This story is from the perspective of Bruno, a nine year old boy living in Berlin, Germany. In the beginning, Bruno moves with his family from Berlin to a place that he calls “Out-with.” Throughout, you see his confusion about what’s going on around him. Why did his family have to move? Bruno wants to go back to Berlin where his friends are, and where his grandparents are. Looking out his bedroom window, he sees in the distance a fence, and beyond that fence, he sees […]
The Winter Over
Would you go to Antarctica for nine months, where it would be dark for two-thirds of the time you are there? A place that you would not be able to leave unless it was in an emergency? This is where we meet our characters. They have just spent the past three months in Antarctica and a small group is preparing to stay for the winter, for what is called the “Winter Over.” Most of the people at the base, only forty are staying behind. Just as […]
The Life We Bury
Joe Talbert is a typical college student, procrastinating assignments until the last minute. And this assignment is a big one. He has to interview an elderly person and write a biography about that person for a class. Having no family nearby, he finds himself driving to a nearby nursing home. After talking with the director, he is introduced to a resident, Carl Iverson. Carl had spent the last 30 years in prison after being convicted of murder and rape of his fourteen year old neighbor. […]
Everything We Keep
Imagine. You’re engaged to your childhood sweetheart. It’s your wedding day. But instead of wearing white, you’re wearing black. It’s the church you were supposed to be married in, but instead of attending a wedding, you’re attending a funeral. And not just any funeral, but the funeral of you’re fiancé. This is where we meet Aimee. Instead of spending what’s supposed to be the best day of her life celebrating her marriage and future with her new husband, she is burying him instead. He was left […]