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Almost/Could have been Contestant List

Who would you like to have seen become a companion?

Rules for further suggestions:

Must have met the Doctor

I know Jago and Litefoot are popular but I am not including anyone from Talons as a matter of principle

Not someone you could already call a companion (some exceptions may be made on a case by case basis)

Not necessary, but ideally someone who would have said yes in the right circumstances

There's no other restrictions on the kinds of characters to include, just anyone you wanted to come on further adventures in the TARDIS

Current List under the cut (there will be a group stage if necessary to bring this down to an appropriate number ie a power of 2, so do not worry about suggesting more)

60s

Jenny (The Dalek Invasion of Earth)

Bret Vyon (The Daleks Master Plan)

Anne (The Massacre)

Sam Briggs (The Faceless Ones)

Isobel (The Invasion)

Astrid Ferrier (Enemy of the World)

70s

Miss Hawthorne (The Daemons)

Bellal (Death to the Daleks)

Lish Toos (The Robots of Death)

D84 (Robots of Death)

Rodan (The Invasion of Time)

Duggan (City of Death)

80s

Todd (Kinda)

Richard Mace (The Visitation)

Will Chandler (The Awakening)

Chela (Snakedance)

Norna (Frontis)

Janet (Terror of the Vervoids)

The DJ (Revelation of the Daleks)

Ray (Delta and the Bannermen)

Mags (The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)

Shou Yuing (Battlefield)

Sabalom Glitz (Various)

EU

Ruby Duvall

RTD

Jabe (The End of the World)

Harriet Jones (Aliens of London / World War Three

Lynda (Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways)

Mrs Moore (Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel)

Jake (Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel & Army of Ghosts / Doomsday)

Sally Sparrow (Blink)

Timothy (Human Nature / The Family of Blood (could have his name wrong))

Joan Redfern (Human Nature / The Family of Blood)

Professor Yana (Utopia)

Chan Tho (Utopia)

Tom (The Last of the Time Lords / The Sound of Drums)

Astrid Peth (Voyage of the Damned)

Alonzo (Voyage of the Damned)

Ross (The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky)

Jenny (The Doctor’s Daughter)

Hath Peck (The Doctor’s Daughter)

Rosita (The Next Doctor)

Lady Christina de Souza (Planet of the Dead)

Adelaide Brooke (The Waters of Mars)

Moffat

Nasreen Chaudry (The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood)

Craig Owens (The Lodger & Closing Time)

Kazran (A Christmas Carol)

Abigail (A Christmas Carol)

Canton Everette Deleware III (Day of the Moon)

Rita (The God Complex)

Lorna (A Good Man Goes to War)

Madge Arwell (The Doctor the Widow and the Wardrobe)

Brian Williams (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)

John Riddell (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)

Nefertiti

Petronella Osgood (Various)

Kate Stewart (Various)

Madame Vastra (Various – The Paternoster Gang)

Jenny (Various – The Paternoster Gang)

Strax (Various – The Paternoster Gang)

Journey Blue (Into the Dalek)

Psi (Time Heist)

Saibra (Time Heist)

Perkins (Mummy on the Orient Express)

Courtney Woods (Kill the Moon)

Rigsy (Flatline & Face the Raven)

Maebh (In the Forest of the Night)

Shona (Last Christmas)

Cass (Under the Lake / Before the Flood)

Me (The Girl Who Died / The Woman Who Lived & various)

Missy (Various)

Heather (Pilot & The Doctor Falls)

Erica (Pyramid at the End of the World)

Danny Pink

Chibnall

Bel (Flux)

Vinder (Flux)

Claire (Flux)

Jericho (Flux)

Spinoffs

Luke Smith (The Sarah-Jane Adventures)

Clyde Langer (The Sarah-Jane Adventures)

Rani Chandra (The Sarah-Jane Adventures)

Gwen Cooper (Torchwood)

Ianto Jones (Torchwood)

Tosh Sato (Torchwood)

[hannahecareyauthor]

What are you reading? I’m finishing up Good Things Come by Linda Shantz this weekend and getting ready to start the next book in the series, All The Little Things, along with The Circle of Ceridwen by Octavia Randolph.

Books Featured:

⭐️Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

⭐️ Stirring Up Love by Chandra Blumberg

⭐️ Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn

[hawkinsburnshq]

mwf characters and fcs pls

        ( ! )  oh do i have answers for you ! first and foremost: ROBIN BUCKLEY. robin buckley ? robin buckley !!!! i’d also love to see : joyce byers, karen wheeler, tammy thompson, eden bingham, kali prasad (008), heather holloway, ms. kelly, carol perkins, alice creel (i mean ... the dead are back !!!), becky ives, oc experiments, angela, jennifer hayes, jamie (009), kelly & april (erica’s friends from the novelization), ellen stinson, terry ives (again... the dead are back !!), and vickie ! 

         as for faceclaims, i’d love to see : kaylee bryant, gemma chan, simone ashley, meg donnelly, mikey madison, leslie ann leal, natasha lyonne, greta lee, charithra chandra, keke palmer, ashley moore, brianne tju, fah yongwaree, park sooyoung, janelle monáe, marisa tomei, myra molloy, lais ribeiro, samantha logan, greta onieogou, rashida jones, zion moreno, shoniqua shandai, aj clementine, park chaeyoung, may  calamawy, adria arjona, auli'i cravalho, isabella ferreira, lana condor, karla souza, chloe bennet, & camila queiroz !

