WonderLife

  (continued) The supermarket wasn’t as deserted as earlier. There were four employees in the store, one of them including his father, the new cashier, who had left for work earlier that morning.   “That’s weird,” Lilli said, scratching her neck. “There’s supposed to be at least ten workers here.” She shrugged. “Maybe it’s not their shift.” Timothy’s father waved through the window, indicating to enter. “Let’s go!” Lilli said for the third time. Timothy opened the supermarket door. A wave of dry, acrid-scented air washed over him. It smelled weird, of decay. “That your kid, Greg?” a worker asked Timothy’s father, interrupting his thoughts. The worker was tall and wiry, with wisps of hair on his head and a short, scratchy beard. He noticed a name tag on his uniform: Eugene. Timothy glanced up at his father, who was proudly nodding. Eugene smiled at Timothy (or at least he thought it was a smile), and he noticed Eugene was missing a tooth.    He chose not to di...

Good to Buy Timothy Caswell was lonely for most of his life. He grew up in a small town in Iowa and moved around the United States for as long as he could remember. After his mother, a wealthy land developer had died six years ago, Timothy and his father had struggled to maintain their home and happy life. Since then, he helped his father look for new jobs all around the country. That’s why it was a big deal when his father heard about a new job in a small town in Texas from a friend. It was a small job, a cashier in an old, rickety grocery store called Good to Buy, and Timothy knew his father wouldn’t earn much, but he was grateful for it. It would mean that he and his father needn’t move to a new home about three times a year again. “Are you sure about this, Papa?” Timothy asked when he had gotten his first look at their new home. It was small. Very, very small. The walls weren’t painted. The couches were ripped. The kitchen was filled with roaches. Yo...

             Hellooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!       Okay. So. Again, for, like, the eightieth time, I'm writing for the first time in six months. I have a LOT to say.       First of all:  HAPPY NEW YEAR!      Second of all:  For those of you (out of my very little number of readers) who are in elementary, moving onto middle school without an older sibling to advise you, I'm in the middle of writing a guide to middle school! I started it a while ago, and most likely what I'll be doing is posting chapter by chapter, just like my previous stories.     Third of all: I started a new short story! Okay, to be fair, I started it a WHILE ago, but it'll definitely be coming out by my last day of school (Jun. 17). It's actually turning out to be pretty long, though, so maybe it won't even be a short story anymore.     Fourth of all: I'm going to India in the summer! For the firs...