“Will that be all, your majesty?” The scribe says after safely tucking the scroll under his arm and securing the pen to his hat. “Yes, I...

The gravel crunched and slid under the weight of the stopping wagon wheel. I turned to look at the path going left of me then the one...

Ida B. Wells was born on July 16, 1862 to James Wells and Elizabeth Warrenton, Black slaves who were freed during the Emancipation...

Little Persian speedwell, Creeping slowly up a wall. Sees a shadow stretched out tall, On the worn, Paris street. It clings to an...

The creak of the wood contracting from the waves downs out the sounds of the miserable crew. Seven months on a leaky ship and we have run...

In a small village, tucked between vast, rolling hills and dense forests, lived a girl named Mika. She had an unwavering passion for...

This is the fine print. If you can read this, you don’t need glasses. Don’t expect a refund, or for your product to ever reach your home....

We. A word that represents togetherness. We need to rid the world of this sickness, this pandemic that plagues the earth. The hatred that...

Dear Helene, You had your time to thrash about, And, my oh my, do you like to pout. Just like an infant you are, To make a mess of my...

In 1932, at the age of ten, I decided to join the medical field and be a doctor. In 1966, I took the life of my last victim and of a...

Mary should have been home four hours ago. Her father will be home if he isn’t already there, to find his wife missing and his parents...

I want so desperately to weigh my guilt on a scale of punishment; to torment myself, to make my mind unsafe to live. If only I could...

All I could do was watch, stare, study. The Victorian sat on the corner of a small intersection with sidewalks trimming the edges. The...

Life is fragile. I know this to be true because I have seen so many shatter, and have been the cause of shattering. I watch. I study. I...

In the early summer month of June, just before the spring weather melted away, the cherry tree in the corner of my yard bore fruit. Small...

“Maid!” Damselle screams from her bedroom. A young female servant scurries into her room, bowing low once she reaches the princess. The...

I had never been called uncle by any other child. My siblings, from the little I can remember of them, had no children. Nor any...

In my youth, I was trained to be a surgeon. For seven and a half years I dedicated myself to learning everything about the human physique...

What am I going to do? Prince Charming thinks. He has been pacing in his office for the past half hour, drenched in a cold sweat. The air...

Forgiveness is the cruelest revenge. The words “I forgive you” burn hotter than molten glass and shatter the heart far quicker. It is...