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I Won’t Tell

That his father never noticed the change was typical. He never noticed anything. Once when he returned home after he’d been missing for two days, the only thing Howie knew was that dinner hadn’t been cooked, and he’d gone hungry. Nolan knew about his fathers’ important work, and how he’d stay for hours in his work shed. Sometimes he’d sleep out there, so Nolan was used to being alone. But this wasn’t the loneliness again. This was different. All Nolan’s emotions were gone. He didn’t feel a thing. One minute he ran and locked his bedroom door, and the next he was laying on his bed and everything in him drained out. If he were asked to explain the feeling he would say, “If emotions were blood I unknowingly opened an artery. They just poured out. And then I felt... empty.” Because Nolan wasn’t exactly the dramatic kind. He never even cried until that day when Anthony Duncan hit him in the face with a tree branch used like a baseball bat. Anthony was a coward, but that hurt. Nolan washed the blood off his face in the bathroom. It didn’t cause that much damage. His chin was scraped. His jaw that was fragile and thin hurt though. It felt like he couldn’t open his mouth. The blood on his teeth must have come from his split lip. The boys were always hanging out at the corner. Anthony hated him because, not only was he a year younger at fifteen and Anthony could get away with picking fights with him, but his friends accepted the abuse simply out of the fact that Nolan was fragile. “Where you going faggot?” Anthony stayed right beside him as if he wanted an answer. Nolan just kept walking, a little bit into Maude’s rose bushes to get around him. Of course, Howie didn’t notice. Not at dinner. He didn’t even look up from his plate as he shoveled food with his spoon. Nolan thought of telling him about the fight, but as soon as he opened his mouth he shut it again. No. It was best. He didn’t want to have to tell his dad what the kids at school said about him. Now, he laid in his bed and thought about the whole thing. Feeling... Nothing. As he said, it all drained out of him. He stared at the ceiling and thought some more. Getting hit in the face was just the beginning. Just Anthony getting a taste and then running... Two days. They were the worst two days of his life. How does a dad not call the police, or even know when his son’s gone? It happened in the morning. Nolan was on his way to school. He walked down past Maude’s house, and her rose bushes. Her usually crabby thing to say was “Don’t you go messing up my roses. I saw where you came from, and I won’t hesitate to pay a visit to your parents.” Nolan has always denied it. That morning, though, he said, “You don’t have to worry. After today, you’ll never see me again.” See, Nolan thought about it. He thought about it a lot. He also thought of leaving this place behind and never coming back. Who’d miss him? The only worse thing in the world would be they wouldn’t notice him even where he was going. If he went on forever and no one ever noticed him, that would truly be unfortunate. Nolan wanted them to notice. He wanted them all to notice. And remember. He waited for the bus, and that’s when it happened. His hood went over his face. He couldn’t see a thing, but he could feel someone pull him against them. Right down the street, Howie was still in the work shed. No one heard Nolan screaming. It went from the airy morning outside to a confined quiet inside. That’s when he knew he was in someone’s house. That someone had him by the elbows, pulling them back. Out the bottom of his hood he saw exposed floor planks, and they were down a hall. Whoever it was, they knew they were alone because Nolan’s voice in the house didn’t seem to bother him. “Who are you? Please let me go. I need to go to school.” He shoved Nolan in the closet with all the laundry put in nice neat bags. Falling over them, his hood flipped back, but Nolan only saw the door close out the light. Now, in his room, sitting up in his bed, Nolan couldn’t lie to himself. He always knew there was something about Anthony. Something familiar. He thought about it more after it happened because then he still had to see Anthony Duncan every single day. The same stupid grin like he knew he’d gotten away with it. Telling the same stupid friends that “Nolan’s a faggot!” He had to know that Nolan would be too humiliated to tell. Who would believe Nolan, anyway? “Yeah, keep walking, creep!” Anthony yelled. Nolan didn’t want to be the way he was. In the house, Anthony wanted to know if he had girl parts, and if he wore girls’ underwear. That was all people thought being gay was. Being a freak. But, you say, someone else should’ve known Nolan was gone. Where’s his mother? Oh her. Don’t ask. She’s long gone. Just Nolan and his dad now. Nolan guesses it’s because she couldn’t handle her child being a freak. He really hated himself for that. Howie tried to tell him it wasn’t his fault. Once. On the day she left. But that was it. No explanation or further encouragement. “It’s not your fault, boy.” And then he walked back to the work shed. Now, it was getting late. The room was turning a shade of blue. It was time for dinner, but Nolan wasn’t making dinner tonight. First, he went to the work shed. Howie was... experimental. Put in Nolan’s own words, he said, “Dad taught me the most. Especially, that he never gave up. I respect that more than he’ll ever know.” He took a walk right after. It was dinner time in other neighbors’ houses, too. At Maude’s house, no crass warnings about her roses. That was a good thing. For her. Then, down the street where he took the bus, the place where someone pulled the hood over his head, and the place where he used to be afraid. He didn’t feel afraid anymore. No, that’s not true. He was about to never feel afraid again. He saw Anthony Duncan out by his trash can. He was looking cautiously back at the lighted house like he was hiding. They obviously didn’t know he vaped... raped... abused innocent boys... When Nolan got closer, Anthony almost saw him. He was pretty sure he recognized him as Nolan pulled the gardeners’ wire. The detective who interviewed Nolan asked, “What’d you do with Anthony Duncan? We know you killed your father, and we have witnesses who saw you taking a walk the night Anthony went missing. Make this easy on yourself, and tell us where he is.” Nolan smiled. There was one feeling that survived... Nostalgia. He said, “Don’t you go messing up her rose bushes. She doesn’t like it.” Rose bushes! Rose bushes! He heard the detective yelling orders to search the neighborhood for houses with rose bushes as he ran out of the room. Finally! Someone noticed. © Chandra Perkins 10/26/2019

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Episode 358

Comic Reviews:

DC

Batman/Catwoman 12 by Tom King, Clay Mann, Tomeu Morey

DC vs. Vampires: Killers 1 by Matthew Rosenberg, Mike Bowden, Eduardo Mello, Le Beau Underwood, Livesay, Antonio Fabela

Deathstroke Inc 10 by Ed Brisson, Dexter Soy, Veronica Gandini

Teen Titans Go! Undead?! GN by Michael Northrop, Eric Owen

Marvel

Iron Cat 1 by Jed MacKay, Pere Perez, Frank D’Armata

Iron Man/Hellcat Annual 1 by Christopher Cantwell, Ruairi Coleman, Triona Farrell

Marvel’s Voices 5: Young Avengers infinity comic by Anthony Olivera, Jethro Morales, Dijjo Lima

Mech Strike: Monster Hunters 1 by Christos Gage, Paco Diaz, Dono Sanchez-Almara

Thor: Lightning and Lament 1 by Ralph Macchio, Todd Nauck, Rachelle Rosenberg

Variants 1 by Gail Simone, Phil Noto

Image

Public Domain 1 by Chip Zdarsky

Sins of the Black Flamingo 1 by Andrew Wheeler, Travis Moore, Tamra Bonvillain

Dark Room GN by Gerry Duggan, Scott Buoncristiano, Tamra Bonvillain

Dark Horse

Hellboy and the BPRD: Old Man Whittier 1 by Mike Mignola, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Dave Stewart

