The Sphinx at Miller's Pool
The chlorine stung my nose as I hovered at the edge of Miller's pool, nursing my anxiety like a second-place trophy. Summer before sophomore year, and I was still the kid who broug...
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The chlorine stung my nose as I hovered at the edge of Miller's pool, nursing my anxiety like a second-place trophy. Summer before sophomore year, and I was still the kid who broug...
Maya's cat Bastet knocked over her phone again. The charging cable swung like a pendulum, hitting her desk with a clatter. "Dude, really?" Maya sighed, scooping up the orange tabb...
The cable had been out for three days when I found myself at the new padel courts, staring at a racket like it might bite me. My friends were all at baseball practice—the team I'...
Maya pulled her dad's old baseball cap down low, trying to disappear into the bleachers. The hat smelled like cedar and memories she didn't want to think about right now. "You com...
I knew showing up to Maya's party was going to be a mistake. My palms were already sweating before I even walked through the door, and I could feel my heart doing that weird flutte...
My iPhone 11 was already cracked when I stole it from my mom's nightstand. Three spiderweb lines across the screen, like evidence I'd been living a double life. The plan: sneak out...
Jordan's hands shook as he gripped the padel racket. It was his first day at the prestigious Pinewood Academy courts, and honestly? He was totally low-key freaking out. The cool ki...
Maya's kale smoothie sat untouched on the kitchen counter. Her mom's latest health phase meant spinach was now a food group, and Maya was pretty sure the green flecks in her teeth ...
I was basically the worst spy ever. Friday night while everyone else was at Tyler's party, I'm perched on my windowsill like some extra in a coming-of-age movie, watching Sam's ho...
Maya's palms were sweating—like, actually dripping—as she leaned against the palm tree at Jake's end-of-school party. She gripped her iPhone so hard her knuckles turned white, doom...
Maya's hair had declared war on her. At 7:43 AM on the first day of sophomore year, it puffed into a gravity-defying cloud of frizz that no amount of expensive product could tame. ...
Maya regretted agreeing to come to Tyler's pool party the moment she walked through the gate. Dozens of people in various states of undress lounged around the massive inground pool...