They told me the sky would stay blue. I remember that. The voice on the radio – calm, official – said, “Remain where you are. Help is coming.” And so I believed them. I believed that if I stayed still long enough, the sky would stay blue and someone would come walking through the water … Read more
It was dark. Thomas Augustine Marcell hoped to find a place to land and repair his ship, but the storm took that out of his mind. Now, all he wanted to do was not die. He set the automated signal, S-O-S, and landed safely on the shore of a speck of dirt on an … Read more
This story contains sensitive content Note: Language, slight gore, and drugs are mentioned. A Night at Sea It was dark. Rain, slightly heavier than a mist, began to fall. If my hair weren’t soaked, the moisture would collect like morning dew. Water streamed down my face and dripped off my chin. I tried to capture … Read more
There was a little boy who was about twelve. His name was Donald. He ended up getting lost from his friends at a sports event. It was a baseball game. It was for a team his friend liked. There were about four or five other friends. Everyone was together and they were enjoying their time … Read more
Squashed together with six other strangers, I melted in the scorching desert breeze, scuba diving kit all donned up, ready to jump from the weather-beaten wooden platform. ‘Yallah, yallah! Go! Go!’ Captain Ahmed yelled at us divers, his long, discoloured galabeya flapping in the wind. Bent by the heavy tanks on our backs, we shuffled … Read more