Short Story : ' Deadly Tales '

Dangerous. Uncontrollable. Do not approach. These were the words that were plastered over the metal fence. Many heroic stories start with a protagonist, me in this case, and the protagonist is forced to go into danger to save the lives of others. I was about to jump over this fence to save a life, and that life was my own. The story starts on a Tuesday. There was nothing different about this day. I woke up to my parents arguing about the cereal. The sun was shining just like it did on Monday. I dressed in the usual jean and t-shirt combo, and I was ready for school. Many kids write that school is their own personal hell, but that wasn’t the case for me. I really enjoyed school. There was petty drama, stoner kids telling outrageous

"It's okay, but you better not wonder off too far!" With that, she walked back into the kitchen and started cooking

He nodded, looking in his bag and seeing the bare minimum for dinner. “It’s enough for us.” Charles handed it to her, and she headed off outside to the market.

He smiled at you, “Yep. It’s fine, though. What do you say we go look for some dinner?”

"Right. We're having chicken and rice. Simple but it always has been a favorite of yours, Maxie hasn't it?" his mother said warmly.

“Yes, I can cook, Wulfric, thanks for asking!” she said and poured soup into a large wooden bowl.

“The rice is ready so go change your clothes quickly. Also, I’ve put my things in your room, Aniki.”

“Hello Miep. Nice to see you. Let me help you with the food.” said Anne very nicely. Anne went to go put the food on the table

“Okay, well then how about I bring a couple of plates in here, we can eat on the floor...I’ll be right back!” I was out of there in a flash, inhaling for what felt like the first time since I turned the door knob to her room.

“No not in the kitchen perhaps in the dining room you could help me move the chairs back.” She said to me.

"Um...I'm not that hungry. But thank you though. I'll be down there in a minute" She responded back.

"F YOU HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN YOUR WIFE AND YOUR LOVE, WHO WOULD YOU SAVE? Sam Case is in trouble. He is hiding over $15 billion for the world's criminals - drug lords, cartel bosses, even the mafia. And now someone wants to take it from him. To show Sam they mean business, a group of very dangerous men give him a choice: save his wife, or save his mistress. But whoever he chooses, one of them will die.

Giulia sat on the comfortable seats of the aircraft and immediately looked outside the window with the eyes of those that says goodbye to their land before a long adventure. She was on her own for this once-in-a-lifetime travel to Japan, where the Visual and Media Arts Expo was about to begin and excitement for this almost sudden decision, the thrill of being so far away in a country so different from her northern-italian flatland sprinkled by tiny cities and its rather slow pacing trough time... she almost daydreamt about the legendary japanese night-districts filled by lights, the bullet trains, the perfectly timed transportations... Giulia sighed and fully leaned against the seat as the hostess smiled at her and made her buckle the belt, <> whispered the girl with a smile, as the aircraft's engines started to push the vehicle over the rolling lane and soon took off.

Sing in me, O muse, the tale of the woman who ventured into the unknown land of Victoria in search for her fellow comrade in the abyss of the Underworld. Tell me of the one whose wisdom and courage overcame the wrath of Hades and prevailed over the beasts of the Underworld. Many pains she suffered both by land and by sea, and many battles she won. Nevertheless, the wild recklessness of her crew members led to their own tragic demise at the hands of Poseidon. Begin the tale as she crosses the rivers of the Underworld on the ferryboat of Charon.

Risks have consequences, and not many people seem to realise that. In the short stories “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs, “Contents Of A Dead Man’s Pocket” By Jack Finney, and “How Much Land Does A Man Need” by Leo Tolstoy, the characters all showed great risks. All the characters in the short stories were very different, but yet very similar in the choices they made and risks they took. In the end, the risks one might take are not worth the troubles along the way.