One of the big events of the year—at least for those participating—at the high school in New Jersey where I work as an English teacher is the annual trip to Paris for the French Club, which is composed of students who have taken French for two or more years. The cost of the six-day trip in May after all the student discounts is around $1,000 each, which is...
Chapter One In the land of curses and blessings, there was once a young princess who was locked into a tall red brick tower covered in bright green ivy in the middle of the deep dark enchanted woods by a misunderstood not so evil as every one believed old witch. The misunderstood not so evil as every one witch had tricked the King and Queen for their daught...
January 14th, 0001 A.A "It's hard to think it's been less then a month since this world fell into ruin." Eve says. On December 21st, giant towers grew into the sky across the world. We don't know why they rose, or where they came from, but all we know is that less then an hour after they ascended, monsters attacked the cities that surrounded them....
(Authors note: I'm finally satisfied with this intro.) Yograynia a world filled with magic and wonders, in this world existed the vast continent of Griogazias surrounded by a never-ending ocean which with it unknown land. Once the continent was ruled by the mighty Magus Empire, known for their silver white hair partner with their white cornea that made peopl...
It was a beautiful day for a walk, not too hot, not too cold and there was a light breeze. I met Lil at the entrance to the cemetery at a little after 1 on a Tuesday in June. Now, when I say cemetery, I don't want you to think of a sterile plain with lots of little rectangular stones all in a grid. This is a garden cemetery from the 1830's, it is more like a...
CHAPTER 4: AIR STONE Kimber and Jonath hiked along the path leading up along the mountainside. It had been a long journey already, they were deep into the mountain range and quite a distance up. Jonath was glad that Kimber had forced him to leave his armor behind temporarily at a village in the foothills, even though he was accustomed to the weight it would...
I. The Kalahari Plains were in truth no more than a vast, sun-scorched desert that lay between the ghoul haunted forest of Werewood to the west and the fertile river valleys of the Zanthar to the east. Here indeed was a place that Hathor, goddess spirit of nature, had long ago forsaken. Not a single living entity; bird, beast, or insect, made its home there...
The screaming woman brought everyone back into reality. Soon the stands were filled with two types of people, panicked people and people who seemed to trying to get a grasp of what was going on. Running, screaming and all around chaos could be seen and heard throughout the island. While many didn't believe what was going on, how could one prove the game mast...
It's getting late and the people on the beach are all starting to show how many beers or wine coolers they've had. They are turning up the music and some people are dancing. My boyfriend is deep in a baseball discussion with some guy from New York -- a Yankees vs. Red Sox thing that is completely irrelevant to me. The music is so loud now I nearly miss the...
It was a dream, as most things with you are. We were walking down the coastline, I don't know what was worse the sand in my shoes or walking barefoot along that very prickly beach, but I was with you so it didn't really matter anyway, I would have walked barefoot if I had to. "It's too bad you weren't here last week, you wouldn't believe the size of the wa...