WHY DO THEY LIE TO ME? • by Rohini Gupta
Why do they bother to lie to me? Don’t they know that I can see the truth? They come, they sit smiling at my table and they tell me stories which have no truth in them at all. I see… Continue Reading
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GOODBYE GIRL • by Shane D. Rhinewald
Anna disappeared on her ninth birthday. She excused herself from her party with a polite goodbye, went up to her room, and never returned. For a time, no one noticed her absence amid the chaos of clowns, piñatas, and dozens… Continue Reading
THE NEXT ICE AGE • by Paul Friesen
“Your wish is my command!” Jim stood in a snow-covered clearing where he’d stumbled upon a well. “… Were you hiding behind there?” he asked. “I said — your wish is my COMMAND!” “Green tweed? Aren’t you cold in that?”… Continue Reading
WISHFUL THINKING • by Sylvia Spruck Wrigley
“So that’s how it works.” Jean beamed at him and jiggled her hips slightly. “It’s quite simple, really.” He didn’t seem to be reacting. She furrowed her brow and then smiled a bit more forcefully. “So, go ahead then.” He… Continue Reading
ANONYMOUS • by Selena Thomason
Princess Laurel hated her life. It wasn’t that she had a wicked stepmother. Her mother was in fact very nice. It wasn’t that she was being forced to marry an unkind prince from a neighboring territory. Her father had married… Continue Reading