The Pleading Letter

I've been saving this piece of charcoal to write a letter with for years or so it feels. The dim halls that are only lit by a few small torches make it impossible to tell the passage of time. It was daytime when they brought me here but heaven knows how long it's been since …

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The Hidden Library: Turning Point (chapter four)

One deep breath after another that's all I have to do. One deep breath after another. What was that? Turning to see nothing but the endless shelves; my stomach sinks. One step after another; the pace quickens. I race past the bookshelves. Curses float around my head as I make sharp turns. Two to the …

The Hidden Library: The Books (chapter 3)

He scrunches up his nose and glares down at me. "Excuse you." I push myself up. "You heard me." He huffs; we keep eye contact. His emerald green eyes meet my dark brown eyes. He breaks eye contact; he starts pulling stuff off the table. "Who are you?" He looks back up at me. "Be …

NaNoWriMo (Surprise update!)

NaNoWriMo stands for national novel writing month. Now, what exactly is NaNoWriMo? Well, NaNoWriMo is to help give writers a reason to write their first draft. It starts on the stroke of midnight on November 1 and ends when November ends. The goal is to write 50,000 words or more over the course of 30 …

The Hidden Library: Beyond the Abyss (chapter 2)

The stairs seem to draw me down into the black abyss making it impossible for me to remove my eyes. "How?" something pokes into the side of my arm. I peel my eyes off the stairs to look down at the object poking me. It was a bronze key that seems worn by time. "Tell …

The Hidden Library: The Forgotten Door (chapter 1)

I stick my arm through the bars of the door; I feel around in the dark behind it but it feels empty. Not like there wasn't a wall more like it was fake. It was as if the darkness wasn't really there. I look down to my hand to see ripples in the darkness where …