Fiction

It is hard to forget where I was when the bells started clanging: in the village market, a basket of potatoes over my arm, Gerda’s small hand hiding in mine. At the first ring, all movement stopped. As the bells rang louder and louder, pealing from one steeple to the next, everyone came out into … Read more

“I used to dream of being a princess,” my grandmother exhaled. I looked up from my book. “Grandmother! You’re awake!” She smiled gently and patted the ever-widening space on the bed next to her thigh. I tucked my bookmark into my spot, set the book on the uncomfortable chair, and gently lowered myself onto her … Read more

“All right, class. I think you’ll find this next example very interesting.” Master Phenna waved the next planet into the projection. “This is Earth. It really is quite unusual.” Several of us shifted in our seats; this lecture was dragging a bit and I just don’t have the appetite for ancient civilizations. But next to … Read more

I leaned back, my forearms resting on the lumpy picnic table as Josie peeled an orange, liberating its bright fragrance from the rind with her dirty fingernails. “Your parents are really making you move, huh?” I squinted across the park to her house with its “Sold” sign screaming in the lawn. “Yeah.” She pried apart … Read more