Liebestrasse GN by Greg Lockard, Tim Fish, Hector Barros

Summer Fires GN by Giulia Sagramola

Boom

Buffy '97 1 by Jeremy Lambert, Marianna Ignazzi, Mattia Iacono

Power Rangers Unlimited: Countdown to Ruin 1 by Marguerite Bennett, Giuseppe Cafaro, Anna Kekovsky Chandra, Sara Antonelli, Fabi Marques, Sharon Marino

IDW

Canto: Tales of the Unnamed World 1 by David Booher, Drew Zucker

Dungeons and Dragons: Ravenloft - Orphan of Agony Isle 1 by Zoe Quinn, Bayleigh Underwood, Casey Gilly, Corin Howell, Cris Peter

Dynamite

Vampiverse Presents: The Vamp 1 by Tom Sniegoski, Jeannine Acheson, Daniel Maine

Behemoth

Redman 1 by Matt Frank, Goncalo Lopes

Vault

Mindset 1 by Zack Kaplan, John Pearson

Verse Book 2 GN by Sam Beck

Ray’s OGN Corner:  Gender Queer

Additional Reviews: Ms. Marvel ep4, Baymax, Stranger Things 4.2, Minions 2, The Bad Guys, The Black Phone, Paper Girls, Spree

News: Ghostbusters Afterlife sequel, new sci-fi movie by the Russos starring Millie Bobby Brown, Eight Billion Genies optioned by Amazon, Nexstar buys CW, new flagship Spidey title from Dan Slott and Mark Bagley, Despicable Me 4 announced, Tenet sequel, new Stephanie Phillips Comixology famous fictional detective series (Beatrix Rose), Nate Stevenson, Marvel/Ultraman crossover

Trailers: Hocus Pocus 2, Paper Girls

Comics Countdown:

Seven Secrets 18 by Tom Taylor, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Walter Baiamonte

Department of Truth 19 by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds

Eight Billion Genies 2 by Charles Soule, Ryan Browne, Kevin Knipstein

X-Men Red 4 by Al Ewing, Juann Cabal, Andres Genolet, Michael Sta. Maria, Federico Blee

Public Domain 1 by Chip Zdarsky

Liebestrasse by Greg Lockard, Tim Fish, Hector Barros

Swamp Thing 14 by Ram V, Mike Perkins, Mike Spicer

Canto: Tales of the Unnamed World 1 by David Booher, Drew Zucker

What’s the Furthest Place From Here 7 by Matthew Rosenberg, Tyler Boss, Josh Hixson

Sins of the Black Flamingo 1 by Andrew Wheeler, Travis Moore, Tamra Bonvillain

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Dean/Merit List Recipients

Alvin Community College recognized students for making the Fall 2017 Dean’s and Merit Lists during a reception on February 20.

To be eligible for the Dean’s list students must earn at least a 3.5 grade point average for 12 or more credit hours in a semester and no course with a grade lower than a C. To be eligible for the Merit List, a student must have 7 – 11 college-level semester hours during a semester with a minimum 3.5 GPA with no F or incomplete. College-level courses exclude credit-by-exam, nontraditional, transfer, or developmental courses.

The full Dean’s List recipients are: Crystal Bailey, Maria Barron, Noah Bartley, Cassidy Bell, Chelsea Biles, Madison Bochard, Paul Boddy, Sarah Bowman, Stephanie Burge, Scott Carpenter, Sydney Charbula, Katherine Chaviers, Mikayla Childs, Karalyn Clark, William Dahlstrom, Justin Davis, Diana Deleon, Egla Delrioaguillon, Stephen Franks, Sielo Garcia, Soledad Garcia Vasquez, Paul Garza, Travis Gonzales, Jose Gonzalez, Brittney Green, Christopher Guyton, Chandra Hardin, William Hart, Erik Hernandez, Valerie Hinds, Michael Hollis, Andrea Laws, Blake Ledoux, Andrea Leija, Jackson Loy, Samantha Maddox, Charles Manuel, Michael McCasland, Jonathan Medrano, Casaundra Mejia, Paola Merino, Christina Morgan, Christy Myers, Mason Myers, Phuong Nguyen, Brittany Nolen, Kayla Palmer, Andrew Pier, Tyler Ponder, Kenton Ritter, Gustavo Ruiz, Abigail Russell, Ricardo Sagredo, Justin Schissel, Rucha Thakar, Sharath Thomas, Ashley Vaughn, Ashley Villanueva, Marisah Villarreal, Celeste Villarreal, Ceydy Villasenor, Mikael Walden, Kylie White, Deborah Wilson, Andrew Wood, Rosalinda Arredondo, Denise Aviles, Margret Choate, JoLee Galetka, Cinthia Mendez, Jaime Weisel, Destiny Casey, Savannah Krenek, Christopher Martin, Eloy Phillips, Hunter Roberts, Patrick Dawson, Gabriel Garza, Kody Martinez, Rosaura Orozco, Luke Black, Brandon Carlin, Ronald Carpenter, Cameron Christeson, Brittnee Garner, Tyler Grisham, Haden Holtje, Jean Lanning, Anh Le, Trevor Mertel, Trung Nguyen, Robert Ornelas, Alyssa Van Vooren, Logan Varner, Kaysie Wilson, John Obrien, Brittney Surber, Matty Sullivan, Adam Thompson, Ryan Wilcox, Sarah Proulx, Alex Aste, Katelyn Cao, Thao Do, Tina Egbulem, Hector Garza, Ashley Hall, Roland Henderson, Erika Hoarau, Benjamin Jensen, Jeffrey Pope, Paul Porche, Fiza Prasla, Sally Turcios, Darnesha Randall, Amy Smith, Su-Hui Wu, Morgan Gilbert, Christopher Amend, Maggie Barry, Sahista Bhanji, Alyssa Broussard, Suzannah Gilbert, Victor Hernandez, Alejandra Hernandez, Alyssa Hughes, Samuel Jasek, Michael Jensen, Kylie Levett, Clarissa Respondek, Tyler Zarella, Stephen Smith, Alondra Bautista Lopez, Marlaina Grimland, Emily Gutierrez, Stephanie Justice, Pauline Smith, Hannah Whatley, Claire Wiedemann, Jonathan Franks, Dawndi Morrell, Ruth Nyoro, Mary Olubuogu, Erlbert Hernandez, Jared Donnelly, Brenda Rico, Fernando Campos, Andrew Alex, Rachelle Allen, Connor Allensworth, Thalia Nicole Rose Aruj, Ryan Barton, Victoria Bitner, Alyssa Burns, Micaela Campos, Kelly Childers, Chase Clark, Ryan Desbiens, Madison Everett, Brendon Farmer, David Feil, Jonathan Garcia, Salvador Gonzalez, Shannon Griffith, Ivana Hagos, Blake Hardy, Martina Herrera, Iscelle Init, Timothy Josef Joya, Makenzy Leonard, Gang Li, Maranatha Liga, Diego Lopez, Orian Mars, Shannon McReynolds, Madison Moncrief, Bianca Montemayor, Harinee Morkonda, Skye Mosk, Alyssa Mae Ocampo, Brandon Oelfke, Chiamaka Onumajuru, Camdyn Perkins, Brigette Pitts, August Reyes, Steven Reyes, Vanessa Rodriguez, Arturo Sanchez, Chelsea Vynce Saya Ang, Mauro Serna, Shayla Smith, Jason Sosa, Christina Standridge, Christina Thai, Morgan Thompson, Dustin Todd, Belen Torres, Michael Ulery, Miranda Voss, Samuel Werner, Emily Wright, Tristan Yap, Clayton Yates, Nicole Young, Rachel Abbott, Anayeli Salinas, Maria Theresa Louise Bautista, Russoviodoni Borneo, Esther Christodoss, Emily Demarco, Rany Duong, Katelynne Hall, Megan Hunter, David Maranon, Erika Martinez, Garret Page, Thaddeaus Phipps, Noemi Pulido, Conner Radler, Sarai Ramales, Rebecca Rubio, Oluwaseun Sonola, John Syzdek, Saxanh Thach, Jose Padilla, Noah De la Rosa, Dylan Anderson, Gabriel Degner, Kyleigh Holm, Colton Johnson, Clayton Lackey, Hannah Longoria, Akata Patel, Stephenie Rogers, Matthew Snipe, Melanie Walker, Joseph Castro, Serena Khakwani, Roberta Gimenes, Matthew Hromadka, Khawaja Raza, Rodman Villela, and Adeline Terry.

