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The Naughty List
People love a good elf story. Think: Long-haired and long-legged Legolas gliding across the mountaintops of New Zealand, brandishing his bow to vanquish your foes and then sweeping you off your feet…yeah, I wrote my share of teen fanfiction back in the day.
By Holly Pheni2 years ago in Fiction
Busting Balls
He had many nicknames, but usually preferred to be addressed as Red Power Ranger. My blonde-haired, blue-eyed, cherub of a brother was born the year I turned thirteen. His name was Gabriel – like the Christmas angel – and he sometimes believed he could fly.
By Holly Pheni2 years ago in Families
Ocean Therapy
The slight boy kept his head down, allowing his long curls to curtain his face. Spurning his classmates’ raucous game of Who can scare the fish? Kaleo opted not to slap obnoxiously on the glass of each exhibit they passed. They better not do that when we see her.
By Holly Pheni2 years ago in Fiction
- Top Story - September 2022
The Painted Dragon
What I paint comes to life. It’s happened for as long as I can remember. Ever since I was in nursery school and my fingerprint penguin hopped up and waddled off the page, enchanting my classmates and alarming the teacher. She had called home immediately and my mother had come to collect me, but not before seeing with her own eyes the marvelous living painting.
By Holly Pheni2 years ago in Fiction
Extra
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. Yet I hear Mother scream in frustration from down the corridor of our station. My dear parents have been at it for hours. For years. Ever since what happened to the Kline family. “I just want to go home!” I hear her sob. “It’s all because of that…that…” There was murmuring I couldn’t make out from our bedroom. A final shriek, “It’s tearing me apart inside! I can feel it!”
By Holly Pheni2 years ago in Horror