Part 1
Chapter 1: The Broken Soldier. Top Story - November 2023.
The forest path was uneven. He felt every rise and divot in the earth, every loose stone that twisted under his boot. With every step, his leg complained with a bright pinch of pain as if to remind him that he was - in fact - broken. He couldn’t decide which was worse, the walk to the cabin that he was now forced to call home, or the wagon ride through Wolf’s Pass; a jostling, hellish ordeal over the border that made him question his sanity. At least in the wagon he still had his brothers with him.
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Basic Training
Note: I wrote this opening chapter as part of a challenge with a separate online page. I wondered if I would win by entering into the mind of a drill sergeant dealing with new recruits and introducing them to their weapon. The language is very rough, as it has always been with military training. It is necessary for the mentality that the average soldier will need for facing combat and the possibility of death.
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My high school sweetheart
Love isn't it funny? My name is Alex, and i will tell you about my high school sweetheart billy.He was amazing and cute but he could be rude and not so great. We became close friends my third year of high school and his last year. He was a smoker and so was i, and that is how it started. My home life wasn't amazing my mom died two years ago and my dad was abusive.
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Eternal Echoes
In the bustling halls of Jefferson High School, amidst lockers and laughter, two souls embarked on a journey that would etch their names in the chronicles of teenage love. Meet Alex, a quiet artist with a heart painted in hues of vulnerability, and Emma, a spirited bookworm whose laughter echoed through the corridors like a melody.
By Nwankwo Amarachi2 years ago in Chapters
Invisible - Part 1
The putrid air penetrated his senses as he tried to remember how he ended up in the dungeons far below the castle. Rubbing his head, Maik closed his eyes and fought another wave of nausea. He lost the battle as the last remnants in his stomach spilled onto the stone floor.
By KA Stefana 2 years ago in Chapters
The Black & White World of 1938
I think we see the world from eighty-five years ago only in stark black and white. Old photos, old movies, old stories. And the rules and social mores were pretty much in black and white, too. The greys of culture then were hidden, attempting to blend in and disappear, even though there was some pushing still going on for the greys. But pretty much, in those days, as I see it, people didn't have too much time to rebel because they were too busy putting food on the table. After all, it was near the closing of a decades long Great Depression. So, it was indeed, a basic black and white existence. I try to hold onto all of what I have left of my family from that era in a few of those old photos, some stories, handwritten letters, and other scattered memorabilia. But the problem is, that the story from my family's 1938 life needed some factual answers and some color. I wanted to uncover the true story of their lives. I wanted to really get to know them. They deserved it and I needed to learn from them.
By Shirley Belk2 years ago in Chapters
