Not To Me, Not If It’s You

By: Alyssa Detwiler Clover was standing against the tree where they first met, her hip cocked out so she could lean with her upper body running parallel to the trunk. For once, the decision to meet up hadn’t been an easy one; Cricket was self-conscious of why he was absent all summer, and the nurses …

DUMB AND DUMBER

By: Michelle Nedboy and Alyssa Detwiler

DUMB and DUMBER

By: Michelle Nedboy and Alyssa Detwiler

Do You?

By: Alyssa Detwiler She stared, open-mouthed, as the words spilled out of his mouth. Literally. Fully formed words, not really solid but certainly visible, floating out in different colors before falling gently and vanishing into the ground. Her dad noticed her wide eyes and stopped his rant. “What’s the matter?” She shook her head, figuring …

Almost Getting Murdered in the Woods By My House

by Alyssa Detwiler I come from Chester, a very small town in Orange County that maybe five people have heard of. My house is far from the main town, hidden away in the woods. Last year, my girlfriend dragged me out to the lake where her friends went to get drunk, and we almost got …