The locksmith challenged me to a duel.
He escaped the room quickly, and warned me from the other side to make it out before midnight.
“I can’t,” I conceded.
Only when the clock struck twelve times and the creature climbed through the window did I realize it had been open.
Anna Jones is a Louisiana high school student who enjoys short stories and musical theatre.
“Kill two birds with one stone,” Jenny had told me every day for a week. “Do it before it’s too late.” She grinned like a Cheshire cat when speaking these words on Saturday.
Unable to keep the secret any longer, I told her: “I already did. Took three stones, though.”
Anna is a fifteen-year-old writer, music lover, and high school student in New Orleans.
Wedding ring for sale! Made of real silver, beautiful inside engraving. Will sell for a starting price of $250.
Hardly worth that, the customers had said all day with a small, disapproving smile. It’s already been used.
What was I to do? He told me to get rid of it.
Anna is a high school student in Louisiana who enjoys dance, acting, and spending time with friends.