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The Colored Keys

The Colored Keys

A Book by Bridea Mai


Hayton Hancock's world is as colorful as his social life- non existent and dead. But when he hears the sound of a haunting melody, it ignites a spark..
Piano In The Dark

Piano In The Dark

A Poem by Emily


What song does it play?
A MATTER OF PRACTICE.

A MATTER OF PRACTICE.

A Story by Terry Collett


A 14 YEAR OLD GIRL AND HER MOTHER AND A BOY AND A SCHOOL IN 1962
The Lake

The Lake

A Book by Julia Ledo


What started out as a first line prompt and two songs I was inspired by that was only supposed to be three pages has turned into what I have now been ..
Tired

Tired

A Chapter by Julia Ledo


Things went on as they always do. Derek and the boys went to the porridge most nights. They always tried to goad Theo into coming. He always refused. ..
Derek and Red-Headed Mitch

Derek and Red-Headed Mitch

A Chapter by Julia Ledo


With school returning in full force, Theo's classes kept him busy. I didn't get to see him under the powerlines at night and listen to his fables. I w..
Higgins

Higgins

A Chapter by Julia Ledo


Derek took me to Higgins after school the next day to make it up to me. Theo could spend his breaks with us. He sat us at a table in the back with all..
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..