   The full Merit List recipients are: Ashley Strain, Deena Aguilar, Anthony Aprile, Kelsey Barba, Eva Bartley, Samantha Blaine, Joseph Boddy, Kyrsten Breaux, Austin Britt, Taylor Broussard, Autumn Burge, Bridget Byrd, Alexa Camacho, Connor Creedon, Johnny Davis, Cody Dewar, Raul Diaz, Katherine Dixon, Veronica Dudek, Michael Durham, Fritz Eixman, Purelily Ekpo, Megan Ercums, Kaitlyn Espinosa, Jennifer Fakharizadeh, Monica Flores, Tiffany Forgy, Erick Franco-Herrera, Samantha Garcia, Ashley Garcia, Erica Garcia, Servando Garcia Ramires, Desiree Garrison, Karen Gonzalez, Ariana Green, Allieann Greenwood, Erin Gutierrez, Tristan Habenicht, Creed Hall, Sara Hayes, Janina Hillyer, Kathryn Hoelter, Steven Holmes, Chase Horsfall, Cameron Hubbard, James Hutson, Sarah Jackson, Guadalupe Juarez, Sean Kinel, Collin Landis, Sharline Law, Emma Lee, Barbara Lomeli, Jehu Lopez, Shawn Lowery, Teresa Lozano, Tricia Lute, Traci Martin, Jessica Martinez, Yolanda Mena, Natalie Miller, Samuel Mitchell, Hayden Myers, Tran Nguyen, Timmie Olison, Michelle Orduna, Brandon Perdue, Christopher Perez, Darryl Perry, Sara Persons, Cole Pletka, Jacob Porter, Jose Ramirez, Andrea Ramirez, Kelly Ramsey, Morgan Revels, Erika Riggs, Britney Rodriguez, Sienna Rodriguez, Courtney Roeckel, Linzy Sandoval, Tamra Sanson, Taylor Savedra, Anthony Schmaltz, Brittany Schonert, Michelle Smith, Paige Snowden, Anisa Solis, Patricia Stasky, Cagney Steffen, Richard Stillman, James Thompson, Madison Troxlar, Waqas Uddin, Joseph Villarreal, Christopher Villarreal, Julia Wagener, Alexis Wilhoite, Matthew Wyers, Emily Wyhs, Roie Yehezkel, Katherine Yuchnewicz, Ayana Brereton, Matthew Cannon, Jordyn Cooper, Brittany Dahl, Kristan Drummond, Cindy Ha, Conner Hammonds, Mackenna Mcintyre, Juan Morales, Ashley Vasut, Jorge Moreno Pacheco, Dorcas Starcke, Jaecen Foytik, Jacqulynn Kendrick, Michael Priddy, Amber Rushing, Uzma Chaudhry, Chase Ivey, Cassidy Bodden, Adan Hernandez Flores, Daniel Molina, Joaquin Phillips, Meagan Ripple, Alexis Townsend, Lana Townsend, Daisy Alvarado, Tasheda Johnson, Gabrielle Metcalf, Sayjah Davis, Emily Drilling, Agustin Encinia, Kimberly Anton, Christina Blanton, Kennedi Carpentieri, Ashlee Chappell, Lee Cravens, Nicole Gonzales, Jessica Jensen, Mai Le, Stephanie Leblanc, Trace Mertel, Julia Miles, Keith Parrish, Lauren Rangel, Catherin Reed, Cristine Tran, Brieanna Thomas, Cody Jenkins, Ayana Meadows, Jessica Willis, Raquel Rooney, Bonnie Gage, Jennifer Baehre, Kirlice Carr-Lett, Ashley Collins-George, Nathan Fuchs, Amie Gallant, Erin Gunn, Zoee Huskey, Sharon Labauve, Julia Martinez, Tommy Patrick, Roberto Pena, James Ronk, Brice Stettler, Placid Tankie, Laryssa Thompson, Emmaculator Ugochukwu, Shani Ulmer, Alexis Wells, Layla Wolken, Brian Smith, Jacklyn Kendall, Carrie Watkins, Elizabeth Cornwell, Kayla Byers, Rachel Lovell, Thanh Nguyen, Danny Taylor, Sara Brown, Esther Erfan, Shelbie Hannah, Annette Jacobs, Cynthia Poehl, Brandon Presley, Vanessa Putnik, Rafaelle Tkac, Adam Alexander, Samuel Green, Bryanna Hardy, Alison Henderson, Lorren Munson, Joshua Avina, Christine Burton, Mariana Castillo, Brenda Davis, Joshua Deleon, Aubrey Dowdy, Shelby Foland, James Freitag, Adam Groce, Garrett Heidrich, Zhigang Ji, Claire Jones, Myrisa Keller, Hannah Knight, Cody Lloyd, Lovie Luckie, Joshua MacLeod, Ryan McGraw, Yejide Olutimehin, Elizabeth Omojola, Molly Page, Kaysie Perkins, Shannon Puliyampallil, Christopher Rangel, Jessie Robinson, Mercedeez Serna, Savannah Serrato, Kaylee Shelton, Kathryn Simmons, Sandra Simmons, Katherine Singleton, Nicolas Sudderth, Amanda Wurster, Taylor Yoakum, Jameson Young, Barrett Day, Julia Meah, Tessa Williams, Cassandra Solis, Krystal Aguilar, Eric Dinwiddie, Kevin Jackson, Juan Parkin, Kayla Smith, Raven Solomon, Kaitlyn Welsh, Mary Zvonek, Mejesh John, Loretta Garza, Sheila Agim, Chintua Amajor, Sheikinna Ang, Kaylah Angel, Saron Bahlbi, Kamya Bates, John Beach, Jenny Beaty, Lauren Beck, Savon Blanchard, Kayla Bordelon, Chloe Bradley, Tiffany Brown, Jessica Butts, Vicente Castellanos, Korinne Cathey, Devdeep Chandra, Farah Chokshi, Gina Daugherty, Camille Davidson, Cameron Davidson, Alexander De Jesus-Colon, Maria Rousseanne De Vera, Daniel Doud, Lauren Duke, Bruce Dumlao, Alyssa Esma, Noemy Espitia, Brandi Estis, Esther Fernandas, Preston Fillipi, Karishma Flores, Christian Fontenot, Robyne Foster, Cira Frias, Andrew Frick, Falon Garcia, Elijah Garcia, Jeffrey Garrison, Danielle Garza, Jara Go, Mikelcey Green, Lauren Guthrie, Alexa Hall, Andrew Hampton, Shawn Hemingway, Hannah Hendricks, Ariana Hernandez, Jonathan Hoang, Nicole Hopkins, Nicolas Horton, Jenny Horton, Travis Hudson, Abigail Husain, Adrian Jasso, Clarence Johnson, Lauren Jones, Hanikka Phoebe Jugo, Akunnaya Kalunta, Abby Khanh Ai Vu, Emily Lapoint, Madison Lloyd, Lindsey MacPhail, Hannah Mccreary, Mark Mejia, Christian Miller, Amanda Mills, Amber Molidor, Jackson Mortenson, Lindsey Munoz, Matthew Myers, Xavier Navarrete, Anh Nguyen, Justin Nguyen, Jude Nixon, Naomi Noyola, Glydel Marie Obate, Gwyneth Obediente, Oalyssa Oconer, Ogechi Onu, Charles Ortiz, Alyssa Osorio, Freia Rossi Pamintuan, Hailey Paulk, Emily Pepper, Veronica Perez, Dana Perkins, Tamia Peters, Nathan Pham, Michelle Pham, Marion Quidilig, Karolyn Raj, Kassia Raj, Doran Reyes, Jessica Richardson, Malik Rodgers, Laura Roman, Yashua Justine Saguin, Caitlyn Salmons, Aubry Scully, Karoline Sellers, Britney Shen, Aylen Sosa, William Stanaland, Jared Streeter, Camille Surima, Thu Tang, Halle Thompson, Mary Joy Tolentino, Nelly Ann Uy, Hima Vadakekara, Delores Vanhoose, Kayla Vero, Tarren Vielma, Ivan Vinev, Lovita Vinod, Jared Weaver, Kathryn Willenborg, Sarah Williams, Shayna Williams, Timothy Wood, Sara Yan, Shatrine Zachary, Noah Stowers, Adebisi George, Madison McDonald, Nicole Jocelin Alfonso, Timothy Allen, Mohammad Alom, Darryl Archer, Yesenia Arenas, Alyssa Arredondo, Matthew Atteberry, Lilian Avila, Jessica Balmaceda, Victoria Bermea, Rebecca Buckalew, Brittany Cephus, Tarza Do, Thomas Gallagher, John Garzon-Vasquez, Ailia Gould, Veronica Guajardo, Kelly Hejtmancik, Lori Ivy, Jeniece Julius, Alec Koecher, Brianne Menzies, Adeline Nzeribe, Alexis Ocana, Sandra Ortiz, Timothy Richert, Olivia Roberts, Jocelyn Romero, Brenda Sanchez, Zurisadai Sosa-Montes, Gerald Williams, Kathryn Bell, Tenea' Cannon, Chelsea Catching, Victoria Cole, Kristina Hagerman, Mark Jones, Hiral Patel, Haley Perkins, Shannon Simmons, Rebecca Thumann, Stacy Zinante, River Alford, William Clifford, Darrien Jones, William Blalock, Alison Flythe, Ashley Molina, Ashley Mcbride, Sarah Blasdell, Nareemon Kasmai, Mahboubeh Oufi, Hannah Crochet, Norman Gallardo, Victoria Martinez, Melanie Baccus, Ashley Durham and Aryn Rodriguez.

