Elizabeth Lennox Posts
Davis’ Story…. The explosion caught Davis by surprise. One moment, he was adding a tiny bit of potassium iodide to the test tube half filled with hydrogen peroxide and the next moment, a black fog burst out of the test tube, forming a very impressive mushroom cloud that eventually dispersed all over the black counter […]
Dylan’s Story…. “Charge!” twelve year old Dylan yelled out. He prodded his horse with his heels and pointed his makeshift spear towards the other rider. Dylan jiggled his head slightly, trying to get his “helmet” to shift back so he could see through the holes. By the time he got his sight back, his best […]
Adriana’s Story…. “Eat your peas, Adriana,” her mother said. Adriana looked down at the green balls, disgusted. She’d even tried mushing them into her mashed potatoes, but discovered that her mother was doing the tricky cooking again. They weren’t mashed potatoes at all. Mash gruel was more like it. “The mashed potatoes taste funny,” she […]
Colt’s Story…. Colt rolled over and swore, as he did every morning, that he was going to strangle that rooster. He had dreams about gagging that bird with duct tape, then crawling back into bed and sleeping until the sun was hitting his face. He smiled at the dream, pulling the blanket up higher over […]
Walker’s Story…. He wasn’t going to cry, he commanded himself. Lugging his heavy suitcase up the stairs behind the social worker, Walker refused to give in to the tears that were threatening him. Emotions were bad. They were pointless and, even worse, he got slapped across the face or smacked with a leather belt if […]
Nina’s Story…. “You’re making a mistake,” she said to the boy next to her, pointing to something on his terminal screen as he clumsily tapped away at his keyboard. The boy ignored her. She focused on her own monitor, shaking her head because she knew he was going to find out the hard way that […]
Hannah’s Story…. Hannah almost groaned out loud as she looked down at the writing prompt. Was the teacher serious? “If you were an alarm clock, what would you do sixty, thirty and ten seconds before the alarm was scheduled to go off?” Hannah groaned. Couldn’t she do some math? Even an additional science project? Anything […]
Nikki’s Story… The girl looked normal enough, if a bit scruffy. Nikki didn’t trust her though. Nikki didn’t trust anyone. She used to trust her parents, but they’d gone and died on her. Killed by a stupid drunk driver! Nikki didn’t really understand what a drunk driver was, only that one had run into her […]
Brianna’s Story…. The teacher was whispering something to the principal. Brianna lifted her head and watched, then looked back down at her paper. As long as it gave her some extra time on her math test, she was unconcerned about whatever they might be discussing. She hated math and subtraction was the worst! Trying to […]
Rachel’s Story… Rachel walked into the classroom, her head down and her eyes focused only on the next linoleum square in front of her. Meeting anyone’s eyes could be painful, so she had learned to focus only on the tips of her sneakers, trying to hide her big toe when it popped out of the […]
