The Following

This story is by Stephen James and was part of our 2022 Fall Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. Light refracts off grains of sand with a somber gentleness. Scattered about the sandbox are toys; a yellow plastic dump truck, a tiny red shovel, and a blue bucket. None of them…

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Northern Sunrise

This story is by Stephen James and was part of our 2022 Spring Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. Droplets of blood stained the knife and cutting board, though none of it touched Alexander’s now crust-less PB & J sandwich.   Alexander was in the living room watching morning cartoons….

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