Author Archives: Jennifer Risser

The sun was barely above the horizon when the crabber untied his boat and set himself free from the solid ground. With each wave he crossed, heading dead set sea, marked a greater distance between him and everything to try to to with him. With every crest, he was a bit further faraway from isContinue reading “The Old Crabber”

 The little light from the earth’s moon shone down onto Luna as she emerged from the darkness of the portal. They were surrounded by a bunch of trees with a little pond next to where the portal was. Birds and squirrels chattering up above with some landing on the ground and then going straight backContinue reading “Chapter 2”

Once there was a cow named Mike. Mike loved to watch the birds fly in the sky on warm days. He always wanted to learn how to fly but he couldn’t find a way. Mike reached for HOURS at a time just to find an answer to his question-Can a cow fly? All his friendsContinue reading “Mike, The Flying Cow”

When I grow up I want to be a soccer player, a surgeon, a family doctor, or a shoe designer. If I were a pro soccer player I would be the best in the world. With all my fame and money I would donate to the people in need and this school so they canContinue reading “Four Things I Want to be When I Grow Up”

“Ahhh where are we?” questioned Finka “Hello folks how was your sleep,” aksed The man “Who are you,” asked Lion “Well my name is Wesley,” replied Wesley “ where are you from folks?” questioned Wesley  “We came from that bunker on that hill,” said John “Oh I thought that hill was abandoned,” said Wesley  “No,Continue reading “The Nuke: Chapter 5”

I was ready, it has been 30 minutes since the people who took me left. I bust down the wooden door separating me from the outside world.  I run down the stairs, I suddenly slow down and start to think about Berkeley, my mom, my dad, and all my teachers, I took myself away fromContinue reading “Chapter 2: The Escape”

My brother’s name is Paul. He lives in Puerto Rico. He is older than me. He is in college, but we will see him in the summer  when he graduates. I like my brother because he plays with me, and he also taught me baseball. He is a happy person. He plays with me, andContinue reading “My Brother”

Jiffy now loved skydiving and wanted to do it again. There was only one problem, climbing back up to the counter without Edward seeing him. He would sneak around the side of the counter when Edward was making more popcorn and he would climb up the electric cord with his napkin and then he wouldContinue reading “Jiffy: Part 2”

The Plan “Looking at the snow?” Berkeley opened his eyes and saw Nurse Mary grinning at him. “It’s quite lovely, isn’t it?” Berkeley sat up from the window sill and rubbed his eyes.  “Yeah it’s beautiful, I wish I could be out there.” Berkeley glanced out the window, below snow plowers trudged through the snow.Continue reading “The Return”

many stories have wizards and princesses, while others have feats of bravery. This story, well, my story isn’t like that. Nobodys is. I don’t know why you came here, nothing is positive about my story. PERIDOT. I live in a world where injections are given to everyone, or almost everyone just about once a month,Continue reading “May Be Uncomfortable for Some Readers”