Shai Moss
That punching bag didn't stand a chance.
His wrapped fists made rapid repeated contact with the weighted leather. He'd been going at this for a half hour now, slowly building intensity until it seemed he was putting everything he felt into that bag like it was personal.
His muscles...
Peg Walker
As Moses agreed to help her, Peg's lips immediately spread into a grin. "Thank you!" She beamed and made a kiss sound into the phone. "I'll eat whatever you bring." She believed that by now he at least had an idea of what she liked, but even if not, she wouldn't complain. She needed...
Shaun Cianciola
The crowd moving in to the campus reminded him of downtown Pretoria. There seemed to be twice as many people out for every car on the street and they were all hustling and bustling, and filling the area with laughs, shouts, and honking horns. It made him all the more grateful...
Peg Walker
Moving out was always the worst part of school, at least, until Peggy Jean remembered what moving in was like. As a habitual person, moving in a week prior to classes was her norm. However, as she sat in her truck stuck in traffic, she wished she had reconsidered the necessity to...
Nanook Ochoa
Nanook had come a long way since the first article he'd submitted his freshman year at his college in Vermont. Four years later, he wouldn't have imagined he'd be reporting live on the home game of one of the biggest schools in the country. Unfortunately, the game ended in the...
Shaun Cianciola & Acadia Brinson
She turned immediately, her body language and tone seemingly appalled and Shaun wasn't exactly sure how he was gonna regroup... until her eyes met him and a smile crossed her lips. Even he smiled - one part out of relief, the other out of admiration for those...
LW Walker
College had always been more of an expectation than a want in LW's life, even though his parents didn't necessarily force it on him. Now, don't get him wrong - he was never opposed, just neutral. Although his sister probably knew him the best, he'd never directly tell her that she...
Shaun Cianciola
...And so it begins.
A hand glided the sheet in search of the sounding alarm coming from the phone tucked somewhere beneath, around, or near his pillow. His arm finally stretched toward the head of the bed and upon feeling the hard screen, he tapped at it aimlessly until...
Shaun Cianciola
Shaun observed the different shades, shapes, and styles that made up the crowd, and the sight gave him a mild sense of nostalgia as it reminded him of home. He felt a sense of relief in simply watching everyone casually mingle versus the more serious tone that seemed to loom...
Zay & Peg
Maybe he would have been a little more useful than he was if he hadn’t been drugged up as much as he was. Then again, he probably wouldn’t have been useful at all if he hadn’t. He had agreed to help Saruh with this, especially since he had helped put on other shows (and performed in...
Shaun Cianciola
The first week had come and gone by in nearly a blur. There had been so much to take in and get used to. Hell, Shaun was still getting used to feeling like he fit in. He was surrounded by all these fancy and driven academics when he was barely confident in the major he'd chosen...
Peg Walker
Peg had to admit she felt old as she walked through a sea of, presumably, majority freshman. Granted, three years wasn't much difference, but when it came to academics, it felt like a lifetime. Transferring to such a large school proved more taxing than she imagined, but the only...
Angeli Villanueva & Lukas Brinson
Although finding Lukas in her group session had been displeasing, Angeli hadn't expected his voice to be like nails to a chalkboard. She'd nearly forgotten how much contempt she had for the sharp-tongued boy. His comments had struck her as unnecessary - at...
Angeli Villanueva
Although she stayed focused on her notebook, Angeli could see the last of the students flow in out of the corner of her eye. It wasn't until she heard the door close that she finally lifted her head to see the all-too-familiar Dr. Johnson along with a new woman who didn't...
Angeli Villanueva
'Bing bing. Bing bing. Bing bing.'
Angeli groaned as the reminder of group session chimed through her phone alarm. She picked it up with a scoff, turning off the alarm before closing the large book of medical terms on her lap and pushing it aside. As long as she had been...
Brice Tang & Lee Tan
Outside, the air was noticeably more brisk than earlier and Brice flipped up the collar to his peacoat and tucked his chin in an attempt to shield the exposed skin. The cold was a minor discrepancy that he typically wouldn’t bother to respond to given the short distance...
Kinipela Masoli & An Vinh Phan
After the brief call, Kinni managed to put her phone down in her lap which almost immediately was disturbed by a vibration as Vinh had responded to the group text. Confirming that she was definitely coming, but mainly to Odi. She couldn’t wait to see her friend...
An Vinh Phan
A dark blur rushed in through the doors of Smile Jun in a fashion seemingly inappropriate for the restaurant's poised and prestigious demographic. This caused the greeter to look up with a bit of a startled and wide-eyed expression although the newcomer's skateboard had made on...