Lightning Strike at the Fair
The mechanical bull sat in the middle of the county fair like a personal challenge to my entire existence. Which, yeah, I know how dramatic that sounds. But when Maya—she of the pe...
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The mechanical bull sat in the middle of the county fair like a personal challenge to my entire existence. Which, yeah, I know how dramatic that sounds. But when Maya—she of the pe...
Martha knelt in her garden bed, knees creaking like the old floorboards in her childhood home. At seventy-three, she'd learned that everything eventually makes itself known — the s...
The goldfish circled its bowl in endless repetitions, its orange scales catching the morning light that streamed through the kitchen window of my parents' house. I watched it while...
Evelyn sat on the worn wooden dock, her feet dangling just above the water. The lake had been in her family for three generations, its surface reflecting the morning sun like scatt...
The fluorescent lights of the school cafeteria buzzed like an angry hornet. Maya slouched in her chair, perfectly blending into the linoleum. That was her superpower—invisibility. ...
Maya's first real high school party was supposed to be legendary. Instead, she ended up hiding in a bathroom with some random sophomore's emotional support **bear**—a matted stuffe...
Lily loved visiting her grandmother's house by the river. Every morning, she would go running down the path to the water's edge, where the river sparkled like diamonds in the sunli...
Maya pulled the brim of her dad's old fedora down low over her eyes, transforming into the world's most awkward detective. For three days, she'd been playing spy in her own high sc...
Maya's heart did that stupid flutter thing whenever Jake looked her way. Which was exactly why she was hiding behind the snack bar, pretending to be deeply fascinated by a bag of c...
The chlorine stung my eyes, but I kept them open. Watching. "You coming in or what?" Maya called from the deep end, doing that thing where she treaded water with zero effort while...
Martha watched from her porch as six-year-old Leo ran circles around the old maple tree, his sneakers beating a rhythm against the grass. The boy moved with that boundless energy o...
Maya stood at the edge of the pool, clutching her towel like a lifeline. The water sparkled with that impossibly blue chlorine sheen, and inside the pool, bodies splashed and laugh...