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Second Annual Golden Flower Awards - Part II

相比起电影, 我更喜欢电视剧. 一部好的电影会在结束之后带给我回味, 而一部好的电视剧在播放完一集后, 我的感觉是期待, 期待下一集的内容, 期待我喜欢的人物会有怎样的发展. 而对于演员和编剧来说, 电视剧更考验体力和耐力, 创作电视剧对他们来说, 不再仅仅是一门艺术, 而渐渐地变成了他们生活的一部分.       

BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A TV SERIES - DRAMA       

DEMPSEY, PATRICK - GREY'S ANATOMY       

HALL, MICHAEL C. - SIX FEET UNDER       

KNIGHT, TR - GREY'S ANATOMY 🌟        

WALSH, DYLAN - NIP/TUCK       

COMMENT: GEORGE应该是GREY'S ANATOMY里非常讨好的一个角色. 忠厚老实, 善良充满爱心, 但是老实人也有愤怒和痛苦的时候. TR KNIGHT很好地展现出了这个人物的多层面, 虽然GEORGE这个人物是他的目前为止留给观众的唯一印象, 但是我觉得如果一个演员在他的演艺生涯里演活了哪怕只有一个角色, 这个演员就是好演员.        

BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES - DRAMA       

CONROY, FRANCES - SIX FEET UNDER       

FIELD, SALLY - BROTHERS & SISTERS       

菅野美穗 - 工作狂       

OH, SANDRA - GREY'S ANATOMY 🌟         

COMMENT: SANDRA OH在HOLLYWOOD的亚裔演员里可能是最丑的一个, 但现在的她无疑是最成功的一个. CRISTINA这个角色对于本身就演技精湛的OH来说是一个绝佳的机会, 而她也紧紧抓住了它. 在GREY'S ANATOMY的四个SEASON里, 观众在感受着CRISTINA的变化和成长. 虽然不知道新的一季等待CRISTINA的会是怎样的故事, 但是我相信有OH的精彩表现, CRISTINA这个人物还是会不断地带给观众惊喜和感动.

BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A TV SEIRES - COMEDY      

CRANSTON, BRYAN - BREAKING BAD 🌟         

稻垣吾郎 - 佐佐木夫妻的殊死战       

DUCHOVNY, DAVID - CALIFORNICATION        

BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES - COMEDY       

APPLEGATE, CHRISTINA - SAMANTHA WHO?       

MESSING, DEBRA - THE STARTER WIFE       

PARKER, EVA LONGORIA - DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES       

PARKER, MARY-LOUISE - WEEDS 🌟         

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR       

CHAMBERS, JUSTIN - GREY'S ANATOMY       

GOULD, ALEXANDER - WEEDS       

RHYS, MATTHEW - BROTHERS & SISTERS 🌟        

WASHINGTON, ISAIAH - GREY'S ANATOMY        

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS       

ESPOSITO, JENNIFER - SAMANTHA WHO?       

GRIFFITHS, RACHEL - BROTHERS & SISTERS/SIX FEET UNDER 🌟        

PERKINS, ELIZABETH - WEEDS       

WILSON, CHANDRA - GREY'S ANATOMY       

COMMENT: 个人一直觉得RACHEL GRIFFITHS是一个被低估的演员. 演技精湛的她在我的印象里还没有一部担纲主角的作品. BROTHERS & SISTERS里的SARA成熟, 稳重, SIX FEET UNDER里的MIRANDA叛逆, 情绪化. 两个非常不同性格的人物在GRIFFITHS的演绎下都令观众折服. 实力派的演员是不论担纲主演还是配角都会让观众记住的.        

BEST MUSIC       

BROTHERS & SISTERS       

CASHMERE MAFIA       

工作狂       

GREY'S ANATOMY 🌟         

COMMENT: GREY'S ANATOMY的成功有种种原因, 其独特的音乐品味是其中的主要原因. SNOW PATROL, THE FRAY, KT TUNSTALL, CONNIE BAILEY RAE, INGRID MICHAELSON, DUFFY和本人预测即将会红的BRYN CHRISTOPHER都因为剧中出现了他们的音乐而被人们记住和熟悉.        

BEST TV SEIRES - DRAMA       

BROTHERS & SISTERS       

工作狂       

GREY'S ANATOMY 🌟        

SIX FEET UNDER       

COMMENT: 本来是想选HBO的经典之作SIX FEET UNDER, 毕竟看过该剧的人都会为其独特的构思以及对生活, 死亡, 感情富有哲理性的深刻探讨所震撼. 但是最近刚刚看完的GREY'S ANATOMY SEASON 4 FINALE又让我重新燃起了观看该剧的热情. GREY'S ANATOMY相比于其它三部候选作品有更多让人诟病的地方, 但它的独到之处在于剧中的一些场景总是能深深地印在观众的脑海里而成为经典. 我想, 一直追随该剧的观众一定不会忘记SEASON 2 FINALE中在悲伤的CHASING CARS的歌声中, 美丽的IZZIE躺在死去的DENNY旁痛哭, 也不会忘记在SEASON 3 FINALE中伴随着忧伤的KEEP BREATHING, 茫然的CRISTINA撕扯自己的婚纱; 同样地, 在JAZZ风格的THE QUEST的伴奏下, 一幕幕KISSING场景的SEASON 4 FINALE也一定会成为经典.     

BEST TV SERIES - COMEDY       

BREAKING BAD 🌟        

SAMANTHA WHO?       

