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“Shit run.” Craig said as he rushed ahead of his buddies. Plucky stood waiting for the old crone to emerge from her house. His grandmother had nicknamed him that because he was always the first to investigate anything that could be slightly dangerous. He was living up to his name that day. He was tall but his body was well muscled, his green eyes were scrutinizing the doorbell he had just rang. Peewee ran back and tried to drag Plucky away to no avail. Plucky was determined to find out if th...

I met John Richmond for the first time when I was twelve, he was fresh from college and worked with my mother at the high school she was the principal of. Five years later he was my history teacher. I found my self making A’s just to impress him. Five more years and I became the newest literature teacher at my mothers school. John was still there and still the same he had not changed one bit. That year the debate teams was formed. I was asked to coach along with John. We spent every day toget...

Unmarkable Fifteen year old Sarah Archer was new to Borden, Mississippi. Sarah was tall and reed thin with red hair and green eyes. She was destined to be beautiful but was not past the awkwardness of adolescence. She entered Hilltop Cemetery at sunset on Friday afternoon, reliving her conversation at lunch with Melanie Parker the popular girl. “Seriously,” Melanie had said, “everyone does it. It’s like an initiation.” Melanie was skinny, her blond hair was natural but her blue eyes came from...