Part 1 I was eighteen when Mom took me to the hospital for sneezing too loudly, and that was when it all started. The hallway and emergency units were overcrowded with all kinds of people. A man in a wheelchair. A woman forcing her breast into the mouth of a wailing infant. […]
Stupid Heart In the enchanting town of Willowdale, where sunflowers bloomed in every colour of the rainbow and music filled the air, 17-year-old John lived a life filled with wonder. He spent his days attending Willowdale High, playing guitar in a local band, and exploring the surrounding woods with his best friends, Finn and Lily
One Mae Buba turned lazily on the bed. It was quarter to 5; an hour to her usual wakeup time. This wasn’t new, as she usually woke up before her phone alarm. She tried going back to sleep but her mind had other things it wanted to do. She threw off the blanket and got out of bed. Mae, the first of
At whatever stage you are, thank God and look up. This Dream To Remember by Esther Friday ©️2023 All Rights Reserved under International Copyright Laws. No portion of this publication must be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means, including reviews, and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law.
A Dream to Remember Read More »
CHAPTER 1 (JUDITH) Tears blurred my eyes as I watched my best friend, who had become more like a sister to me, stare at the doctor in shocked disbelief. Her lips moved but no words came out. I didn’t know what to feel. Why, of all times, could this be happening to Nisha? To us?
Lightning and Thunder Read More »
Time heals everything, they say. But no one speaks of what happens during that time. No one tells you how the memories creep up on you when you least expect them, how the laughter that once made your heart race now echoes in your emptiness. No one mentions how your body still moves in rhythm
Time Heals, But For How Long? Read More »
You know when they say love is beautiful? Well, let me just be truthful with you: love is not at all that beautiful. I know you must be wondering why I will be saying this—the best answers in my journal or book, anyone you call it—164 days with you. I remembered when we first met
COMPLETELY MINE That night, Hosea wasn’t expecting a visitation, not after what he had carnally feasted his eyes on during the day. It had been gruesome, disgusting even, but he still watched, especially at the most alluring object of the whole scene, until the mounting pressure in his chest grew too much for him to
EPISODE 01 “The Traveling” Kamsi stood in the dusty museum archive, the worn leather journal in her hands. She had been studying the artifact for weeks, trying to uncover its secrets. But something about it continued to elude her. As she turned the brittle pages, a small compartment opened in the book’s spine. Inside, she
LOVE ACROSS TIME “Finding Hannah” (on going) Read More »
The dual earth-shattering news hit Helen on her fourteenth birthday. Her parents were getting divorced. And her childhood best friend, Edward, had suddenly relocated abroad with his family. That night, she cried profusely. Why was everything she’d come to cherish falling apart? Maybe she wasn’t worth loving. Even though, years later, she was successfully running
