot. Not now, it just didn’t feel right. He’ll do it when…

Holmes teases the woman into joining him sneak inside, but then the two quickly leave and head back to the hotel that Holmes owns. Inside his permanent hotel room, Holmes begins to act coldly towards the woman and suddenly slits her throat without a flicker of emotion. He takes her blue hair clip and adds it to his collection. This is not his first time taking a life. EMELINE CIGRAND (20’s), independent and confident, hustles to work through a sea of men. She arrives at her job, a lowly…

The mesmerizing effects of a waterfall and an ocean tide leave us stunned by their natural beauty. Unfortunately, you can 't bring a waterfall or an ocean tide into your bedroom design, but you can use Royal Blue and Aqua paint colors to add aquatic elements. Combinations of harmonious paint colors is a fantastic way to ensure a room design that blends and flows from one area to the next. Typically, these related paint colors are next to each other or directly below one another on a color swatch…

A girl named Annora was 16 years old and lived in a small normal town in the year of 1991 where everyone was ordinary. She is 5’6 with long black wavy hair. You could never see her face. The town was located in Rosewood Country far from the U.S. Rosewood had dead trees and it seemed like there was no life. Annora loved to wander and play with the fluffy animals in her country. She always wanted to get away from her family, because all she did was clean the house and cook. Annora wanted to be…

Anticipation and excitement clouds every persons face. Sometimes you see a flicker of annoyance mingled with that very special anxiety. This crowd of people that impatiently stand behind one another waits for something that they have waited for months to view. It doesn’t matter the weather, whether it’s on a dank steamy summers night, or a frostbitten morning some December, these people have come to get access to the latest story. Dozens or hundreds of people wait at the front of Movie Theaters,…