THE STARTER WIFE       

WEEDS

(始发于2008年5月29日）

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Climbing Mount Horn

Faster, higher, the way she moved was not machine, more like superhuman. On the mountain face, Dylan climbed beyond the markers now. The competition had just gotten intense. Below, there were all hands in the air. Some were cheering, pumping up and down. Some just tried keeping the sun out of their eyes. His were tucked under his arms. This was insane. Dylan was out of her mind. Just to prove a point. To get her name in a stupid book as the first woman to reach the top of Mount Horn. What did she really have to prove? Out of them, Drag-ass, Monkey, and himself included, Owen told her before that she was the toughest of all of them. But the beer started talking. They came up the trail two nights ago, and didn’t plan on staying. That was until Goose and his boys walked in the tavern. Locals there settled rivalries with a friendly face-off, so that’s how it started. It was Drag-ass, whose real name was Duane, got him to worrying. “She’s not going to make it, man.” He said “Shut the hell up. She’ll make it” to the shorter young man in blue beanie hat. His hair was ratted out the back. Monkey was throwing off his pack. “I’m going up.” “No. You’re not,” Owen said, “It’s Dylan’s fight. She’ll be pissed if we step in.” “That’s my sister up there!” Monkey was ready to fight anyone. On the mountain, Dylan heard a crackling. That couldn’t be good. If she died today she’d so be haunting those shit bags down there. Make them crap themselves seeing her ghost walk right up to them. “Hey guys! You miss me?” It would be so worth it just to see a puddle start to form under their hiking boots, and them run like chickens. But that wasn’t going to be today. Dylan was swinging, then kicked her leg high enough that she wedged her foot in a wide crack. Goose was just a few feet now. He was waiting on her to put her hand on the rock, and then he crushed it under his boot. “That’s not playing fair!” “Who said anything about fair?” Goose ground his foot in. One of Dylan’s fingernails popped right off. She was losing her grip. She managed to clasp onto her rope as she slid. Swinging at the bottom of the knot. The crowd around Owen gasped. He said under his breath “Come on, Dylan.” It had to give her strength. The rope wasn’t going to hold. It started shaking. Dylan jumped. The rope slipping fast out of the set of clasps she was wearing around her waist. It was only a split second, and then she caught the mountain. Dylan was a good climber. One of the best. Owen didn’t worry about her. He worried about this mountain. Maps completely barred the climb as unsafe due to its corrosion. Even if she did make it to the top that was only the beginning. He blamed himself. Why did he ever say they could stay here tonight? She was almost to the top. Goose was wrapping his arms over the ledge. He was going to win. Worse than that he’d never let her share the ledge with him. She had to make it. She had to take that ledge! Dylan started to swing. The crackling was getting louder now. It was dropping sprays of gravel in her eyes. She spit some out. It tasted like salt. A mouthful of salt. Her hand felt for a better grip above. Only inches more now and she’d be kissing the clouds. She slipped. No! She was never going to make it now. Goose already had his leg over the ledge. Rumble! The thunder was talking. She heard a story once about a greedy villager. He climbed to the highest peak because he heard there was gold. “Won’t I be the richest and most respected in the Village?” That’s when he was struck by lightning and died. You see, he’d angered the Gods by taking their gold, and because of his greed, he got a death sentence instead. Sometimes it doesn’t pay to win at everything. She didn’t need the honor that much. The helicopter dropped down his rope. If she quit now she’d forfeit the money she laid out. The line was low enough she could reach out and grab it. She’d lost anyway. Right then, the ledge gave way. The helicopter flew out of harm. Smoke was billowing like a wildfire. Owen, Monkey, and Drag-ass stayed close. They were watching in horror the same as everyone else. As the helicopter propelled around he was coming out of the smoke. They could see the top of the ledge now was gone. “She’s gone, man.” Monkey hid his face, but the other two knew he didn’t take it well. Owen tried blinking, but a tear fell. Shit. He loved her, man. He loved her. The helicopter was getting closer. There was something still on the line. It was coming closer to the tops of the trees. Then Owen could see what it was. He pounded Monkey on the shoulder. “Look, man. Is that—?” Rescue in orange vests ran onto the landing pad. Owen told the others to come on, but the propellers were roaring over him. They looked at each other for hand signals, and Drag-ass held his beanie from flying off. Owen signaled to follow. As they pushed through, the crowd was gathering tighter at the fence. Owen started to look for another way. There had to be a gate. Once they found it and were running through, Dylan saw them. She came straight for them with arms wide open. On the landing pad, Goose was being wheeled in the stretcher. Dylan said “It was a freak thing. He jumped from a few feet above me, and the helicopter flew me right underneath him. We were both lucky.” As he was lifted in the back of the ambulance, Goose looked back at Dylan and her crew. All was lighthearted now. He gave them the thumbs up. Chandra Perkins 9/14/2019

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My Valentine

by Chandra Perkins

