It keeps getting colder…
This weather is impossible
I can’t wait until summer
When this crisis is over
When the snow melts
And the leaves, flowers, and grass bloom
I won’t...
Chapters 1 -4 of this novel were published in previous editions of The Beacon.
Steve stared at Bill as he kept crying. Then he sprung into action.
“Bill, I am so sorry, I didn’t know…” Steve...
I stood there, frozen with fear. Tears started to roll gently down my face as I shook up with fear.
Steve looked up at me.
“M-McKayla… go get the others… t-they can h-help me…”...
Girls, they are evil.
Girls are monsters.
Girls.
Like venomous snakes that strike on the weak.
Like cannibals eating their own.
Mean and wicked.
"Popular" girls are the worst of...
What if our futures were inscribed in the stars?
If stars formed a direct path for success or failure
And life or death
How would you live your life?
Would you live it to the fullest?
Taking...
Everyone has heard about opera, but few actually listen to it. The first words that automatically come to mind when people hear the word, “opera,” are probably “loud, powerful, and high (high relating...
Chapters 1 and 2 of this novel were published in previous editions of The Beacon.
Everyone gasped in unison. Even Hawking raised his eyebrows in surprise.
“Why would you do that?!” I asked him.
“I...
Dear Rachel
others see you
as vulnerable
but in your heart
you know
you are strong
Dear reader
I'm sorry
I've led you to this
false impression of me
I...
Quick question for you
Do you know the difference between 10 and 104?
You’d say yes; 94
But I say, the 10
It means much more
All of our faces
Stuffed in our phones
The screens all...
Things change every day
even if we want them to stay the same
Everything around me changes
every second
of every day
The clock ticks as time goes by
The sky changes as the...
Christmas time is coming
Spirits are high
Smiles are big
And presents are expected
But most important
Families will be together
Sitting together by the fire
Treasuring not only the...
Chapter 1 of this novel was published in a previous edition of The Beacon.
The three of us tried to get the ship working, but we figured out that all the directions were written in Spanish.
“Oh...
