The following was written for Germ's May Writing Challenge. So, I’m going to do this. Just write and write and write. I don’t even really need to think about it. I love to write, and this is everything I need to make sure that I can write and be whole with the thing I love. Adventure is something I’ve always…
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Adventure by Darya Mirrazavi
The following was written for Germ's May Writing Challenge. Adventure. One word, 8 letters. Its means the liberty to follow your dreams. It represents the road you’ve chosen. How will you spend your only life on this earth? I like to think of it as a fun park. You’ve got a few hours, and a world of rides ahead. Will…
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Euphoria by Erica
The following was written for Germ's May Writing Challenge. What is love? Google defines love as “an intense feeling of deep affection”. Yahoo claims it to be “a strong feeling of affection and concern toward another person, as that arising from kinship or close friendship”. Wikipedia identifies it as “a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes that ranges from…
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Adventure Is Life by Clara Addari
The following was written for Germ's May Writing Challenge. While I sit here the only thing I can think of is how much it is hard to find time for yourself. I’m currently in the midst of the exam storm and it is really hard to keep everything together , but you have to, or you’ll drown in the storm’s…
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Emergency Poodle Skirt Hunting by Mary Elizabeth Brown
The following was written for Germ's May Writing Challenge. I pull up to the crooked curb outside her house and wait. I hate the bent curb so much, and I don’t even bother to park my car better. I send a text message, “Emergency road trip, I’m at your house to pick you up.” She texts back “What?!!! !When?” “Right…
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Part 6: How Mrs. Johnson’s Home for Broken Boys Came to Be by Jerri Sparks
The 6th installment in Mrs.Johnson's Home for Broken Boys. There have only been two people I couldn’t save in all of the encounters I’ve had with broken boys in my life: one of them I married, the other one I murdered. But no one really knows about that except for me. Well, everyone in town knows I married a broken…
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NaNoWriMo Finish Line
Hey, Germs! We’ve come to the end of NaNoWrimo. After thirty days of writing, how many words have you cranked out? I dropped out this year, but you know what? That’s okay. Even if you don’t win NaNoWriMo, you’ve accomplished something really great. You started a novel; you made progress on something. You started. That’s the hard part. But for…
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Part 5: A Hard Landing — Jimmy Returns by Jerri Sparks
The 5th installment in Mrs.Johnson's Home for Broken Boys. On my last day in North Carolina I could hardly sleep. I was about to see Jimmy the cinnamon boy again, the boy who gave me my first kiss ten years earlier — the boy who, in my mind, was so real and so filled with hope. I was so…
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NaNoWriMo Check In
Hey, Germs! We’re in the month of November, which means we have officially begun National Novel Writing Month. I’m doing alright, and I’m enjoying the story I’m working with. It’s one I’ve been wanting to work on for ages but haven’t had much of a chance to. So, I figured it was perfect for NaNoWriMo. You can be my writing…
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The Opposite of Ending by Arielle Trager
As each day stretched me further from the first, I began to think that you never really fall out of love. I began to think you just learn to feel more things at once. Like, I love you, and I’m leaving. Like, I love you and I left and I’m starting to like someone else. Like I love you and…
