Still on the Road

Still on the Road

It was raining like the sky had split open. Sheets of water pounded the windshield, the wipers squealed helplessly against the downpour. Every bend in the road was a smear of darkness. In the passenger seat, Mei Lin twisted around to hush Ethan, who was whining...
Some People Have More Luck Than They Need

Some People Have More Luck Than They Need

Yvonne first met Celeste and Conrad on a Thursday evening that smelled like burnt coffee and rain. She’d ducked into a small café near her brother’s workplace; a cramped little place with cracked leather booths and a chalkboard menu that never changed. She waited for...
The Ones She Couldn’t Save

The Ones She Couldn’t Save

It was the trip everyone had been looking forward to for weeks. Yvette stood near the edge of the church compound, clutching the strap of her backpack. She was the new girl, again. Her dad had moved them here three months ago, and while he’d meant well by signing her...
The Day We Played Ouija in an Old Library

The Day We Played Ouija in an Old Library

Joelle had always found comfort in the library’s gloom. The ancient shelves, the smell of dust and fading paper, the cool hush … it was a cocoon for someone who devoured Christopher Pike and Anne Rice like holy texts. Her friends, Lynne and Sara, teased her for...
The Cat on the Roof

The Cat on the Roof

“Some say stray cats bring bad luck. Others say they bring something worse.” When I was a kid, our home was a mini petting zoo. Like, seriously. There were dogs barking in the yard, colorful canaries singing in the kitchen, guinea pigs squeaking from their cage, fish...