You're the one I used to love. Your plagiarized song and dead flowers You can shove Straight up your ass with all the hours I spent waiting on you. You didn't appreciate me. Then, said I shouldn't like you. Let heartbreak overlook me.

But I was so overlooked, So starved for a kind word Out of your mouth. You always took The life from my world. The knife you used in my back Only made me stronger, And those hated words don't last When they mean nothing any longer.

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The Abandoned Places

“The last time I was here I lost my glasses,” Valeria said, “And I never got them back.” “Well, just hold onto your glasses this time,” said Mitchell and slung his backpack on his shoulder, keeping his flashlight on the ground ahead of them. He was only half sure this was the right way. “Does this look familiar?” “I don’t know. The last time I was here it was daylight.” “Good point,” said Valeria, and she pulled out a beef stick. “Want a bite?” “How can you eat?” “I eat when I’m nervous,” she said, snacking on some chips she had in her backpack. They were the cheesy jalapeño kind everyone told her about, but she should’ve brought water. This place made her shake in her bones. It was the worst idea she ever agreed to. “This way!” Mitchell had gotten a good thirty feet ahead, and the tall weeds were almost hiding him beside the broken Tornado cars. “This’s awesome!” But she couldn’t take her eyes from the rising spine out of the ground behind him. It disappeared in the clouds and back down. It’s shattering ribs creaking in the wind. “Is that...?” “Heartbeat Drop,” Mitchell said, looking up at the roller coaster as Valeria riffled through the weeds, “Six passengers fell to their death when the lap bar malfunctioned. They had to shut it down, and the park closed soon after. You can still find pieces of the wreck.” Valeria shivered. “Why would you want to?” “Come on!” Said Mitchell, “let’s go find the loading dock!” Wrestling weeds rushed up behind them. “What was that?” Valeria shrieked. She shined her light in the dark, seeing nothing. A few minutes passed, still seeing nothing, but she didn’t want to turn her back to it in case whatever it was was just waiting for her to do just that. “What’re you doing?” Mitchell was calling her from far away. Valeria searched to find him. Calling out hoarsely. Where’d he go? It couldn’t have been far. He said he wanted to find the loading dock. She’d look there first. Climbing the steps, it didn’t feel safe at the bottom anymore. She shined her light down. The Tower of Death was a great lookout point. She could see everything from here. Even the city lights and traffic on the highway. “Mitchell! Where are you?” “On the ride,” he said. What? How could that be? Mitchell hollered loudly. “Hey, Val! You gotta try this!” Valeria shined her light on the roller coaster cars. Up front was Mitchell, pretending to be flying down the massive drop with his hands high in the air. “How did you-?” Oh, never mind! She was losing it. “Come on, Mitch. We should go.” “Go? But the fun’s just starting,” he said, “You’ve gotta try this.” “Ok, but after I do it’s time to go.” She pushed some branches that were growing up through the track. Crunching dead leaves under her feet, she didn’t want to sit until she used her hand to clean the chipping paint on the seat. She was one car behind Mitchell. “Whoooo!” He was still flailing his arms in the air. “I’m on. Now can we go?” All at once, the lap bar locked down. “What’d you do?” Mitchell looked back. “Nothing,” said Valeria back, while pulling at the bar, “It’s stuck.” “What do you mean?” Valeria tried hard, but the lap bar refused to raise. “I can’t get out.” Mitchell started pushing too. “What’re we going to do? Nobody even knows we’re here!” “This was a stupid idea. Why’d I let you talk me into this?” Valeria shouted. “Me? You’ve been bugging me for weeks!” Mitchell let out his breath. “Fighting isn’t going to help. We need to find another way out of this. If we just...” He slid to one side of the car so he could turn to the side, and if he bent his knee... Screeeeeech! Valeria looked up from her own pretzel of arms and legs, tangling with the lap bar. “What was that?” Mitchell was still. “I think it was just us. This thing’s too rusted to go anywhere. Isn’t it?” They didn’t move. Air hissed behind them, and the wheels turned slightly. Valeria couldn’t push much harder. Her hands were stinging with new blisters. “It’s moving!” The tree. Maybe it was strong enough to stop the cars. Valeria pushed and pushed, the branches sliding in between once the wheels were more steadily rotating now. She hoped that would hold it, looking back. “That should stop us going anywhere... Mitch?” It was Christmas, and Valeria had a cozy seat by the fire. She sipped her hot cocoa. “Open mine first, Val!” Mitchell walked on his knees. It was just a box, not even wrapped. She pulled out a snow globe. Inside was the falling snow and shimmer of glitter. It was Heartbeat Drop. The rest of the theme park rides were covered in snow. In the train, going down the drop were two tiny people inside. The boy in front had his arms in the air. “That’s us,” said Mitchell, “Forever.” Valeria looked closer. In the snow at the bottom, and shook up the floating speckles again, it looked like there was something under all the snow. She could make out just below as the train car all of the sudden snapped. Valeria had to look down. She was swinging from the train car, and the lap bars all except hers were undone. She wasn’t in her cozy Christmas house anymore. She was looking at Mitchell on the ground. His neck was twisted to the side. As the metal screeched one last time, the train car plummeted. Valeria screamed. And then, the snow globe shattered the silence. © Chandra Perkins 9/27/2019

