Author: Ember Frost

• The Vacation

  It was the first night of her solitary vacation, and there was work to do. Cathryn Tacey rode various buses up I-95 from Virginia to the Maine-New Hampshire border, with…

  

• I went Out To Sea

  I went out to sea To see if I could swim No lifeguard behind me There’s no one beside me I throw myself in the deep end Cause I don’t…

  

• Who’s That Girl?

  Who’s that girl looking at me in the mirror? I see her face every single day— The long brown hair, eyes as blue as sees, But I don’t recognize her,…

  

• How Will I Rest In Peace?

  The poor girl never saw the car coming. She did everything right—looked both ways before crossing the street, only one earbud in use to maintain situational awareness, waited until the…

  

• Story Of One Second

  My life is about to end. Tires screech as I roll into the intersection. Out my left-side window, I see a tractor trailer barreling toward me at speeds far too…

  

• Behind Closed Doors

  The night is boring, like every other night in the seven years of her life. Averlie plays with her dolls in her room. Daddy is out like he always is…

  

• Sonnet 3: A wolf Bays At the Moon

  A wolf bays at the moon, so full, so bright, Unable to escape her prison cell. No Wild beast should put up such a fight In Freedom’s name. So desperate…

  

• Primis Chapter Four: Police Interview

  The interview takes place in an interrogation room. Zebedee Berhanu and Jameson “James” Albi sit on one side of the metal table, with Sebastian and Paige on the other side.…

  

• You Are A Tattoo On My Waist

  You are a tattoo on my waist, A constant reminder of What you did to me in haste. You are a tumor in my brain, Destroying me from inside. I…

  

• Whispers

  Emilia wakes up in a cold sweat, staring at the digital clock blaring 3:47 A.M., startled awake by the same nightmare that has plagued her sleep for the past nine…