Melanie Martinez

loyer and who is the employee. I love this place because I love his cooking. It’s superb he’s so talented. It’s al

ful as always.” Philippe c

nk y

ncle?” Jason asks f

care about you so don’t worry about it.” he waves hi

is comfortable thank you very m

both of them because they act more

nd he has a beard, he’s a little bit shorter than Jason but he’s still tall. He created t

date. We both sang Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You. Jason was so off key but it di

ell and makes sure they get home

m more than the rest of his fam

like me and I could tell Jason didn’t like that because although I was supposed to take that as some kind of compliment he was throwing shots at his y

hey had the baby and because they grew up in wealth everything worked out for them. It was Max’s g

old me

a part of the family Jason and I aren’t boyfri

d she warned him to never break my he

urt your daught

ope

blame her for staying cautious. sh

me don’t you uncle?” Says

nto the land of the dead with my ot

They were all so young, in their early twenties. A white girl broke up with her white racist boyfriend because he was a dick and she fell in love with one of the musicia

icated thro

ond seductively then he got angry and decided to buy a gun. Not

for the other ghosts that come to visit. That’s what I see with my other sight. There are so many ghosts in

ocktail party dress with pearls around her neck and her long

d pants and shoes with a cap on his head. He was poor but Miran

her. I take off my other eyes and my eyes are back to the

s chased me away. I hope you hav

I say smiling at h

ason wiggles his eyebrows and I

you and yo

his blue-colored Mercedes Benz. I love having car rides with him. We go on

it’s my best friend begging me

ANIE OCTAV

e hell are you? We

off my phone. I’ll talk to those girls later rig

r time with it. He looks like a Disney Prince, my Disney prince. I’m so in

me when he cat

re pr

comes to giving me compliments should be studie

trees and grasses and there’s a lake not so far from here. To get in you have

connection with death. This place looks like the

man singing at three in the morning. I love her voice. It’s such a shame her husband

ener job is

my house. Before I open it and get in I turn to meet his beautiful blu

sionately. Kissing him has to be my favourite part when it comes to being with him.

er Academy. A lot of people have stated that they would like to find the kind of love as beautiful and magical as ou

our foreheads are pres

et cakes.” He s

” he’s walking bac

an in the world, I

od night

ERY MAN SHOULD BE BOWIN

inside the manor. I don’t know if this is a selfish thing for me to say but every time I’m with Jason I forget that I have

king

itchen first to see if she left a letter an

ight. I wish I could talk about your date b

ext like a normal person. But any

is

out of nowhere using he

the date?” she asks

up Winnie my ragdoll cat and heading u

him is like I’m on

e brown people

dra Cook grew up in Victorian-era England and she drowned when playing with her sisters by the la

irror that helps ghosts teleport from one place to the other.

white as snow and when I first met her she was dressed like a member of Victorian society but now she’s dressed

I wish to experi

e there’s a handsome

mber.” she interrupts

be a few ghosts your age around here who aren’t a bigot.” b

ed their slaves… my ancestors with respect. It was around the sixties after the last member of th

y cat with me. I

ays to me in that old E

ason tonight.” I point at Cas

to be in your d

e texting… my best friends…” I doze off and Cassie takes Winnie off of

r her blow a kiss befor

large family portrait, I can’t make out their faces because it’s

use it looks s

OD!” a loud voice startles me. I turn around t

,” it says again and I brace mysel

up from my nightmare. Was I screaming

ir is in a messy bun, I wonder. She lo

ay yawning and st

you being

he looks distressed. Oh lord, I hope I didn’

ow. I sit up str

wrong?

,” she says her voice sou

ppened t

heart drops and suddenly my world collapses. “I

pse, it explodes and my wh