The White Devil

“You’re always one decision away from a totally different life.” The truth behind this saying is ironic. Something as simple as choosing to stay home instead of going out or leaving a place just a few minutes earlier could change your whole life. The truth behind that had never rung more true for me than it did on the night of August 17, 2014. It was one of the last nights of summer, although the weather would lead you to believe it was the middle of fall. I was bundled up in my black sweatshirt…

Rainsford woke up that morning from the best night’s sleep he has ever had. He wakes up like it is a normal morning in New York, he changes into new clothes and makes himself some breakfast. After Rainsford had a wonderful homemade breakfast he decided to do some exploring of the house. Upstairs in General Zaroff’s room he found a huge safe filled with guns and ammo. These guns were illegal to own in the United States and Rainsford was wondering where he could possibly get such rare infantry. He…

Shining Library Book Me and classmates were told that we had to do something nice for the school. It wasn’t just our grade, it was the whole middle school who had to something. There were tons of jobs to be done just inside the building. When it was nice out, some of the 8th graders would go out and do the things outside, while the rest of us stayed inside. My job was organizing the bookshelf in the library. Unless it was a short week or you were gone most of it, everyone had to do their job…

Mary Maloney had now moved out of the house where she killed her husband Patrick. She moved into a small apartment where she was going to raise her unborn child she was a month away till it's due date. She didn't know its gender. So she decorated the nursery with Winnie the pooh characters. Mary thought about how she killed Patrick often and how she had gotten away with it so easily. But she did wonder if he would have been a good father if would have helped put the bed together, and help pick…

In the year 1800, 13-year-old Pierre La Page never imagined he would be leaving his home (Montreal) to paddle 2,400 miles across the lakes of Cape Cod, but when his father suffers an accident it will be up to him to quit school and take his father’s brutal job as a voyager for The Northwest Company. Worried for her son’s life Pierre’s mother might never see him again because of the brutal waters, crashing waves, and lack of food and water, Pierre’s courage will keep on pushing him to make his…

Drinking was always a part of my life until one night that changed everything. It was a long night that into the next day. I started drinking when I was 14 and it steadily escalated into something out of control. In school I never really fit and was usually teased for different reasons. This eventually led to me becoming depressed. I don’t remember why I decided to try alcohol just that in the moments when I would drink I felt better about life. This steadily became more as getting a hold…

We all currently came through the door to school five minutes ago. Everybody in the band was high-fiving and talking to each other. All of a sudden, I remembered what day it was. It was Chicago day, and on this day, each person in the symphonic band and 8th grade goes on a trip to Chicago to have quite a bunch of entertainment. As we all boarded the bus, I kept thinking about what it was going to be over there compared to Alpena and I couldn’t wait to start our trip there. I mostly slept and…

For you and for Gabriel.” After the last word, everything around him went white, blinding his eyes. Jonas groaned and opened his eyes, his ears picking up the sound of soft cries. He look at Gabriel and felt renewed determination flow through him. He must save Gabriel. Jonas started to trek through the snow but it was hard since he continued to fall and trip on the hidden bumps below the cold white blanket. He didn't stop though, the thought of the promise he made to…

Max As I felt the cold metal of the gun press against my head I shivered. “Hello?” Said the officer “are you still there” “Yes, yes sorry not dead… yet,” I said. “No no stop talking like that sir we’re going to get you out of there.” “Yeah that’s right, ummm what was I saying, oh right what they want.” “Yes sir, that’s right what are their demands?” “Well they want a helicopter, ummm 1 million dollars and safe passage out of the country” “1 million dollars huh, wow that’s a lot of money…

The energy in Puri's air was very holy, and there I was given the proof of positive thinking that can be beneficial only when doubt doesn't exist and the moment is lived in an innocent state of mind, while wishing truly for the best for others without any return expectations. In India, I was surrounded by so much poverty, at this point it seems appropriate to mention that even though I was better off than the local multitude, I traveled for fourteen months outside my native country, Italy, with…