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At Midnight

One by one the vines grew, one by one they curled the gate to keep people away. The house had been said to be vacant, but sometimes at night, when everyone was quietly tucked in bed, Austin thought he could hear a sound. He usually woke up his sister, Carlie, but the last time she got mad at him. She said now that she’s in high school she doesn’t want to play these stupid little kid games, and if he’s still a scared little baby he should go get in bed with Mom and Dad. He was twelve! Besides, he can go check it out himself now. Under Austin’s bed he hid a backpack with flashlight and charger. His phone was in there too in case he needed to run out in the middle of the night, and he knew he would because at night was the only time he ever heard sounds coming from beyond the gate. He put on his jacket over his night clothes, but just for this, he hid his sneakers under his bed as well. Instead of his race car house slippers. Then, he was off. “Just where do you think you’re going?” Well, that’s all he needed! Carlie was awake, just getting in from the looks of it, and now was standing in his doorway. She was in one of her big sweaters and jean skirt she wore when she hung out with her new friends. Austin didn’t like how much she was acting like those snobs these days. “It’s none of your business,” he said, “you just think I’m a stupid little kid.” He started to walk past her, but she pulled him back by his backpack. “If you think you’re going to investigate, think again. Nobody ever comes out of there, and whatever happens, you’ll be next.” “So, come with me.” “No. I’m tired.” Austin shook his head. Typical Carlie. She didn’t want to admit she was just as scared of that house as he was. The grandfather clock was chiming downstairs, and Austin froze. It was midnight. But it wasn’t that he was scared, sometimes the clock woke up Dad, and if he saw him with his backpack he’d flip. “You know you’re going to be in big trouble if Dad catches you.” Austin glared at her. “And what do you think will happen if he knows you’re just getting home?” Carlie stepped aside. “Don’t say I didn’t warn you about that house. It was nice knowing you.” The clock finished chiming. He was in the clear. No Dad. Not tonight. Down the stairs Austin could see something through the windows. It was flashing. When he got to the window, it was an ambulance and police cars all on the street. He opened the front door to step outside. There were more than one black bags zipped up, and laying in the yard across the street. The all white van that was parked in front of their house had both its doors open. The man shoving a bag inside stopped and looked at Austin. They met gazes for several minutes. “Step over here for a second, young man.” There was a police officer talking to him, but Austin didn’t know why. He asked to see his backpack, telling Austin to stand by the car while he looked through it. Austin couldn’t help staring at the bags in the yard. They were bodies. It had to be seven... No eight, nine... the one in the van made ten... they were bringing out another one. Eleven! “Can you explain this, son?” Austin looked at the officer, then at the car hood. Where’d the knife come from? Or the rope? Gloves, flashlight, crowbar... That wasn’t even his backpack now that he was looking at it. “I don’t know what any of that stuff is.” “Hey!” It was Dad, coming out of the house. “What is all this?” The officer looked at Austin and said “Do you want to tell him, or should I?” “What do you mean?” “Sir, your son’s going to have to come with us.” He was careful with the backpack, putting it on the hood as more evidence. Now Austin saw why the officer handled it with such care. There were bloody handprints all over it. Just like someone had grabbed hold of it. Dad said “Don’t worry, son. This’s all just a big mistake.” But it sure didn’t feel like the officer thought there was any mistake. He put those handcuffs on nice and tight. No way could he slip out of these like his old play ones. “Dad?” He said one last thing before the door shut, and his dad stood with absolute horror on his face. “I didn’t do anything!” The window was probably soundproof. He reared back and yelled it again. He couldn’t understand anything Dad was saying to him. Now Mom was in the yard, too. She was holding her hands over her mouth and crying while Dad was trying to comfort her. But where was Carlie? The officer got in the drivers’ seat and said “You’ll know more once we get down to the station.” Austin didn’t know what that meant. He just looked out the window. He looked up at his bedroom window, and that’s when he saw Carlie. She was staring down at him, and there was no emotion on her face. She put her hand on the window. Austin thought was to wave goodbye. It was when she took her hand away that he saw her handprint on the window. It was bloody! “No!” He freaked out. “Stop the car! My mom and dad! Don’t let them go in the house!” “Quiet down back there!” The officer banged on the mesh between them. “You have to listen to me! It was my sister!” The officer said “Yeah, we know. We had to get everyone out of the house. Don’t worry. Everything’s going to be fine.” Chandra Perkins 9/18/2019

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One Day Forgotten

By Chandra Perkins

I’m lost and confused. I’m completely turned around. I’m going nowhere special, but my feet are on the ground. I have this small obsession to hurt myself when things go wrong. I live my life in aching question; how I’ve survived it this long. The worst of times just keep coming without pause in sight. I can look up and look on, but that doesn’t make it right. I can wake up each morning, make my bed, put on my clothes. I can smile to my friends, and the sadness never shows; Claim I’m just fine, having controversial thoughts inside my head, and hang out and pass the time no truth in what I’ve said. Down at the end of the alley, rummaging in the dark are shadows just like me who had forgotten who they are.