Coreopsis

Coreopsis 5

King James stood on the terrace overlooking the ‘back 40’, as his daughter Juliah called it. Rao soon joined him. “I know,” James spoke softly. “What are we to do?” They stood there in the silence of nature. She secretly wished her children could be as happy as the deerContinue reading “Coreopsis 5”

Coreopsis 4

Shyreka was once a war torn land. Two brothers: Simon and Phillip were as different as night and day. They kept the country in battle for 60 years. Over time 75% of the population had been decimated. Simon had tried five times to call a truce. Phillip would never agree. He wanted everythingContinue reading “Coreopsis 4”

Coreopsis 3

Jack sat in the dimly lit lab turning the letter over and over with trembling hands. He could tell nothing from the outside. It just looked like any other letter. But it wasn’t. It was from her. His stomach churned at the thought of what she had written. No, she couldn’t come. WithContinue reading “Coreopsis 3”

Coreopsis: preview

After dinner, he escorted her back to the main room of the train car. He took off his white coat exposing a white tee shirt underneath. He hung his coat in the closet where the porter stored her bags. He then kicked off his shoes side by side as if he had bent over andContinue reading “Coreopsis: preview”

I completely wrote this story when I was in high school. As an adult, I typed it up and changed almost every thing about this story except the characters names and personalities. However, I did change the Queen’s name from the original story. Coreopsis: Coreopsis also known as a tickweed, is used in gardening forContinue reading “Coreopsis “