Blue Birds Fly
A little poem for a little family and the great tragedy that ripped them apart.…
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Clockwise- ✔
{ONC SHORTLISTED/ROUND 2 AMBASSADOR PICK}Author, Andrew Anderson isn't prepared to mourn his child. Thus, he simply wills all grief away. But he can't keep the act up forever. When the writer finds himself waking up every morning in a new decade of American history, only for the time loop of death and confusion to continue, Andrew must enlist the help of a strange doctor to make a sacrifice that will hopefully send him to his true home. Written for ONC 2021, Clockwise follows Andrew's journey through time and tragedy with chapters stylized for their corresponding time periods.…
Generations & Genocide
"A Genocide begins with the killing of one man- Not for what he's done, but because of who he is." -Kofi AnnanGenerations & Genocide tells the stories of three parents and their children, of three different minorities facing the atrocities other humans have forced upon them: Native Americans in 1813, African slaves in 1862, and Jewish Germans in 1943.…
Quick and Painless: A Satirical Reimagining of the Invention of the Guillotine
(ON HIATUS)After being thrown off the social pyramid when he had a child with a black girl, Andreas Moreau gets a second chance when he's asked by the man he works for, Antoine Louis, to help build a new invention of his; The beautiful execution machine that would give justice to all: the Guillotine.With the hopes of buying his wife out of slavery and creating a future for his son, Andreas complies and feeds Louis' idea. He can't predict the impact the Guillotine would have on his country, let alone the world.Told in a series of letters, Quick and Painless is a story of family, devotion, and catastrophe.-Cover by @Unevenfeets…
Edgar, Al, and Poe
What do you do when the world has wronged you? What do you do when life is boring? What do you do when you and your only two friends have names like a famous poet? You become cereal killers, that's what. And what do you base your murders off of? Classic literature, of course.Edgar Al and Poe is a dark comedy television series, about a bada** trio of criminals with murders based on classic literature stories, like "A Tell-Tale Heart," "The Crucible," "The Landlady" and more.…
For Experimental Purposes Only
David Holland had an amazing idea: have a single guy raise three foster children for one year. He just didn't assume that he would have to be that guy. So now he has three children living in his attic and no plan whatsoever. Jason Colwin chooses to be invisible. It's easier that way. Why talk if there's no one to listen? Why smile when there's no one to see? Vee Perez has always resorted to violence. Maybe not the healthiest option, but it sure is the most effective.Isa Butler: the seven-year-old living in her fantasies. She's a princess and the world is a kingdom full of witches and peasants and dragons and wizards. Can all four of them really cooperate to become the family that neither one of them has?…
The True Confessions of Captain Doyle
"I can't wait for the passengers to board," I mentioned as we were waiting for the passengers to arrive. "How come?" asked Barlow. "She's excited to talk with the boy who's supposed to come." Zachariah teased, with a stupid grin stretching across his face. "That isn't why," I quickly stated. It only made his grin wider and his eyebrows raise as to convince me I was lying to myself. I thought about why I was inpatient and restated my answer. "Well, I suppose that is why. But not in the way you make it sound." "I sure hope not," Barlow began once more "I hear that that child's father is quite the critic and isn't going to make this a pleasant voyage for us. I also hear that he's heard of Captain Jaggery and is skeptical of the story you've invented."-----This was a project I did for school. Basically it's a short sequel to "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle".…