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Hello Operator?

Hello Operator?

A Chapter by Julia Ledo


It seemed that I had just fallen asleep when I heard glass shatter. It jolted me awake. The hair on the back of my neck stood on end. Dad wasn't suppo..
Theodore

Theodore

A Chapter by Julia Ledo


That night Theo couldn’t sleep. Last I remember he was mumbling his fables. His soft words lulled me into unconsciousness. We had talked and tri..
The Where

The Where

A Chapter by Julia Ledo


He snuck out of my house with my father's clothes and went to get his things for school. He didn't make it there that day. Later I learned the police ..
Nothing

Nothing

A Chapter by Julia Ledo


Theo arrived late to the power lines. He carried the bat and the bags under his eyes from last night along with him. He still wore my father's clothes..
News Reports and Fist Fights

News Reports and Fist Fights

A Chapter by Julia Ledo


Rocking around on the bus, all the way to school I thought about the news story. Didn't they have any sympathy? Not even sympathy, compassion? Weren't..
F This and F that

F This and F that

A Chapter by Julia Ledo


He wasn’t home and I had an awkward introduction to his aunt. She was a large woman with a turnt up nose. Her stringy gray hair was pulled back ..
Palm Trees

Palm Trees

A Chapter by Julia Ledo


The boulder was divided. There was red headed Mitch, Jackie and most of the other girls, Derek, and I on one side and everyone else on the other. Mark..
Time Bomb

Time Bomb

A Chapter by Julia Ledo


It had been a few weeks since our midnight walk. It was the beginning of March and colder than what winter had been. Theo's mother was home now and he..
Thursday's Trash Day

Thursday's Trash Day

A Chapter by Julia Ledo


Death isn't a resolution, it's an unsatisfying ending. He was found by a fisherman. It was a thursday, because I was cursing the garbage men and their..
Roger Dodger

Roger Dodger

A Chapter by Julia Ledo


School hired a grief counsellor and I was one of the only students required to go. More often than not I stared at the man with silence for an hour. H..
Piano

Piano

A Chapter by Julia Ledo


I was there when they buried him. His mother had hugged me close and we both cried for the loss of life, the loss of intelligence and promise. We crie..
Piano Pieces

Piano Pieces

A Chapter by Julia Ledo


The thunderstorm arrived in more ways than one. Dad came home at midnight as lightning lit the sky and flashed through the windows. The usual banging ..
Piano Smithereens

Piano Smithereens

A Chapter by Julia Ledo


It was sometime before I got Derek to help me with the removal of Theo’s piano. I asked him to bring a bat. There it sat in the graveyard of spl..
How Arcas Changed My Life

How Arcas Changed My Life

A Chapter by Julia Ledo


Later on that night I put them on the bedside table in my room. As if I needed some reminder of him every morning. I suppose Derek was right though, I..
After School

After School

A Book by Xhia-mora


This book is a tale of when love, lust and sex become confused with each other. It will involve a teacher and two students in their last year of high ..
01 Rumbling In

01 Rumbling In

A Chapter by MattGriffPen


The opening chapter to my book Storm
Ten Bucks

Ten Bucks

A Story by Jesse Pruett


What should I do?
Dandelion

Dandelion

A Poem by Clara Kevie


You are a flowerSuspended in its peak,Beautiful for all to see.You can't changeHow beautiful you are,Nor can you see yourselfThe way others see you&he..
Bye Drunk

Bye Drunk

A Story by Jesse Pruett


I was drunk,I was intoxicated. A littleup.If,you getmy drift.***.I'm still wasted.How is my spelling?Wait.,.....IHadTodrink and smokeandlaterImighthav..