The Second Coming

Olson 2 “Let’s stop behind these rocks, so we have two ways to run.” We stopped behind the rocks and Rachel looked one way while I looked the other way. From where we were, we could see the outlines of everyone else, so we could tell if they were coming for us. I swore that I saw Nicole look right at us, so I ducked down. I told Rachel my plan. If any of the others came from her side, she would yell and we would both take off in the opposition direction and vice versa. Then, I saw that the…

I was reading a forum post online and someone misspelled the word ‘activity’ as ‘activia’. Then other commenters pointed out the blunder and were poking fun at the mistake. Someone jokingly substituted the word into a horror movie, now titled Paranormal Activia. This two-word response prompted me to wonder, “What would Paranormal Activia be about?” This adaptive short film works in two ways to adapt two sources into a singular film. I took the comment and combined it with a similar story…

I have opted to donate some of my time to give back to my community that I live in. In Mt. Zion Illinois, lays an assisted living facility known as the “Glenwood.” When I went into their office to ask them if it was permissible for me to do volunteer work, they made me aware that this is an organization is a for profit organization. That means all the employees are getting paid to do all of the work that they do, and the price to live here is going to be more expensive for the residents due to…

Putting her right foot out, she mounted the log and shut her eyes. Lifting her skirt, leveling her cane fiercely before her like a festival figure in some parade, she began to march across. Then she opened her eyes and she was safe on the other side. 'I wasn't as old as I thought,' she said. But she sat down to rest. She spread her skirts on the bank around her and folded her hands over her knees. Up above her was a tree in a pearly cloud of mistletoe. She did not dare to close her eyes,…

one knew his torment, his distress. His soul was shouting as uproarious as an auto engine. In seconds his pain grew heavier, emotions were jumping from sadness to anger and back. He and Slim was…

I liked animals, so it seemed like the perfect job. When I realized that being a vet wasn’t for me, I started to panic a little. I didn’t have any sort of second plan at all. I was hoping that one day something inside of me would just click and I would see my new plan appear right in front of me, but that never happened. There’s no big, grand story of a magical moment where I suddenly realized what exactly…

The Big Grizzly Well, one warm day of the summer when all kinds of people are talking about a bear. They say that is has only been coming out at night, and rummaging through their trash, and tearing up there yards. They have only seen it at night. They say it is a good sized bear. I have heard people say next time they see it they are going to kill it and if they don’t see it they are going to go hunting after it. Also people are leaving their houses because of the bear. In the beginning,…

While often romanticized in light-hearted novels and young adult movies, the infamous coming of age story is one that is often anything but glamorous. Inevitably, everyone faces the prospect of growing up, and, often times, the struggles with identity, responsibility, and purpose that come with it. For some, they are forced to uncomfortably reflect in order to understand the necessary progress they must make. For others, they must recognize the value of their principles and ideals, even if…

just outside of Lime Spring, Iowa, lightning began flashing every second across the sky. The wind developed a creepy whistle to it. Whoooo! Whooo! While I walked across the bridge over the Upper Iowa River, the water started to rise. Higher and higher every second. Soon the water was over the bridge. I started to run full sprint, so I wouldn’t get caught in the rushing water. As I was running, I came to a halt. The rain was still coming down pretty hard. I couldn’t see anything because my face…

counselor and her parents - which wasn’t the way she ever thought she’d come out. Fortunately, her parents weren’t too bothered after Lizzie’s brother talked them down from their initial reaction, and their only second thought was to pull Lizzie from the school to avoid harassment. After “coming out,” Elizabeth completed her schooling online - and that was probably the biggest blessing in disguise of the whole fiasco. Through her time at home and spending so much of it online, she’d grown close…